Articles Tagged with ''safety management''

Mercer and a new independent business entity, ORCHSE Strategies, LLC, have signed an agreement for a management buyout of Mercer’s HSE Networks business, which was originally acquired by Mercer in 2010 as part of ORC Worldwide.

November 1st marks the 60th “Diamond” Anniversary of J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.®. Throughout its history, the company has been committed to helping business professionals understand and keep up with changing government regulations and best practices.

Over the past couple of weeks I have criticized the mad rush of snake oil sales men from BBS to the new –found goldmine of one form or another of “culture-based” safety.  I like to alternate my posts from the critical, to the (hopefully) helpful.  Much ado is made about the holy grail of injury prevention, but scant little has been offered around sustaining change.

The only way to ensure that accidents and their consequences are tackled at the source is to identify and eliminate the workplace risks before, rather than after the event. The ongoing identification of workplace and worker risk must become a value to an organization and must occur automatically, as part of the culture of the organization if accidental losses are to be eliminated.