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Safety Management by Walking Around, Part I
Much (perhaps too much) of the safety literature of the last few years has focused on employee driven “behavior-based safety” peer observation programs. The fact remains, however, that safety is a...
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Safety Management by Walking Around, Part II
In my last article, “Safety Management by Walking Around, Part I”, the critical importance of work observations by managers (and others) was examined. Keep in mind that these work observations are NOT...
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Safety Management by Walking Around, Part III
In Safety Management by Walking Around, Part I & Part II of this series we covered the definition and importance of management walkarounds as well some advice on how to conduct them effectively....
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Plan, Do, Hope, Pray is Not a Safety System
What Is a Safety System? No matter how much traditional safety “stuff” you do, it doesn’t necessarily mean you have a functional safety system. Without such a system, however, safety results are...
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Beyond Whack-a-Mole Safety: Inspection vs. Assessment
Regardless of how it’s done, workplace monitoring is a critical and longstanding function of the safety profession. It’s also encouraging to see line managers and selected employees increasingly...
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Management Support Is Essential for Safety – But What Is It?
Management support: We all say we want it, need it, and can’t do our jobs without it. Saying that management support is essential for safety “success” has in fact become something of a safety...
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Does Your Corrective Action Program Need Corrective Action?
Even the safest organizations frequently identify problems and opportunities for improvement. In fact, many best-in-class organizations actively seek out even minor potential problems so they can...
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