Motivational Safety Materials

The title may sound bad, but in reality, when safety becomes a selfish act we have actually established the culture that we have all dreamed of.  Safety is not something we do for a government agency, heck it is not even something we should be doing for the company.  Safety is something we do FIRST…...

Way back in my day as a site safety manager, one day I had a knock-down-drag-out with the facility maintenance manager regarding overdue piping inspections.  It was not long before my Plant Manager stopped by for a chat.  Apparently, the maintenance manager was not too happy having the lowly safety manager expect him to carry…...

All of these news outlets claiming the CDC is recommending “double masking” is the media, once again, not knowing their ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to respiratory protection. In fact, yesterday the CDC announced they have begun a study to determine if double masking is more effective and by how…...

by Roger F. Evans CSP, CHMM, SGE Often times you will hear stories of “centurions” citing specific lifestyles and/or attributes they believe have contributed to their longevity.  Their stories are often quite interesting.  They will talk about their diet, work habits, exercise scheme, family life, and their own personal secrets to their longevity, etc. In…...

A bit of advice for some of you younger safety pro’s that I learned from my very first plant manager, who by the way was the kind of plant manager every young and inexperienced safety engineer needs out of school!  Claude Bloom was a “people manager” who just happened to also run a chemical plant…...

Disclaimer: I am not a fan of certifications and I carry NONE – a proud safety rebel who has bucked the certification wrap my entire career, so consider the source of this advice. Rather than spending hundreds of hours preparing for the ASP/CSP/OSHT/CSHT/CHMM/CIH how about taking a training course or two from a REPUTABLE provider…...

Occupational safety used to be so simple and I believe we were better off then than where we are now.  When I started in the chemical industry in 1993, safety was a condition of employment.  What does that mean… you don’t follow the safety procedures and practices you will not be employed at the facility! …...

I said it and I am proud to have said it.  Back in the earliest of days when they were discussing all of the extraordinaire measures that we would need to take to “flatten the curve”, I stated that after the measures work, we will then be faced with the idea that “this was all…...

Sitting here relaxing this Sunday afternoon, I am comforted in now knowing 100% why engineering controls rule over Admin Controls and PPE. As soon as President Trump and his team mentioned some alternative treatments this week for ridding the body of the virus, a lot of folks latched onto the ideas. Our society, which is…...

SAFTENG is 25 years old this year and from day 1, the most popular materials have been the graphic injury/accident photos.  In my early years, I used them myself, but as I gained more experience and became a follower of Dr. Scott Geller I began to reshape my views on “shock safety”.  He convinced me…...

I was always taught from my very first Plant Manager the “standard of safety/risk” is FAMILY.  When that manager/supervisor would not think twice of having one of their family members work in their department/unit, they have then achieved the FAMILY SAFETY STANDARD. Now I am not talking about their children, but if they had a…...

I am amazed at how technically incompetent our profession is becoming. I guess I need to praise my old bosses/plant managers once again as I grew up being the safety hero in the plants I worked at. You see, it was NOT my role to drive safety (although I was often the one picking up…...