Today I am continuing a series of blog posts that are meant to address the key points in an extended article about drift in the January 2015 issue of Professional Safety magazine, which is put out each month by the ASSE. I am going through the highlights of the article and adding my personal perspective; I [...]
Conversations, and not just communication, have proven to be more effective in promoting and delivering not only great safety records in companies, but also effective production. As was talked about in my last post, the first of this series about drift, when communication is just one way - from management and the C-suite down to [...]
I am sure you have found a couple of my previous series of posts enlightening and at least educational, if not entertaining. Sometimes I come across interesting topics that I decide are worthy of being fully fleshed out, so I will create a series of several posts that address this main topic to bring it [...]
As was mentioned in a previous post, the Hispanic community continues to grow and the risk of workplace incidents, injuries and deaths among Hispanics has been rising. The U.S. Department of Labor has been taking its own steps to try to help Hispanic workers who are seeking jobs or are currently in the U.S. workforce [...]
We can admit that our North American labor force is getting more and more diverse. While Canada and the U.S. both use English as a primary language, there are people from all different countries and cultures who have had to learn English as a second or even a third language to be able to assimilate [...]
There is a reason that many workplace safety incidents are often called "accidents." However, if we take a step back, what is inherent in the word "accident"? I it possible that we are using the word wrong, or if we are, is there a way that we can act proactively to mitigate the use of [...]
There were some very interesting information that came out recently from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, an office inside the U.S. Department of Labor. Sometimes the bureau spits out some numbers regarding workplace deaths and work-related traffic accidents. A couple of the tidbits that are of particular note are that in 2013, the number [...]
For those of you who pay attention to this blog (and if you know what is good for you, you do), you understand that I don't usually post here except on Tuesdays and Fridays when I have new material (and time!) to post. So you know that there is something important when I am presenting [...]
Christmas is truly one of my favorite times of the year. I don't just say that because I'm hopped up on egg nog. I love the lights, the Christmas trees, giving gifts to people I love and who love me back, and I love having a white Christmas with snow on the ground. [Image [...]
We have been a mobile society for hundreds if not thousands of years. Ever since the invention of the wheel and the discovery of many uses of animals for transport, we have been nomadic; we rarely stay in one place very long. And even in business, we have a want and a need to be [...]
