Archive for Programs

– What Drives Safety Excellence? During my career,  I spearheaded numerous studies aimed at identifying the true drivers workplace accidents.  These studies attempted to identify the differences between companies that have excellent employee safety records and those who have poor records. We conducted these studies at hundreds of USA and Canadian locations.  In these studies we:  collected […]

Our friend Terry Daine just published a terrific, totally free, safety and health resource that we couldn’t wait to tell you about!  It’s an online publication entitled “Managing Safety: The Definitive Guide“. This eight chapter booklet expresses complex safety and health principles in easy to understand terms.  It’s also very eye appealing, with lots of original […]

Have you ever wanted to conduct a comprehensive self-assessment of your safety management system (SMS)?  You know, the type of safety program evaluation that the giant corporations do at their branch locations.  Here’s your chance to complete such a comprehensive audit – and it’s totally free! The Institute for Work & Health (IWH) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada has […]

OSHA is the main federal agency charged with the enforcement of workplace safety and health standards in the United States of America.  It is a large governmental agency with thousands of pages of complex standards.  Understanding these voluminous standards and regulations is a daunting task. In the last five years, SafetyAwakenings.com has written dozens of […]

– On-the-Job Stretching Programs Workplace on-the-job stretching programs are controversial, some safety professionals believe in them while others think they are a waste of time. I developed a highly successful on-the-job stretching program at one large manufacturer.  After a few weeks into the program, the union employees liked stretching so much that when their supervisor was sick, they’d just go ahead and stretch […]

Workplace Safety & Health (IIPP, I2P2) Programs Below are links to some examples of comprehensive written workplace safety and health programs (IIPP, I2P2).  They are provided as guides to help you develop, implement and maintain your own program.   They are not intended to be adopted “as is”, nor do they assure compliance with any […]

The best defense against an OSHA citation is “proper documentation”.  OSHA does not recognize that something occurred unless the employer can prove it through documentation.  The burden of proof is on the employer to prove that they were in compliance. What safety records should you keep?  When I was a corporate safety manager the following were the documents that […]

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Lots of companies are confused about how to comply with OSHA’s electric arc flash standards!  Some hire high priced consultants to help them develop their arc flash policies and procedures.   While I’m no arc flash expert, I have worked at companies where we developed our own arc flash programs in-house, without any outside assistance.  So far, each of these programs have passed OSHA’s scrutiny during multiple […]

Click here to view a 23-page first aid program developed by the government of Queensland. The use of this website constitutes your acceptance of our Terms of Use