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Editorial Comments

Safety for everyone: If only it was that simple

February 3, 2020

"Safety for everyone” is the tagline of a 60-second Honda commercial you might have seen this fall. It tugs at the heart strings. A series of images is accompanied by voice-overs:

Safety Technology

Delegating safety to employees

User-friendly software engages the frontline

September 12, 2019

We sat down with Matthew Elson, CEO of SHE Softwares to discuss implementing safety programs, and a positive safety culture for workers. Below are excerpts from that conversation.

NFPA 70E® provides a comprehensive & effective program

Spark safety improvements

Sergio Pessoa

August 20, 2018

The total cost of safety cannot be underestimated. A life is priceless. Direct costs such as worker’s compensation, medical and legal expenses, and indirect safety costs such as training, accident investigation, implementation of corrective measures, lost productivity, equipment and property repairs add up quickly.

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.

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.

Licensing and royalty fees can blunt safety advances

Shawn M. Galloway

September 5, 2013

Practices to improve safety performance and culture have and will continue to evolve, due to advances in thinking born from a continuous pursuit to challenge the status quo.