Archive Category: Safety

Improve EHS Performance by Resolving the Poor Leadership People Never Tell You About

You can improve your EHS performance with a focus on stellar leadership. Ownership of EHS starts at the top with agile, authentic leaders who communicate well.

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Protect Your Hands at Work Before It Even Becomes an Issue

We use our hands to interact with and perceive the world around us. So, protecting your hands at work should be a priority. Keep reading for hand safety tips to help you decrease your chances for a hand injury.

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Emergency Preparedness in the Workplace: Plan, Implement, and Practice to Win at Safeguarding Your Employees

Your safety management program exists for employee protection, and it must include information on emergency preparedness in the workplace in order to be effective.   What is emergency preparedness in […]

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Continuously Kick the Tires on Your Back Injury Prevention Program

Back injuries are no laughing matter when it comes to the workplace.  Moreover, back injury prevention should be at or near the top of the list of injury prevention efforts […]

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Performing a Job Hazard Analysis: Your Powerful Weapon to Prevent Workplace Injuries

Performing a job hazard analysis (JHA) should hold a high level of importance for employees.  Job hazard analyses aid workers to prevent workplace injuries and property damage.  By driving the […]

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Give Emergency Exit Routes the Focused Attention They Are Due

  Emergencies happen when we least expect them.  As such, we must ensure emergency action planning stays up to date.  This includes regular inspection and proper procedure implementation for emergency […]

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Safety Key Performance Indicators to Guide Your Improvement Efforts

A safety key performance indicator fulfills a wonderful purpose.  It gives a snapshot of the current situation while hopefully pointing the way to a desired final destination.  However, organizations must […]

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Stop and Challenge Workers to Eat, Breathe, Live Home Safety Every Day – Part 3

The middle of Autumn fast approaches.  With it comes the beginning of the holiday season.  Moreover, the season brings some home safety hazards workers may see only once a year.  […]

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Dear Noncompliance: Meet the Quick 16 Safety Walkthrough Inspection

In the previous post, 16 Quick Items for a Timesaving Environmental Walkthrough Inspection, we discussed the challenges of regularly verifying compliance while balancing the heavy workload and time constraints most […]

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Robust Personal Risk Assessment in 4 Powerful Acts

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