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Caring and safety cultures

April 3, 2018

Recently, I did some health and safety “due diligence” consulting work for a client who wanted to acquire a small, 65-employee business. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting with supervisors and employees and touring the facility and was struck by two important findings: this small company didn’t have much by way of written programs that supported health and safety regulatory compliance AND it had a remarkably good safety record -- one that much larger companies would envy.

6 ways to implement a safety culture within your workplace

Paul DeTennis

March 5, 2018

Injuries in the workplace cost American companies billions of dollars every year. According to OSHA, it is estimated that employers spend 1 billion dollars a week on workers compensation costs in the United States. That is just the money going towards workers compensation. There are also costs that come from the days that injured employees miss work. Injuries and accidents that force injured employees to miss at least six days of work cost employers in the United States about 62 billion dollars a year.

Publication date set for new global safety standard

February 21, 2018

A highly anticipated global standard aimed at creating safer workplaces everywhere will be published on March 12, according to the Switzerland-based International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that spearheaded the five-year development process with support from the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). Companies can purchase a hard copy of ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems from ASSE beginning the week of the standard’s publication.

Resilience Management Summit set for May 14th & 15th

February 15, 2018

Learn about resilience management and leadership; driving safety and quality with project management; human performance tools; leading indicators and KPIs; social media platforms to create safe performance and safe cultures; organizational culture and performance; and investigation methodologies at the Resilience Management Summit, to be held May 14 and 15 at Oviedo Amphitheatre and Cultural Center, Orlando, FL.

An actionable safety plan: Part 2 – Establishing core actions

This is the second in a three-part series

Deborah Grubbe James B. Porter Jr.

January 19, 2018

Our most recent column (October 2017, pp. 16-17) covered part one (of three) in developing an actionable safety plan. First we described some key First Actions in implementation. Below we describe the three action areas. Part three will detail Sustaining Actions.

Survey says: Safety market stable & healthy in 2018

Technology and sustainability are growing in importance

Dave Johnson

January 1, 2018

You should know that your customers are in a healthy, stable position to spend on safety products entering the new year, according to reader research conducted by ISHN magazine in October, 2017.

Maine lumber mill yields benefits of better safety

December 31, 2017

A Maine lumber mill has seen lower injury rates, lower turnover better employee morale and an improved safety culture since partnering with government agencies to help make inherently high-hazard work tasks safer.

One safety agreement to cover 20 grain facilities in six states

Action prompted by multi-fatality incident

December 22, 2017

OSHA and Bartlett Grain Company LP have signed a comprehensive settlement requiring the company to implement safeguards, training, and audit procedures at its 20 grain handling facilities in six states. The agreement resolves contested citations issued by OSHA in April 2012 after six individuals were killed and two injured as a result of an Oct. 29, 2011, explosion at the Atchison grain elevator.

ZeraWare helps you manage your employee safety program

December 11, 2017

ZeraWare Safety Software has a new Web Site that describes multiple applications for creating, managing and tracking the core components of an employee safety program. Unique features are database options: Cloud or client-server and a cost chart.

IndustrySafe launches a mobile app to help organizations improve safety inspections

December 7, 2017

IndustrySafe, a leading safety management software, is pleased to announce the launch of its mobile inspections app. This app allows workers to conduct EHS inspections from their mobile devices, with or without internet access.