The reality is hitting. In some ways I really don't want it to end. It has been very good to me. I feel so comfortable about it and so positive, that I am uncertain about the future. I don't know what to expect. What, 2016? Oh, you thought I was feeling uncertain about the new year? [...]
First of all, Marry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Holidays to everyone. I wish you and yours the safest of holidays over this next week and beyond. I appreciate very much all of your support of me and this blog, and my gratitude for my readers, friends and clients is too innumerable to mention. I [...]
This Christmas, a lump of coal takes on a whole new meaning. First off, it might be seen as a good present, as coal prices are going up in the wake of stories out of the United States about environmental regulations putting massive restrictions of coal mines and coal-fired power plants - so much so that [...]
We struggle with our own New Year's resolutions, but it doesn't always mean we can't offer advice about resolutions for others. Yes, we are those types of people. (Not really. Maybe.) As our friends at the ASSE and Professional Safety magazine have been ending 2015 with some brief articles giving us tips and reminders about safety heading [...]
As we wind down 2015 and look ahead to 2016, I have written in this space before about how this is a great time to look back over the year that was, take lessons from what happened and work to be stronger and better as we look forward to make goals for the year to [...]
Is it a false sense of security? It is a feeling of invincibility? Is it just not thinking? Or is it not knowing enough? Whether you are working as a welder, combat soldier, construction worker, firefighter or a chef in a kitchen that uses open flame, you can understand the value of wearing flame-resistant clothing. [...]
Sometimes just as soon as you wonder what people at OSHA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency do with their free time ... Boom, they remind you what they're doing all along. Every once in a while, as you all know (at least, those of you loyal readers of this little corner of the Interwebs), [...]
As we are in the last month of the year 2015 (already!), this is usually a good time for many people and companies to look over the past year and start to look ahead to the new year and make either resolutions or to at least address possible changes to the way things have been [...]
As safety officers, we really do work very hard to try to mitigate incidents at our worksites. We generally understand that every incident is a liability and injury risk for our company and our workers. Especially for those of us who have lived the last couple generations with the Heinrich Triangle. [Image courtesy of [...]
We all know that no two incidents are alike, but we can agree that there can be a general context to every incident that at least makes them similar in terms of the safety protocols that could have prevented the incident, or those which did not address what happened in an adequate way. Heinrich postulated [...]
