While some businesses still use paper and spreadsheets to handle the needs of complex health and safety management programs, in the past couple of decades thousands have turned to more streamlined software products

In 2012, it’s hard to believe that archaic paper and spreadsheet-based systems are still widely used to handle corporate environment, health and safety management programs, yet this remains a fact of life for businesses around the globe, and the same is no less true in the oil and gas industry.

The scenario is all too common: an employee makes a critical misstep in his day-to-day duties that leads to a serious injury.