In the event of an accident you should be prepared. You should have an accident investigation kit which has barrier tape to block off the scene to preserve the evidence, a digital camera to take pictures or a sketch pad to sketch out the scene and the angles and things like that. You should also [...]
Barb shares the differences between safe work practices and job procedures.
Barb shares the differences between hazard assessments and risk assessments.
Barb shares why you should use a health and safety consultant instead of using internal sources.
I had a dear client as me, “How do I get an orientation video that is customized to my people, my hazards and my work environment? Who do I go to? Where can I access it? What is the best way of doing it?” I answered, “With today’s technological advances it is very powerful to [...]
There are four tips I have to really shift an organization into a new way of thinking. I call them paradigm shifters. I have stolen from the best and I have used Steve Covey’s values which are expressed in almost every major religious organization and are thousands of years old and they hold true throughout [...]
Organizations are composed of people, equipment, tools and processes. Organizations have to have a balance between all of these elements in order to improve their health and safety readiness. Human beings have to have the right attitude and behaviors in order to practice health and safety. Sometimes though the attitude isn’t there but the behavior [...]
Some of my clients ask me ask me how I audit them and what benefits they can receive by me auditing them. Firstly, there are three reasons why clients want to be audited. They want to receive their Certificate of Recognition which gives them 5% back on WCB premiums and 10% back if it is [...]
Did you know that if NASA was going to launch a rocket or a probe to the moon they could not do it today because the knowledge is in expert’s heads and has never been spread to everyone and it hasn’t been documented, it hasn’t been written down anywhere and the knowledge is gone so [...]
Some of the key elements of an effective health and safety program are management commitment and leadership from the top where they provide the necessary resources to enhance health and safety activities within a company. It has to come from the top so that middle management is not tempted to take shortcuts and supervisors will [...]
