Between you, me, and the confines of this space, we can all admit ... outside of those of us in the safety bubble, safety programs, procedures and protocols we have to teach our workers come across like a lead balloon. Not sexy, in other words. I certainly know it can be tough to get people [...]
Safety programs are quite diverse - about as diverse as the industries in which safety standards, protocols and programs are instituted. And how effective each safety program seems to also vary according to the inherent risks of the industry and work site, as well as the language and cultural barriers of the various employees and [...]
Dust just loves keyboards. It's kind of like modern-day kids in that sense. Kids love pushing buttons, and keyboards are all about the buttons. Dust has seemed to be a common enemy of all computer devices and other electrical items like television sets, desktops, tablets, refrigerators and the like. And since no one wants to [...]
Men and women who can drive tractor-trailers and long-haul trucks are in seriously high demand, and for plenty of reasons. There has been a certain romanticism about trucking that has developed over the last few decades, and in some ways it can be very rewarding work. [Image courtesy of Anthony Easton from Flickr, via [...]
When around water, safety experts can tend to drone on about life jackets and other personal flotation devices (PFDs) - and there seems to be evidence every year that the advice isn't always heeded, as witnessed by the number of drowning deaths on America's water ways due to people being thrown overboard and not having [...]
Everyone knows that hazardous materials and chemicals are dangerous and require a special safety program entirely separate from the safety program on the work site. Over the years, as more and more hazardous chemicals and materials are stored, used, handled and shipped, much of the safety compliance has seemed to be blurred or clouded. In [...]
Since the Great Recession of 2008, the economy has been slow to recover, but it has recovered. It has been recovering in the sense that many companies who laid off millions of workers who had full-time salaries and benefits, have been working with thousands of temporary workers to do some of the work that has [...]
We have all become familiar with the term "attorney-client privilege," right? After all, either we have been sued, done the suing or know someone who has been in a legal wrangle for any number of reasons. While attorney-client privilege is considered sacred in the court system, as a term it can be thrown around a [...]
When musicians create music, it just comes to them. There is no set date or time from which they get inspiration, nor is there any imposed time for inspiration to happen - it happens on its own time and in its own way. Harmony and melody are the two vital parts of any piece of [...]
Damn that human nature. As safety professionals, we can admit that sometimes we wish our workers (bless their hearts) were programmable robots so we would know exactly what they are thinking, what they are doing and will do and we can ensure safety at all times. At the same time, that unpredictability of human nature [...]
