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What happens in the boardroom affects the front line

Behaviors interlock all down the line

October 1, 2019

The union steward had just recounted an incident where a supervisor asked one of his workers to step into standing water to work on corroded gauges near the coker. The work needed to be done immediately as it would delay ongoing maintenance on the fractionator to take on different stock feed.

The Human Side of Safety

Broaden your perspective of injury analysis & prevention

E. Scott Geller

September 4, 2019

You can’t deny the critical role of human dynamics when analyzing contributing factors to a workplace injury, or when developing interventions to prevent injuries and improve occupational safety and health.

Safety technology tracks training, BBS, health wearables & HazCom

Ian Cohen

August 1, 2019

Whether managing inventories to ensure that your company is ‘in compliance’ with all applicable laws and regulations, managing onsite chemicals comes with huge environmental, health and safety risks.

Human performance expert Shane Bush to lead special safety workshop following conclusion of the 76th Annual Pulp & Paper Association Health & Safety Conference

Focus is on Human Performance Improvement (HPI)

May 29, 2019

Certified Human Performance Technologist Shane Bush will lead a special workshop titled, “What Works – What Doesn’t,” at the Pavilion at Hilton Palacio in San Antonio, TX, June 26 – 27. The workshop is presented in conjunction with the Pulp and Paper Safety Association’s (PPSA) 76th Annual Health & Safety Conference.

actively caring for people, behavior-based safety

Actively caring for people’s safety

The crucial difference between “caring” & “acting”

Krista S. Geller, Ph.D.

December 4, 2018

What does it mean to actively care for people’s safety? Is this the mission of behavior-based safety (BBS)? Let’s understand the difference between “caring” and “acting.” No one wants to see an individual get injured on the job. This is caring. Yet, many workers admit they do not act on their caring by providing behavioral feedback.

Weekly news round-up

October 20, 2018

Veterinarians face a hazmat risk when treating animal patients, truck stops don’t offer healthy options to truckers and OSHA says it’s going after worksites with high injury and illness rates. These were among the occupational safety and health stories featured on ISHN.com this week.

Critical behavior checklist for effective behavior-based coaching

Assessing exposure, severity & probability

E. Scott Geller

October 8, 2018

Behavior-based coaching is essential for any mission to keep people safe. It’s human nature to get distracted or complacent on the job, and to deviate from performing the prescribed safe operating procedure (SOP).

How to best incorporate Behavior-Based Safety

Benefits: lower costs and better safety

Alexa Sussman

August 3, 2018

Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) is the application of behavioral psychology to improve safety in the workplace. The aim is to change behaviors that cause incidents and promote behaviors that are efficient and safe.

Dysfunctional Practices: that kill your Safety Culture (and what to do about them)

July 20, 2018

For Dysfunctional Practices: that kill your Safety Culture, Dr. Timothy Ludwig draws on his 30+ years of research and practice in behavioral approaches to safety to help managers re-shape their safety culture by driving out fear and risk and engaging their workforce.

Sources of Behavioral Variance in Process Safety

Analysis and Intervention

July 20, 2018

Process safety management seeks to establish a multi-level system to assess, document, maintain, and inspect equipment and work practices integral in controlling highly toxic and/or reactive materials.