Workplace Safety Culture - Articles - Page 80

Distracted walking: Injuries soar for pedestrians on phones

Cell phone use not just dangerous for drivers, study finds

September 26, 2013

More than 1,500 pedestrians were estimated to be treated in emergency rooms in 2010 for injuries related to using a cell phone while walking, according to a new nationwide study. The number of such injuries has more than doubled since 2005, even though the total number of pedestrian injuries dropped during that time.

Mouthing Off About Safety

Phil La Duke

September 18, 2013

Safety talks, reflections on safety, safety reviews, safety observations, LinkedIn discussions, forums, blogs and…well the list goes on and on.

Back and Forth – Learning from our past

Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP

September 17, 2013

Recently, I heard a quotation that caused me to stop and reflect. It went something like “Life must be lived forward; unfortunately it can only be understood backward.”

Healthier workforces may lead to a healthier bottom line

Study suggests link between “culture of health” and financial performance

September 12, 2013

Companies that build a culture of health by focusing on the well-being and safety of their workforce may yield greater value for their investors, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM), official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

Actively Caring for People: Cultivating a culture of compassion

September 6, 2013

“Actively Caring for People: Cultivating a culture of compassion “is a new book edited by E. Scott Geller, Ph.D., and consisting of contributions from 40 authors writing on aspects of AC4P (Actively Caring For People).

Licensing and royalty fees can blunt safety advances

Shawn M. Galloway

September 5, 2013

Practices to improve safety performance and culture have and will continue to evolve, due to advances in thinking born from a continuous pursuit to challenge the status quo.

Employees can close the gaps in your safety culture

Understanding how to successfully engage and empower your workforce is key to ensuring that your organization can start and continue the journey toward safety culture excellence.

Brett Haskins CSP

September 5, 2013

Empowering front-line workers — those who stand to benefit the most from an effective safety process — is a concept that has been talked about much over the last decade

EHS pros need adequate funding

Dr. Christy Cole

September 5, 2013

Many businesses and their compliance officers were ill-equipped to contend with increased federal environmental and safety oversight starting in the ’70s.

Halliburton admits to destroying evidence in Deepwater Horizon disaster

Company will pay a fine, serve probation

July 26, 2013

Halliburton Energy Services has agreed to plead guilty and pay the maximum fine for destroying evidence in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, U.S. Justice Department announced yesterday.

After hot work fatality, DuPont improves safety procedures

Changes recommended by CSB

July 24, 2013

DuPont has adopted a new global corporate standard and developed stronger work requirements for hot work activities such as welding, cutting and grinding following a fatal hot work accident at the company’s Yerkes chemical facility in Buffalo, New York in 2010.