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Articles by Dave Johnson

BLS reports lowest fatal injuries

Man down: Should we stop work?

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Dave Johnson
January 12, 2023

Money is behind the hollowness of many companies’ stop work policies. Sure, if you see something, say something. A change in weather conditions. An emergency situation. A near-miss incident. A lack of knowledge as to how to proceed. Unsafe conditions. Equipment used improperly. All legitimate risks. All often ignored by the workers who have the authority to halt work. Why? 


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Breaching the C-suite

Powerful execs can be intimidating when it comes to safety
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Dave Johnson
December 13, 2022

How many safety pros give CEOs a pass when it comes to safety? How many lower their expectations of what CEOs should do for safety? As a rule, the majority of CEOs have no schooling in occupational safety and health. They distance themselves from it, consciously or unconsciously.


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The pandemic’s unintended consequences: EHS pros build skills, clout & confidence

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Dave Johnson
November 18, 2022

Call it the law of unintended consequences: the pandemic — which pros will tell you is still ongoing — has challenged EHS pros to use their people skills perhaps like never before, reaching out, working together, and getting unprecedented national exposure.


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Blue collar workers are losing out on the wellbeing boom

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Dave Johnson
November 8, 2022

A bias exists that white collar workers — more than their blue collar counterparts — are more prone to burn out, anxiety, depression, stress overload, work-life imbalances, emotionally draining work, and have a strong need for rest, gratitude and recognition. But that's not true.


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Can you measure being ‘Earth’s safest place to work?’

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Dave Johnson
October 6, 2022

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos laid down the gauntlet in his April 2021 farewell letter to shareholders as he stepped down as CEO: "We are going to be Earth’s best employer and Earth’s Safest Place to Work.” OK, Jeff, here’s a question: What makes a company the planet’s safest place to work?


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Understand your jobsite safety climate strengths & weaknesses

CPWR provides free online tools & resources for continuous improvement
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Dave Johnson
October 3, 2022

Companies of any size or available resources can start their safety climate improvement journey by using one of the system’s two assessments developed by CPWR (with stakeholder input) to either measure their safety climate maturity or conduct a simple needs assessment of the company’s jobsite safety climate across eight leading indicators.


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NSC review: Safety tech comes on strong

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Dave Johnson
September 29, 2022

This year’s National Safety Congress & Expo in San Diego featured a tech hub of approximately 25 vendors that seemed a world away from the usual exhibits of PPE, training services and facility equipment.


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NSC review: The big buzz about ESG

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Dave Johnson
September 26, 2022

ESG ratings, rankings and grades have been around for some years, and the whole “ESG industry” is growing, driven by Wall Street investors, media coverage, consumer and employee demands for responsible corporate behavior, and the need for both public and private companies – though primarily at this point public entities – to be able to access capital by scoring well on ESG scorecards.


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NSC review: What’s so new about DEI?

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Dave Johnson
September 26, 2022

A major session at the NSC was introduced by OSHA chief Doug Parker, moderated by NIOSH director Dr John Howard, and had six panelists. The subject? Diversity, equity and inclusion, better known these days as DEI.


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The danger of being your sisters’/brothers’ keeper

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Dave Johnson
September 6, 2022

How many employees have died, or been seriously incapacitated, trying to rescue a co-worker in a toxic confined space? Without training and awareness, impulses and human nature can take over. 


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