Ditch the Audit Calendar

We all love calendars. They can be very effective at managing our days, our weeks, our months and all of the routine things we do at work. We pay bills a certain day every month. We conduct safety checks the same week of every month or the same day every week.The company has donuts in [...]

2017-05-09T10:25:18-06:00September 5th, 2014|Safety Matters|

Keep Some Sheets for Your Fleets!

In order to have a business operating, every owner has to have a selection of paperwork, or at least records. Some are for tax purposes, some for accounting purposes, some for regulatory purposes and others just for personal knowledge and information. These can include everything about yoru business, from income and expense reports, invoice and [...]

2017-05-09T10:25:20-06:00September 2nd, 2014|Safety Matters|

Chicken or Egg: Change and Stress

It is said that the only thing that is constant is change. [Image courtesy of Matt Brown from Flickr via a Creative Commons license]Change is virtually inevitable - every day is new. Yet we humans don't take well to changes and we generally get stressed. How can companies manage the stress when change in [...]

2017-05-09T10:25:21-06:00August 29th, 2014|Safety Matters|

Don’t Be Any of These 10 Leaders

Leadership - at least, good leadership - is hard to come by. Leadership is a way of life, a characteristic - it's not something that just comes with a fancy leadership title. We all know people who are leaders among the rank-and-file, and we know people in leadership positions who just don't have what it [...]

2017-05-09T10:25:22-06:00August 26th, 2014|Safety Matters|

When 65 is Your Age, Not the Speed Limit

Excessive speed is often a factor in many car accidents, though admittedly rarely the only factor. However, speed limits on many roads and highways have generally done well to lower accident rates and thus fatality rates in motor vehicles over the decades. While the numbers are still pretty high because  there are still people who [...]

2017-05-09T10:25:24-06:00August 22nd, 2014|Safety Matters|

Workplace Safety: Is It Gender Sensitive?

As you might expect with the European Union, or most any multinational government agency, a very significantly data-intensive report was released recently. [Courtesy of EladeManu from Flickr via a Creative Commons license]The theory that comes out of a recent EU-OSHA study is that women are more at risk for workplace incidents than men, which [...]

2017-05-09T10:25:25-06:00August 19th, 2014|Safety Matters|

Workday Marathons: Get Mentally Fit!

Have you ran or wanted to run a marathon? OK, those of you who are truly crazy and raised your hands, go away now. [Image courtesy of Grand Velas Puerto Vallarta from Flickr via a Creative Commons license]Finding way to relax and take away the stresses of the day go a long way in [...]

2017-05-09T10:25:27-06:00August 15th, 2014|Safety Matters|

The Key to Happiness is Not a Pill, But …

Every once in a while, as I go through the many articles and research studies about workplace and occupational health and safety, I come across an item that is kind of fun and interesting - if only tangentially related to workplace safety. [Image courtesy of Marina del Castell from Flickr via a Creative Commons [...]

2017-05-09T10:25:30-06:00July 29th, 2014|Safety Matters|
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