Let me ask you, is this good safety coaching? You're walking through the factory floor on your way to a meeting. You look over and see Charles lifting a case of gears. His back is straight, no twisting, and his knees are bent. "Hey, Charles! Good job, that was a...
One of the best ways to market safety is by having a Safety Awareness Week. As a Safety Manager, it’s your job to sell safety to the employees and managers. So hone your inner salesperson and think, "How can I promote Safety?" Let's make it an event! Why You Should...
Safety Managers often struggle with identifying safety leading Indicators. They’re confused about what to measure, how to measure it, or what to do with that data. Leading indicators are your most important data points. But you don’t want to discount the lagging...
When I was going through...
A well-managed safety program is designed with the front line supervisors responsible for safety. They coach and train on safe work practices and enforce safety rules. Safety assessments are a tool that can quantify the front line supervisor’s efforts. When building...
Many Safety Managers know the significance of April 28th. Around the globe, it is recognized as Workers Memorial Day. A day to remember the people who lost their lives in the workplace. You may call it a Day of Mourning. If you have ever had a coworker die or had to...
One line on resumes that I see often is the applicant boasting about having multitasking skills. Twenty years ago, this was a skill you wanted to be good at, but more recent research has proven that multitasking myth as false. Why is this a problem for Safety...
One of my first test for Safety Awareness is to ask: Tell me about your operations? Operations that value safety generally mentions it when describing how their business operates. It could be a passing statement about training or the hazards of the operation. But...
