Workplace Safety Culture - Articles - Page 85

Safety success can be scary

March 21, 2013

Did you watch the post-game interview with Nick Saban, head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide after the Tide won the NCAA football championship back in January?

7 ways to increase your influence in safety

Rebecca Nigel

March 20, 2013

Safety excellence requires the true engagement of leadership.

Incident investigations: five challenges to successful findings

A good incident investigation process identifies root causes and how to address them so that the safety culture is strengthened.

Scott Stricoff

March 20, 2013

Even though organizations may have a proper incident investigation process in place, often times the process is less than optimal in achieving its objectives.

The golden goose egg: Is the race to zero incidents worth the chase?

David Sarkus MS, CSP

March 15, 2013

There are various schools of thought when it comes to the golden goose egg and your organization’s EHS performance.

Respect the rules – it helps to keep them simple

Dave Johnson

March 6, 2013

In protecting workers, KISS can be the most direct line of communication.

Don’t Turn the Lights Out: Don’t Play the Blame Game

Understanding the safety risks of operating equipment

Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.

February 12, 2013

The oh-too-human drive to blame can turn out the lights on the real game at play.

Whistleblower advisory committee meets for first time

February 7, 2013

OSHA's new Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee held its first meeting last week in Washington, D.C. Representatives from both management and labor highlighted improvements made to the program over the past 18 months.

Fatal flaws of foreign factory audits

“A spectacular failure” to improve conditions

Garrett Brown MPH, CIH

February 1, 2013

CSR monitoring has been a spectacular failure at improving working conditions.

Dangling the carrot: Motivating teams to cut comp costs

Michael Levy

February 1, 2013

Following are some case studies that illustrate positive results that can come from applying gamification to workers’ health and safety.

BP pleads guilty to crimes surrounding Deepwater Horizon tragedy

January 30, 2013

BP Exploration and Production Inc. pleaded guilty today to 14 criminal counts for its illegal conduct leading to and after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, and was sentenced to pay $4 billion in criminal fines and penalties, the largest criminal resolution in U.S. history, Attorney General Holder announced today.