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I have been helping companies implement safety incentive programs for many decades, and one decision that is constantly underappreciated is the selection of specific rewards to use as incentives for safe behavior.

Let’s face it guys, we are becoming a little older each day and those of us at or near retirement, older Baby Boomers, need to be focusing on our Social Security claiming strategy like a laser beam.

Written safety plans, training and inspections are three vital components of a safety and health program.

Last month I introduced you to Scott A. Snook’s term practical drift, which he coined in his root cause analysis of the accidental shoot down of two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters resulting in the loss of 26 peacekeepers. 

The first-shift guys tell you they work together as a team. They are the best shift in every way. And they always clean up and set up for second shift.

The behavior-based safety concept was developed by H.W. Heinrich in the 1930s and 1940s.

How often have you seen workers fail to comply with safe practices that are clearly targeted in the safety signage?