In 1980, Dov Zohar addressed various implications of assessing safety climate through a 40-item questionnaire in order to improve safety-related outcomes. Zohar wrote one of the first scholarly works pertaining to safety climate and I was intrigued.
It’s no secret that when workers and management value safety, there tend to be fewer hazardous work practices on the jobsite. But are safety managers doing all they can to make that happen?
A lecture on “Solitude and Leadership: If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts,” was delivered by William Deresiewicz to the plebe class at the United States Military Academy at West Point in October 2009.
All of us, including myself, have been involved in safety change efforts during our careers and have experienced varying degrees of success and failures.
Institute for Safety and Health Management (ISHM) in partnership with Westex, a flame resistant fabric manufacturer known for uncompromising commitment to safety, announce the 2014 Safety Management Professional of the Year.
ISHN conducted an exclusive interview with Terry Mathis, who presented a talk on “Should the Safety Department Manage Safety” at the National Safety Congress & Expo, Sept 15-17, in San Diego.
ISHN conducted an exclusive interview with Shawn Galloway, who presented a talk on “Becoming a Rising Star – The Ideal Safety Career Path” at the National Safety Congress & Expo, Sept 15-17, in San Diego.
Mistakes will happen. It’s human error. People are people working within the context of systems, so GE takes people out of the equation and focuses on risk, the risks of the systems that employees work within, said Ann R. Klee, the VP for Environment, Health and Safety at GE, speaking at the opening session of the 30th annual meeting (Aug. 25-28) of the Voluntary Protection Program Participants’ Association (VPPPA), in National Harbor, MD, outside of Washington DC.
