10 Competencies of Effective Safety Leadership
Effective safety leadership is critical for any organization looking to ensure the well-being of their employees. But being a great safety leader means more than just enforcing the rules – it also means caring about the team and demonstrating safety values through your actions as a leader. Let’s take a look at how effective safety […]
8 Key Components of a Successful Safety Management Program
A safe work environment is the cornerstone of any successful business. Too often, companies prioritize productivity or profits over safety – to the detriment of their workers. Thankfully, the idea that businesses must choose between good work environments and revenue is a myth. A well-designed health and safety program can improve productivity and ensure employee […]
5 Different Types of OSHA Inspections
What is an OSHA Inspection? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal agency responsible for protecting the health and safety of workers in the United States. The organization conducts inspections to ensure employers provide safe working conditions for their employees. OSHA inspections are on-site visits that review workplace conditions and practices, identify […]
What is an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) and Why Does It Matter?
The experience modification rate (EMR) is a key factor in determining the cost of workers’ compensation insurance premiums for businesses. A higher EMR indicates that the company has had more claims, or more expensive claims, than the industry average. This makes it risky for insurers to cover them. By understanding what factors go into their […]
The Critical Importance of Worker Feedback in Safety
A number of companies lean on their staff to create and enforce safety policies based solely on injury data and OSHA standards. These same companies wonder why they experience high employee turn-over rates and lower reported employee engagement. This is because they are overlooking a key contribution to build a successful safety culture: communication. Employee […]
The 3 Most Overlooked Safety Requirements
There are many incentives for employers to stay on top of safety requirements and safe working habits. Avoiding costly fines, safeguarding workers’ lives and limbs, and ensuring work continues efficiently without broken equipment are all legitimate reasons for companies to make sure every safety requirement possible is being followed. But even the best of intentions […]
Recordkeeping: Is THAT Recordable?
Safety data and metrics are invaluable performance indicators for employers. Recording and mapping the variety of incidents, events, and initiatives creates powerful insights for companies to leverage. But not all data is equal and not all records should be recorded and reported the same way. There are specific sets of records that are more important […]
Lockout/Tagout: Three Critical Factors To Drive Employee Engagement
Employers need to understand how important lockout and tagout procedures are to ensure safety on the job and that these procedures are only effective when employees follow through on all the steps in the full lockout/tagout process. Workers may skip steps when they don’t fully understand the importance of what they’re doing. It can be […]
6 Simple Ways to Bolster Safety Compliance
Compliance is a scary word for many companies. It creates ideas that companies must delicately walk a safety tightrope, or one slip-up or incident can drop companies into a boiling pot of OSHA violations and fines. But compliance doesn’t need to be a scary word around the job site or office. There are a number […]
5 Tips to Boost Your Safety Culture
Companies committed to supporting safety in their workplaces understand the critical role their culture plays in reinforcing safe working habits for their workers. Because a strong safety culture guides workers through the influence of their peers, supervisors, and management to consider whether they are working safely, following protocols, and avoiding unnecessary risks. This creates opportunities […]
Help Your Culture Survive Through Turnover
Companies of every size and industry are feeling the crunch from high turnover and hiring woes. The churn puts additional stress on company resources to hire, onboard, and train up workers or take on extra work as some positions remain open. The increased pressure put on supervisors and managers hustling to cover the work with […]
Safety Assessments: Get Real to Get Better
Perspective is a valuable tool. But evaluating anything from the same viewpoint over and over will only ever yield the same picture. Which is why gaining a full, well-rounded perspective from multiple angles is so important to achieve real progress. An issue many safety programs face is using the same singular perspective with a narrow […]
