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Items Tagged with 'worker engagement'

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Employee engagement’s impact on safety

Engaged workers have fewer incidents, are less costly for employers
Peter G. Furst
November 16, 2022

Engaged employees not only have fewer incidents but those that do occur are significantly less costly and more than likely allows workers to get back to work far more quickly.


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Leading Safety

Focus on employees’ needs for a more productive approach to workplace engagement

Peter G. Furst
October 18, 2022

Employee engagement is influenced by how the individual perceives the work culture, reacts emotionally and responds behaviorally.


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Leading Safety
Leading Safety

Saying 'everyone is responsible for safety' is problematic

The entire group should not be held accountable for individual behavior
Peter G. Furst
April 22, 2022

To improve their safety, outcomes some organizations advocate "everyone is responsible for safety." The thinking behind this is that it will create a universal mindset in their workforce to actively engage everyone. The fundamental problem with this thinking is that it is not practical to hold a group accountable for individual behavior. 


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The role of warehouse storage design in worker safety

Kayla matthews
Kayla Matthews
May 14, 2020
Warehouse workers face dangers that can easily cause serious injury. With the right procedures and design choices in place, it’s possible to mitigate many of these issues — but only if organizations know what to look for.
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Winning business through Safety

Winning business through Safety

A Seattle company leverages its Total Safety Culture
Chad Mendenhall
February 3, 2020

One sweeping glance across the Seattle skyline is enough to see that something is happening in the area. If a region’s tower crane count is any indication of economic growth, then companies should pay attention to the Pacific Northwest.


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Friendly persuasion beats negative safety training lectures

Friendly persuasion beats negative safety training lectures

Safety needs a “common language”
Larry Wilson
August 1, 2019

Be careful, pay attention, watch what you’re doing, follow the rules... and you won’t get hurt!” Not exactly the most positive form of communication, is it?


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Worker engagement requires enabling workers to speak up

Worker engagement requires enabling workers to speak up

Empowering is not enough – you must ENABLE!
Rob Fisher
May 24, 2019

Most organizations, especially those that manage higher risks, have a “requirement” for the workforce to stop work and get help when they are “unsure.” When you talk to managers, they believe this empowerment is what is needed to get people to stop.


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Actively Caring for People’s Safety
Actively Caring for People’s Safety- AC4P

4 STEPS to cultivating a brother’s/sister’s keeper culture

If you see something, say something
Krista gellar
Krista S. Geller, Ph.D.
April 15, 2019

There is a difference between “caring” and “acting.” The mission of behavior-based safety (BBS) is to promote and support “actively caring.” In this article, I want to introduce the STEP process of actively caring for people’s safety. 


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Reasons to care about workers who feel alone
Editor's Letter

Out of the loop: Reasons to care about workers who feel alone

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Dave Johnson
February 7, 2019
United Kingdom-based newspaper The Guardian recently ran this headline: “UK to tackle loneliness crisis with cash injection. More than 120 projects will receive funding to help those affected and reduce stigma.” This reminded me of a book written in 2000, “Bowling Alone,” by Robert D. Putnam.
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Workers

Don’t judge behavior without knowing the situation it occurs in

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Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.
February 1, 2019

Behavior is not right or wrong, good or bad. It just is. It is neutral. Approach behaviors with the dispassionate, objective view of a scientist. Not with emotions.


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