Don’t Kill Your Near Miss Reporting System
Near misses are an incredibly valuable, yet often unsustainable, part of an overall safety program. Near misses are referenced by OSHA as follows: “OSHA strongly encourages employers to investigate all incidents… as well as close calls (sometimes called...
5 Tips to Optimize Your Safety Walk-Arounds
Safety walk-arounds: they might be something you’re doing, but are you getting the most out of them? Walk-arounds are one of the top ways we can work against complacency and also make sure hazards and risks are identified and then resolved. Keep reading to see 5...
4 Ways to Continually Improve Workplace Safety
Imagine this: you’re about to walk into the boardroom to present the latest numbers on safety and costs avoided for a monumental project. The project is one of the biggest your company’s ever taken on. Do you have confidence in doing so? Are you able to share the...
Major Safety Mistakes You May Be Making—And How to Address Each
The job of a safety leader is to ensure that employees have the tools, strategies, and motivation to become exceptional safety performers. Most leaders would agree with this, in theory. But we may make the mistake of expecting workers to be actively involved in...