Three safety professionals were asked to evaluate their company’s previous year’s 129 incident investigation reports to determine what could possibly be done to reduce both the number and severity of injuries.

Since I work for a well-established leader in online training and EHS software solutions, I am often asked if I believe online training can “replace” all instructor-led training.

Recently we came across this online discussion group topic: “Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).... Which department in the company should budget and pay for it? What do you think of safety department paying for PPE for all departments in the company? “

The idea of the “paperless office” has been around for decades now. It was first intended to describe the office of the future, which would come as a result of the rise in personal computing.

What advice would you give to college students who are considering becoming safety professionals?

How often have you come up with a safety idea and found yourself beating your head against the wall trying to get buy-in?

In the safety world, zero is the new name of the game. Have you heard of the Zero Injury Institute.com? Or slogans such as, “Target Zero,” and “We’re drilling toward zero.”

Safety and health professionals routinely make presentations to their boss, their boss’s boss, and sometimes even the CEO to gain approval for an activity or to beg for funding to initiate a new program or sustain an existing program. Too often we are met with delays, resistance and rejection.