Safety professionals - Articles - Page 50

Flying in a cloudbank of hazards with no instruments

September 3, 2014

I’ve been in the safety business for 45 years.

Safety must deliver more than customers expect

Shawn M. Galloway

September 3, 2014

Competitive advantage in the marketplace no longer lies with managing and beating competition

Push your boss to speak honestly about safety

Peter Sandman Ph.D.

September 3, 2014

A claim from an organization that it is doing “everything possible” to “ensure” that its operations are “safe” is always false – empty-headed at best, intentionally dishonest at worst.

The challenge is self-motivation

E. Scott Geller

September 3, 2014

Workers need to be self-motivated to look out continually for the safety and health of others.

Multiple threats: Multi-hazard FR fabrics

Mark Saner

September 3, 2014

The demand for flame-resistant (FR) clothing that protects against several hazards is rapidly increasing.

Tools for absorbing safety training

Linda Tapp, CSP, ALCM

September 3, 2014

You can help ensure that you have trainees’ full attention by applying accelerated learning principles to your safety training efforts.

Taking safety to an extreme?

Karl Lodi

September 3, 2014

Back when I was an EHS engineer for a manufacturing facility, a mezzanine was converted to work space for a small team of technicians.

Defining mistakes, failures & disasters

Complex safety features may contribute to dire consequences

James E. Leemann Ph.D.

September 3, 2014

In Megan McArdle’s new book, “The UP Side of DOWN — Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success,” she focuses on failures and how individuals react to failures that occur to them and to others.

Ten things successful safety professionals WON'T do

Leonard Vroegindewey

August 27, 2014

This list is by no means expansive of all the great qualities a successful safety professional possesses. However, it is a good start and it will point you in the right direction. They Won’t Act Like A Cop. It is fair to say that this is number one on the list.

The safety profession needs to be more shrill

A Harvard prof asks: What about safety as a “social movement”?

Dave Johnson

August 1, 2014

Robert G. Eccles, a professor of management practice at the Harvard Business School, didn’t mince words when he spoke at a sustainability and safety symposium