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BBS v. HOP at Safety 2018

May 2, 2018

Behavior-based approaches to safety versus the promise of "Safety II" type approaches like Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) will be explored through a series of sessions at Safety 2018. Are the two approaches contradictory or complementary? How do employee perceptions affect safety?

Not your father’s risk management

You want to prevent problems, not manage them

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

April 18, 2018

Yesterday’s risk management practices are no longer adequate to deal with today’s threats and they need to evolve. This reasoning drove ISO to revise risk management standard 31000:2009 to 31000:2018.2

Safety in the Construction Industry, Vol. 3

April 1, 2018

This exclusive ISHN ebook – Volume 3 – identifies the most serious construction hazards and provides protection tips and best practices. We pay particular attention to falls – the number one killer on construction sites.

Info that can make operating heavy equipment safer

March 29, 2018

Safely operating large, potentially dangerous construction and agricultural equipment can be challenging. Information that enhances training and usage can help reduce the risks of working with such equipment. One source of information about equipment safety is the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), which has resources available to both its 900+ members and to the general public.

Stay abreast of these evolving EHS requirements

It's time to shift gears

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

March 23, 2018

If there’s a workplace fatality, or if injury/illness rates are too high, or workplace hazards and risks are perceived to be great, employers, disgruntled workers and outside interested parties, such as OSHA, often seek an EHS revolution -- rapid fundamental change.

Best Practices

Does ISO 45001 address sexism?

Global management system standard is due in March

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

February 20, 2018

With #womensmarch and #metoo bookending 2017, many U.S. employers are likely to establish new policies and procedures in 2018 to better manage workplace sexism. How does this practice impact occupational health and safety?

Hand Protection Best Practices

February 1, 2018

The articles in this eBook have one aim: to protect your workers from the wear, tear and long-term punishment their hands might have to endure: sprains, strains, tears, soreness, pain, cuts, lacerations, punctures, bruises, contusions, fractures and amputations.

The art of the deal: Know how OSHA reaches settlements

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

December 1, 2017

OSHA has cut deals with employers and industry associations ever since the agency’s beginning. About one-third of cited employers don’t take OSHA’s deal. They just correct and pay. Will more of this group deal with OSHA in the future?

Safety tips as mobile workers multiply

Don’t let the bed-bugs bite

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

November 26, 2017

Lack of deep cleaning and other actions/inactions help unwanted guests in the room, such as bed-bugs and germs, to multiply and spread to bedding and even packed clothes.

An actionable safety plan: Part 1- Improving safety performance

This is the first in a three-part series

Deborah Grubbe James B. Porter Jr.

October 17, 2017

Your plan must be based on your organization's vision for future safety performance. Frame it as a set of actions that will: Further a safety culture change from reactive to proactive, provide the functioning capability to lead the change, and provide governance requirements to sustain the change.