For more than fifty years, Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) has been the primary way of checking safety performance across professional industries. Pre Qualifications for contractors and annual performance incentives have been based on TRIR, which has recently been found to have detrimental limitations on long-term improvements. Because the safety community has yet to agree [...]
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, reiterating the importance of acknowledging the detrimental effects working night and rotating shifts have on the body. Although prostate cancer is linked to genetics and advanced age, The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) also confirms shift work plays a part in prostate cancer. They have even gone [...]
To effectively manage risk, Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) professionals must understand the meaning of risk, opportunity, and uncertainty. These three variables are closely related yet different, and OSH professionals must address them together to reduce uncertainty in decision-making. What is Risk? Risk has different definitions and meanings depending on the context. A general description [...]
