As I have written in the last couple of posts, safety is something where I can educate individuals, but it is a collective exercise to ensure proper safety for all workers and employees at a worksite or within a company structure. Each individual has his or her own accountability for safety in tersms of knowing, [...]
When it comes to workplace safety, there is little doubt that safety is both an individual and a collective endeavor. Very few times does an individual's safety not affect others. Even in a situation where a person is working alone, if he or she is not doing the right things in terms of safety and something [...]
Let me be clear here for a moment. As I write a brief series regarding workplace accountability, I will not be writing much about the accountability to self, but that does not mean it is not important. In fact, being accountable to yourself for workplace safety ultimately means more than anything else. [Image courtesy [...]
We all know it is very easy to take a long look at the causes and the consequences of some incident at a work site, especially one that resulted in injuries or death, and be quick to point fingers of blame and someone or some protocol that failed. And, to be frank, just because it [...]
There is little question that a well-supplied first-aid kit at home or on a worksite can allevite a lot of fears and help expidite healing in certain cases where a minor incident occurs. Bandages, wraps, a little bit of alcohol, cotton balls, swabs and even tweezers or small scissors can be effective for a quick [...]
In many ways, there are many more regulations with commercial driving for work purposes than for personal use, but think about the assets involved. Are human assets actually more valuable than those that are not human but have a price tag to them? Obviously that depends on who you are in a corporation or business. [...]
When it comes to driving in Canada and some parts of the U.S., there is a stark difference between winter driving and summer driving. But they are not so different as to have one type of seasonal driving be necessarily safer than another. They are different in their risks to drivers and passengers. But certainly [...]
Sumertime is a fun time for many families, but it is also a very active time in terms of safety and staying healthy. While many families use this break from school to head out on summer vacation trips, there are many families that also have children that are of age to be working (aged 15 [...]
As we are into summer, this is a time where many young people will take on part-time or full-time work to make some money - either for school, for the car, for dinner with the girlfriend, or just to stay busy when not studying. And if you are a proud parent of one of these [...]
In many parts of Canada and a wide swath of the U.S., the heat has not really descended on people yet as the calendar turns to June. However, temperatures have been rising steadily, and for some of us, we either work outside or we are safety officers in charge of monitoring the safety and health [...]
