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leaders with their workers

Leaders: A purposeful presence can open up safety dialog

Wallow with your people
David Sarkus MS, CSP
January 1, 2018

When I coach leaders, I often hear that the image of wallowing stays with them long after I’m gone - even when they don’t feel like wallowing! Ultimately, the thought of wallowing moves their thoughts to intentions, and then, purposeful actions.


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training program strategies

Short, more digestible training programs meet today’s needs

Brad Harbaugh
January 1, 2018

The beginning of a new year is an ideal time to review your training challenges, and consider online solutions that align with your needs. Following, we look at common workplace training challenges, and how today’s online solutions can help ease those burdens.


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ishn survey projections for 2018

Survey reports stable EHS budgets, staffs & incomes

Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
January 1, 2018

Safety and health professionals (full-timers) and practitioners (part-timers) are in stable, generally positive positions entering the new year, according to reader research conducted by ISHN magazine in October, 2017.


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Focus on organizational and human factors impacting risk

Hit the reset button
December 12, 2017

Changes in safety and health approaches are needed both in and outside of government. Many established beliefs and assumptions concerning government operations currently are being re-evaluated and questioned. This reset presents an opportunity.


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OSHA Penalty Settlements

The art of the deal: Know how OSHA reaches settlements

Dan Markiewicz
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?


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red flag warnings and predictions

Why can’t we see red flags?

No one likes to listen to a pessimist
Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
December 1, 2017

Do your safety and health efforts have a sufficient number of realists – or potential pessimists – who know the truth on the ground, and will call it as they see it to more distant and pre-occupied higher-ups?


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worker safety conversations and culture

The benefits of having better conversations on safety

More than a scorecard metric…
Kiran Jagilinki
November 29, 2017

Unlike other business metrics, safety can impact our lives both on and off the job. To flourish in the business world, great organizations need to also evolve and elevate their cultures by making safety more than just a metric on a scorecard.


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Bed bug bites

Safety tips as mobile workers multiply

Don’t let the bed-bugs bite
Dan Markiewicz
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.


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algorithms to prevent risk and injury

It only seems like Algorithms rule the world

Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson
November 24, 2017

Is there an algorithm to predict the likelihood of an individual sustaining an injury? More than one. Types of software are on the market that can predict specifically who is at greatest risk.


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5 tips for creating an organization-wide safety culture

Achieving effective engagement
Alexa Sussman
November 1, 2017

Building an organization-wide safety culture is important — making safety a priority for everyone keeps workers safe and spares your organization the consequences of injuries and illnesses. Here are five tips that can help you develop a total safety culture that’s engaging and effective.


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