DJ Borbidge

Safety teams can have a major impact on the workplace. They help identify and correct hazards in the most timely and effective manner while focusing every segment of the organization on safety.

In these challenging economic times, it is especially important to identify the types of incentives that can be used effectively and economically.

It is time to rehumanize training at all levels. Here’s how to get started.

Several theories and strategies have been applied to behavioral- based safety. But most would agree that critical elements spell out the same.

A zero-tolerance policy is geared to empirical black and white with no room for grey areas.

It’s critical that corporate and facility leadership strive to continually evaluate and improve their safety culture.

Assistance is not readily available in an event of critical injury, health impairment, victimization or other life-threatening emergency to a lone worker.

The subject of safety incentive programs has been a debatable — and even divisive — issue among safety pros. There are opinions supporting and opposing the use of safety incentives and many stories of both success and failure. Let’s take a look at some of the pros and cons.