Workplace Safety Culture - Articles - Page 89

Overcoming resistance to near-miss reporting

Easily ignored incidents can be key to improving safety performance

May 8, 2013

Even though a near-miss incident on a job site may cause no injuries or property or equipment damage, it can give a company a heads’ up about a need for early intervention, thereby enabling it to improve its safety performance. That point is made in Near Miss Reporting – a Missing Link in Safety Culture, a peer-reviewed feature in the May issue of the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) journal, Professional Safety.

Safety Culture: The need for evidence-based interventions

EHS professionals must understand the scientific and empirical foundation on which any safety intervention is based.

Judith Erickson Ph.D.

May 3, 2013

A three-year nationwide study explored the effects of corporate culture on the level of safety performance (Erick¬son, 1994).

Your vision for safety and closing the gaps

David Sarkus MS, CSP

May 3, 2013

The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it.

A @#$# storm In Texas

Phil La Duke

May 2, 2013

As safety professionals all over the civilized world continued to congratulate themselves on the swell job they’re all doing, someone had to piss on the picnic and blow up a fertilizer plant.

Top 10 global occupational safety and health trends in 2013

May 1, 2013

Actually, we have a pretty good idea what the 8 (or ten) top global trends and issues are in EHS. The issues are addressed in several chapters in a recent book (30+ authors): “Global Occupational Health” (Oxford University Press, 2011).

A safe employee is a happy one

Thomas Black

April 18, 2013

There’s a lot that goes into making a workplace safe.

Run, Hide, Fight: Responding to an active shooter

Bo Mitchell

April 17, 2013

Since Sandy Hook, I get asked daily about "RUN, HIDE, FIGHT," the new response to an active shooter on a campus or in a workplace.

Lose two fingers and be a safety champion?

The importance of educating workers about safety culture

John Drebinger Jr.

April 10, 2013

Have you ever had a discussion with someone who honestly believed they held safety as a value, yet they were so off the mark you were left speechless?

Workplace dissent is good for safety, says ASSE journal article

SH&E pros must learn power of persuasion

April 8, 2013

There’s a link between how organizations are structured and how strong their commitment to safety is, according to an article in this month’s ASSE Professional Safety journal, The Dissenting Voice – Key Factors, Professional Risks and Value Add.

3 critical questions to ask about oil and gas industry safety

Candace Adrian

April 2, 2013

According to a six-year fatal occupational injuries census conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, oil and gas workers in the Gulf countries could be up to seven times more likely to be fatally injured than workers in other industry sectors.