The Historical “Dumbing Down” of the Safety Profession!

December 17, 2022 No Comments

asdf   asse engineers.  engineers focusing on hazard recognition and control largely through engineering out the hazard. mid 1960’s weaver, convinced other college majors should be allowed in too.  WC definitions expanded to include cummulative trauma disorders ,  bad back, cts, etc that may have been aggrivated by work, but many probably congenital or non-work […]

December 17, 2022Safety Articles

Safety Awakening – “You Can NOT Believe Accident Reports!”

July 24, 2022 No Comments

  You Can NOT Believe Accident Reports!   misleading self-serving, biased , false, more concerned with being seen as politically correct and a team player.  Reluctant to point the finger at any department or manager (especially executives and top-level managers) for fear of making an enemy and hurting their career and advancement chances.   It’s the […]

July 24, 2022Awakenings

Need Safety Statistics?

January 28, 2019 No Comments

On occasion, we all need reliable occupational safety and health statistics.  If you live in the USA, one of the best sources of national injury statistics is the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Click here to access their latest workplace injury reports, including – Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days […]

January 28, 2019Safety Articles

Women’s Safety and Health Issues

January 21, 2019 No Comments

America’s work force has changed quite a lot in the last 50 years.  Though there are still more men in the workforce, the percent of women working has steadily increased from 34% in 1950’s to 60% today. Women often face different workplace safety and health challenges than men do; partly because men and women tend […]

January 21, 2019Safety Articles

Young Worker Safety Issues

January 14, 2019 No Comments

  The younger workers that you hire may never have had a job before.  The basic safety rules and practices that older workers take for granted are usually unknown to young workers.  That is why it is important to give new young workers an exceptionally thorough safety orientation that emphasises the basics of safety. OSHA in the USA has developed a young […]

January 14, 2019Safety Articles

The Basic Safety Inspectors’ Kit

January 7, 2019 No Comments

When I perform a safety inspection, I always carry along my basic safety inspection kit.  While there are times when I also carry along additional equipment or instruments, my basic kit is with me at all times whenever I am on the work-floor.  My basic safety inspection kit consists of: A notebook to write my […]

January 7, 2019Safety Articles

Indoor Air Quality In Commercial and Institutional Buildings

December 31, 2018 No Comments

Last year OSHA published a little known 24-page booklet entitled Indoor Air Quality In Commercial and Institutional Buildings.  This advisory guidance document has sections on: Sources of Indoor Air Pollutants Common Indoor Air Contaminants Prevention or Control IAQ Problems HVAC System Maintenance Checklist Investigating IAQ Problems and Complaints Steps to Improve Indoor Air Quality Applicable […]

December 31, 2018Safety Articles

“It’s About People – Not Machines”

December 24, 2018 No Comments

Yesterday I received an email from John Conover, Jr.   He is the Environmental Health & Safety Spec. at the University of Richmond.  John wrote some very thoughtful comments about my November 13th article on Dan Petersen.  I’d like to share what he had to say – “Thanks for the reminder to all of us about Dan Peterson.  I […]

December 24, 2018Safety Articles

Guide To Hiring A Safety Professional

December 17, 2018 No Comments

Hiring a safety professional can be a  confusing task for a non-safety professional with little knowledge about what the safety profession is all about.  This is especially true for organizations who are attempting to hire their very first safety professional.  To assist those who have little experience in this area, I’ve found a couple of […]

December 17, 2018Safety Articles

When Do You Need A Full Time Safety Manager?

December 10, 2018 No Comments

Recently I was asked by the HR Director at a growing company, “at what point are we large enough to need a full-time, in-house, safety manager?”  This is a great question that I have been asked before, but unfortunately there is no easy black and white answer. One needs to consider a number of factors when determining […]

December 10, 2018Safety Articles
 

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