All of us, including myself, have been involved in safety change efforts during our careers and have experienced varying degrees of success and failures.
Institute for Safety and Health Management (ISHM) in partnership with Westex, a flame resistant fabric manufacturer known for uncompromising commitment to safety, announce the 2014 Safety Management Professional of the Year.
ISHN conducted an exclusive interview with Terry Mathis, who presented a talk on “Should the Safety Department Manage Safety” at the National Safety Congress & Expo, Sept 15-17, in San Diego.
ISHN conducted an exclusive interview with Shawn Galloway, who presented a talk on “Becoming a Rising Star – The Ideal Safety Career Path” at the National Safety Congress & Expo, Sept 15-17, in San Diego.
Mistakes will happen. It’s human error. People are people working within the context of systems, so GE takes people out of the equation and focuses on risk, the risks of the systems that employees work within, said Ann R. Klee, the VP for Environment, Health and Safety at GE, speaking at the opening session of the 30th annual meeting (Aug. 25-28) of the Voluntary Protection Program Participants’ Association (VPPPA), in National Harbor, MD, outside of Washington DC.
Something is wrong — possibly our conventional safety management principles and science are not only losing their impact, but are now contributing to failure.
By ISHN Editor Dave Johnson, reporting from the annual VPPPA conference: Mistakes will happen, it’s human error, people are people working within the context of systems, so GE takes people out of the equation and focuses on risk, the risks of the systems that employees work within, said Ann R. Klee, the VP for Environment, Health and Safety at GE, speaking at the opening session of the 30th annual meeting of the Voluntary Protection Program Participants’ Association (VPPPA), in National Harbor, MD, outside of Washington DC.
