SafetyPro Resources Blog: Safety Management (5)

Committing Safety for All [Permanent & Temporary]

Commitment of Safety for all Staff Why is a permanent worker’s life worth more than a temporary worker’s life? I recently read an article in Business Insurance – “OSHA Stays the..

How to Set Effective Safety Goals for Your Company

Setting appropriate goals is a great way to improve your performance in any field, and safety is no different. How do you set the most effective goals? What types of goals should..

The ISN Intelligencer: Implementation & More

Are you interested in contracting with the chemical industry? How about energy? Manufacturing? If you answered “yes” to any of these, chances are you have not heard of ISNetworld®..

The Two Fundamental Problems with "Safety"-Part II

In the previous article, we took a hard look at safety’s first problem – how it is studied. As safety leaders, we are challenged with looking at issues or incidents, in..

The 4 “Danger Zones” of OSHA’s Revised Guidelines for Safety Programs

Thirty years ago, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration was leading industry and construction with the initial release of the Guidelines for Safety & Health Programs...

Leveraging 200 Years of Other People’s Mistakes

If you had the opportunity to flatten your organization’s learning curve by leveraging 200 years of other people’s mistakes while internalizing best practices and providing an..

The Blurring Line between Quality and Safety

A few years back, my journey as a safety professional actually started as a foray into quality management. I was working as a paramedic at the time, and was looking to create a..

Five Elements of an Effective Safety Culture

It takes more than implementing a Behavior-Based Safety Program to transform a company's safety culture.

How To Determine Organizational Context for ISO 45001

The proposed ISO 45001 Safety Management Systems standard creates a new requirement for implementation of the system in Section 4.1: Understanding the organization and its..