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Charges dropped against railroad for Lac Mégantic catastrophe

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Jordan Barab
April 12, 2018
Criminal charges have been dropped against Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA), according to Quebec’s Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DPCP), for causing the deaths of 47 people when 73 cars of highly combustible crude oil derailed in the small Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic in 2013 turning the downtown into a raging inferno.
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An actionable safety plan: Part 3 – Sustaining safety success

This is the third in a three-part series
Deborah Grubbe James B. Porter Jr.
April 9, 2018
In our previous two columns on this subject, developing an actionable safety plan is covered in three parts. First Actions was explained in Part One (October 2017 ISHN) and Core Actions detailed in Part Two (January 2018 ISHN). The rest of this column focuses on Sustaining Actions.
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Caring and safety cultures

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Mark Katchen MS MBA CIH
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.
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Dispelling the myth that your worksite is unique

“Accidents just happen around here”
Dr. John Kello
January 8, 2018

We tend to view our own industry, whatever it is, as unique. We’re prone to see our industry as having characteristics that distinguish it from other industries. I am often told by clients, “this business is unlike any other.”


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Under the influence: Gaining compliance without using the club

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Dr John Kello
September 1, 2017

Most employees, whatever place they occupy on the org chart, can’t make everyone else do what they want just because they said so. Even if they could, influence works much better than force.


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Working without support: How to transition from ‘going it alone’

Dr. John Kello
June 1, 2017

Some of us are blessed to step into an EHS role where “the table is set.” Top management daily walks the talk, and supports and publicly acknowledges our efforts. We operate in a Positive Safety Culture.


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Automation doesn’t replace the need for vigilance

Dr. John Kello
April 1, 2017

You might recall last year the fatal accident involving a self-driving Tesla. It reinforced the need to be vigilant even as we are assured (or assure ourselves) that “the machine will handle it.”


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Experienced workers underestimate risk

How experienced workers underestimate risk

Dr. John Kello
March 1, 2017

One of the real head-scratchers in the realm of workplace safety is the reality that such a large percentage of accidents, especially serious ones, happen to experienced workers.


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Business models change with the times

And so does the role of safety and health professionals
Kello
Dr John Kello
October 1, 2016
Henry Ford helped establish the proposition that organizations were like a giant clock.
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Relationships & strategy safely lead to success

Kello
Dr John Kello
June 1, 2016

A colleague of mine is an executive in a truly excellent company, one very explicit about its “Culture of High Performance.”


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