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 [...]
Yes, safety is serious business, but if we're not allowed to laugh once in a while, then why in the world are we human? We might as well be androids or robots. No matter how serious our work, we all have to have a sense of humor, even if the circumstance is generally serious. Being [...]
We safety professionals will often get inundated with lots of useful and practical information about safety and safety-related issues, topics, regulations and legislation. And often, we get this information passively, through trade magazines or journals or from other means that don't involve direct conversation or engagement. And when it is passive, there is often no [...]
We have all been there. We have all had that job (or jobs) where we have to wear a hideous uniform for work. Yes, I said hideous. Even if it's actually kinda fashionable (though rare), these are hideous uniforms because you can only wear them for work, and often they are not always that comfortable [...]
