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Five Safety Strategies for Avoiding Corporate Complacency
Complacency in the workplace has become a leading contributor to many injuries or illnesses acquired while at work. Routines develop and safety standards are slowly forgotten or replaced by shortcuts. This complacency is gradual enough that overseers and supervisors fail … Continue reading
Confined Spaces: Think Safety First
What should be the top priority of both workers and employers and most often mentioned part of the workplace? Safety! One of those potential dangers is confined or tight spaces. Confined Space is defined, by the Occupational Safety and Health … Continue reading
Safety Incentives Can Be a Boost to Your Loss Prevention Program
In 1903, a Russian scientist, Ivan Pavlov, proved you could teach a dog to react in a certain way if it was rewarded appropriately after demonstrating the desired response. This simple beginning laid the foundation for the behaviorist school of … Continue reading
Developing a Corporate Culture of Safety First
When organizational behavior specialists talk about “corporate culture,” they are often referring to the set of unwritten rules that influences the attitudes and actions of the members of an organization and that guide their behavior. An organization develops its culture … Continue reading
Steps to Hold an Effective Safety Huddle
Safety huddles are short safety meetings with fellow workers covering a specific safety topic or type of hazard. Not only are they an effective way to demonstrate a company’s commitment to safety, they are also an excellent team building exercise. … Continue reading
Avoid These Common First Aid Mistakes
Doctors, nurses and safety experts constantly preach to us about how we should all learn first aid. But is it really that important? The answer is a resounding yes. When a person is injured, the proper first aid techniques can … Continue reading
Do Not Use Construction Equipment without Safety Training
Although you may feel like an expert at operating the equipment you use each day at work, do you know the proper way to handle the equipment according to OSHA requirements? Do you know how to keep yourself, your coworkers … Continue reading
Update Your Company’s Emergency Plans Annually
In the event of an emergency in the workplace, do your employees know what to do and where to go? Do you have someone designated to be in charge? What is the plan everyone must follow when the power goes … Continue reading
How to Create and Implement an Effective Safety Incentive Plan
Many companies are implementing safety incentive programs, hoping that by rewarding employees for good safety records, they will cultivate a safer work environment and reduce costly worker’s compensation claims. Some employers are concerned, however, that safety incentive programs can actually … Continue reading
Six Safety Hazards Every Contractor Should Control
When a construction accident occurs there are countless effects that interfere directly with the contractor’s business. Not only does it cause pain to those involved but also strikes a blow on the morale of the other employees, lowers productivity, adds … Continue reading