Human & Organizational Performance
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Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) assumes that human error is inevitable and that error is a symptom of problems within organizational systems. The HOP approach emphasizes the use of leading indicators, lessens negative consequences that lead to underreporting of incidents and near misses and includes workers in identifying safety solutions.

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Wearables align injury data with fatigue data to determine risk

Wearables align injury data with fatigue data to determine risk

Wake up to fatigue risks
Jessica Shields
April 8, 2019

Over the past few months, I, along with some fellow Cority employees, had the opportunity to participate in a pilot with Fatigue Science to measure our sleep and fatigue levels. Fatigue Science combines wearable tech with biomathematical science from the U.S. Army Research Lab to offer unprecedented insight into sleep and fatigue.


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Top Warehouse Organization Mistakes

Don Amato
April 2, 2019

If something doesn't bring you joy, popular wisdom advises to get rid of it. Yet, supply chain managers don't have that luxury. Everything in their inventories has a reason to be there. That means organizing is much more complicated than for the average homeowner, and much more important.


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Cambridge Center for Behavioral Safety Accreditation Commission names new member

April 1, 2019
Dr. Timothy Ludwig, Managing Commissioner of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies’ Commission on Accreditation for Behavioral Safety, is pleased to announce that Sandy Knott, of Peru, Illinois, was recently elected to the Commission as an Associate Commissioner. Sandy was first introduced to the Center in 2004 working with Drs. Bill Hopkins and Dwight Harshbarger during the early years of our Accreditation program.
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respiratory protection against silica
2019 top standards- Critical OSHA Standards

OSHA silica standard

1910.1053 Respirable crystalline silica
January 3, 2019
The standard applies to all occupational exposures to respirable crystalline silica, except where employee exposure will remain below 25 μg/m3 as an 8-hour TWA under any foreseeable conditions and those occurring during agricultural operations covered under 29 CFR part 1928 and and exposures that result from the processing of sorptive clays.
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5 tips to diffuse conflicts & confrontations

Don’t throw in the towel
Jeremy Brown
December 7, 2018
Sometimes, things just don’t work out. It might not be anyone’s fault — or perhaps you feel strongly that it is entirely someone’s fault — but regardless, regularly working with outside contractors brings about the occasional conflict. But should a conflict arise, it doesn’t necessarily mean that a situation is beyond all repair.
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actively caring for people, behavior-based safety

Actively caring for people’s safety

The crucial difference between “caring” & “acting”
Krista-gellar
Krista S. Geller, Ph.D.
December 4, 2018
What does it mean to actively care for people’s safety? Is this the mission of behavior-based safety (BBS)? Let’s understand the difference between “caring” and “acting.” No one wants to see an individual get injured on the job. This is caring. Yet, many workers admit they do not act on their caring by providing behavioral feedback.
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human and operational performance, HOP

Human error & operational risk

Are you looking in the wrong place to manage non-compliant behaviors?
Peter Bridle
November 14, 2018
How confident are you that a costly, serious safety event isn’t just around the next corner? If your organization has ever been surprised or caught off-guard by a sudden deterioration in its safety performance, it may be that you’re simply not getting the whole picture when it comes to operational risk.
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