It is the Holy Grail for safety officers. OK, besides Target Zero. Every safety officer is tasked with having a worksite that encourages health, safety and productivity among workers. Every safety officer feels achievement when every single person on the payroll comes to work as expected every single day and works their full shift and [...]
Life goes in shifts, and often we find ourselves having to shift gears. Why is there shifting in life? Because there are times when we realize that we are not in control of our lives - someone else is calling the shots. We figure this out just as we think we have a plan laid [...]
There has been a lot of conversation in recent headlines in the U.S. about women's health issues and the so-called "War on Women." And yeah, there is war going on, but it is a war that is on a much different front line that what the headlines tell you. From a certain perspective, it can [...]
Worker health is paramount for many companies. There is little doubt about that. But are companies right for getting into worker health in everyday life, not just with the safety initiatives on the work site? Why is it anyone's business what your workers do with themselves outside of work? As long as they are off the [...]
Depending on how you think, government is either the greatest thing since sliced bread or it's the worst threat to human rights and decency. And there is really no middle ground here. Government can be like the New York Yankees - you either love them or hate them; there is usually no neutrality with them. [...]
There is little doubt that our attention spans have been found to be ... hey, lookie there! Sorry. Our attention spans have been getting shor ... hey! Look at that bright shiny object! See? The point is, we have to make our points more quickly and efficiently or people will tune us out. [Image [...]
You gotta love being an independent contractor. No, really, you do. Trust me on this. There is something liberating about being your own boss, seeting your own hours, choosing who you work with and for what salary or hourly rate. [Image courtesy of Flickr user Nathan via a Creative Commons license] But there is [...]
It wasn't that long ago that the idea of smoke in a surgery room or surgical facility was thought of as only because the boiler room was on fire. The idea of smoke being generated during a surgical procedure was beyond all possible and rational belief. But then came the innovation known as laser surgery. [...]
Is there something about the word "cleanroom" that people just don't get? Actually, no, it's not that. Cleanrooms are the most vital rooms in a facility within the food preparation, aerospace and medical/pharamceutical industries. And they are called cleanrooms for a reason, and we don't need to go into why. However, while they are supposed to [...]
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been in the news for both good and not-so-good reasons the last few years. On the one hand, it has been trashed by the press for claims of polluting ground water and being dangerous for air quality in certain parts of the country. on the other hand, the technology has [...]
