Workplace Safety Culture

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On this Workers Memorial Day, remember that we all have a role to play in making sure our nation’s workplaces do not endanger our safety and health.

A person’s perception of risk or their tolerance of it, will in one way or another influence their decision-making and impact their safety.

It won’t be long before at least some workplace safety cultures become highly digitized. Think of the time savings and productivity gains.

In this episode, chief editor Benita Mehta interviews Gavin Coyle, CEO and founder of The Coyle Group, a safety consultancy that helps entrepreneurs and businesses of all sizes to protect their people, profits and reputation. 

Worker protection starts with building a culture of safety among both employees and the companies operating construction sites.

To manage effectively, information that tells management in real time how well the organizational and operational systems are performing in order is crucial.

The construction is slowly seeing some change. As we celebrate the annual Women in Construction Week (WiC), which takes place March 5-11, let’s take a look at the advances being made by women of all ages and backgrounds in the industry. 

There’s much ado about how ChatGPT will affect students, developers, and marketers, but what about Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS)? How can this new OpenAI technology augment the EHS professional’s role? 

A disengaged employee, operating on auto-pilot, wanting to get the job done as soon as possible, is also an accident waiting to happen. These are your at-risk employees.

Safety professionals are responsible for mitigating the many ways employees are endangered on the job, including the potential for violent crime.