To improve operational outcomes, businesses commonly focused on what was not working in order to “fix” them and so improve organizational results. The Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Model was influenced by numerous research studies of positive outcomes in the fields of sports, medicine, and behavior science.
As May is Mental Health Awareness Month, Clare Epstein of Vector Solutions spoke to ISHN about why mental health is so important as part of workplace safety initiatives.
The gap between awareness and action is not a training problem, but instead a culture problem. Culture problems always require a different set of tools than a refresher training course or a revised work procedure.
Held each May as part of the OSHA-NIOSH-CPWR Fall Protection Campaign, the Stand-Down promotes safe work at height through training, education, and jobsite discussions focused on fall prevention.
New workers want to do their jobs safely. It is a knowledge transfer problem — and the way most companies currently transfer safety knowledge is fundamentally inadequate for the speed at which hazardous work begins.
Enforcement activity is intensifying, requirements are expanding, and regulators are increasingly focusing on whether EHS programs and policies are being followed and implemented, not just written down in a manual.
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