Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

Cory Worden, PhD*(ABD), MS, CSHM, CSP, CHSP, ARM, REM, CESCO, AOHP, Region 2 Director, has over 15 years’ experience in safety. He has published six books; his work has been published by ASSP AOHP, ISHN, ISHM and more. Cory was the 2014 ISHM Safety Professional of the Year, a 2015 National Safety Council Rising Star of Safety, the 2016 ASSP Healthcare Practice Specialty Safety Professional of the Year, the 2017 AOHP National Extraordinary Member and the 2018 AOHP Extraordinary Services Award recipient.

Winning hearts and minds: A different kind of war

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

July 14, 2022

The best safety cultures come when everyone involved takes ownership and is empowered to develop, communicate and use the safest work practices. The proverbial “winning hearts and minds” is a concept that is supposed to make team members want to be safe. But, how does someone win hearts and minds?

How employees and organizations can overcome adversity to better handle chronic illness and trauma

Christy Maes Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

April 14, 2022

Within risk management constructs, external risk is as equally valid as internal risk. Natural disasters, external hazardous materials releases, and workplace violence from outside the organization can harm employees and affect organizational operations as much or more than inter-workplace hazards.

Missed opportunities: How the fight against COVID-19 became a stalemate

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

November 8, 2021

Unfortunately, with many having actively protested exposure prevention protocols since the emergency of the COVID-19 virus and many actively protesting vaccinations, methods to counter the virus are being bypassed by a large percentage of the population; in turn, this is enabling the possibility for COVID-19 to linger and/or return.

The pragmatic development of ongoing hazard analysis to reach high-reliability goals

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

August 27, 2021

High-reliability organizations are those whose leaders strive to create the safest and most effective hazard controls and then constantly re-assess these operations for any possibility of failure so that it can be resolved before an incident occurs.

Thought Leadership

Are we our own worst enemy? Optimize safety leadership skills though peer feedback

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

July 15, 2021

Being a safety and occupational health leader is not easy. In many cases, the position requires enormous responsibility and accountability with little or no authority or resources.

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Thought Leadership

Consider personal perceptions and levels of transparency when assessing risk to improve safety

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

June 30, 2021

In this three-part series, the role of personal perceptions and the influence of invalidated information on them used in risk assessments is explored.

Thought Leadership

Risk Management: subjective perspectives, risk assessments and ethical dilemmas

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

May 13, 2021

In this three-part series, the role of personal perceptions and the influence of invalidated information on them used in risk assessments is explored. This is part two.

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A tangled web: subjective perspectives, risk assessments and ethical dilemmas

Part 1 of 3

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

April 27, 2021

In this three-part series, the role of personal perceptions and the influence of invalidated information on them used in risk assessments will be explored. Part 1 discusses how perceptions are developed.

Missed opportunities and a path forward (it took a pandemic)

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

March 22, 2021

As humans experienced the first global pandemic since 1918, it also experienced a multitude of missed opportunities that would have mitigated the frequency and severity of COVID-19 exposures and infections. Contrary to many messages communicated by politicians, the pandemic is not a political issue. Instead, it is a hazard, subject to scientific hazard control.

Thought Leadership

Whistleblowers, past and present

How to avoid repeat mistakes and understand ethical dilemmas

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

January 17, 2021

In this series, the concept of and need for whistleblowers is explored along with historical and present-day cases.

OSHA, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, reports that companies who invest in safety will reap rewards in the form of all sorts of lower insurance premiums, including worker's compensation rates.

Forklift Safety has seen a renewed focus with the following additions: observance of National Forklift Safety Day, a revised ANSI lift truck industry standard, and a regulatory agenda item to revise the OSHA standard.

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

ARTICLES

Winning hearts and minds: A different kind of war

How employees and organizations can overcome adversity to better handle chronic illness and trauma

Missed opportunities: How the fight against COVID-19 became a stalemate

The pragmatic development of ongoing hazard analysis to reach high-reliability goals

Are we our own worst enemy? Optimize safety leadership skills though peer feedback

Consider personal perceptions and levels of transparency when assessing risk to improve safety

Risk Management: subjective perspectives, risk assessments and ethical dilemmas

A tangled web: subjective perspectives, risk assessments and ethical dilemmas

Missed opportunities and a path forward (it took a pandemic)

Whistleblowers, past and present

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