Used to be safety trade shows were a circus of magicians, carny barkers and buxom models in bikinis waving from swings.

Continuing the changing culture theme from last month, let’s explore Mark Bodnarczuk’s Island of Excellence® Change Model.

If safety is more important than production, why does safety report up through legal, human resources or production rather than production reporting up through the company’s number one priority?

Do you believe there is a subculture within the overall culture of your organization that is all about safety and nothing else?

I write provocative material. I deliberately try to elicit a visceral response and take people to a place where they can explore their deepest held beliefs and question basic ideologies of safety. The latest in neuroscience suggests that our decisions or made and our ability to change reside deep in our subconscious beneath our defenses.

For a moment consider perhaps the most serious threat to worker safety: the attitudes of the safety professionals themselves.

The advanced properties of the Taeki5® protective gears are allowing safety professionals to address the toughest requirements for Hand Arm Body protection and ensure a safer working environment

As safety professionals all over the civilized world continued to congratulate themselves on the swell job they’re all doing, someone had to piss on the picnic and blow up a fertilizer plant.

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), five to 10 million workers are exposed to heat-related illnesses each year.