This is an excellent presentation by John S. Carroll, MIT Sloan School of Management at the NTSB Public Forum on Transportation Safety: Enhancing Safety Culture. His presentation does an excellent job of explaining where the term “safety culture” originated and how organizations shape their culture of safety. CLICK HERE for the presentation
PLEASE READ NOW AND TAKE ACTION Dear MSA Customer, MSA is issuing this User Safety Notice to inform you of a PROCEDURAL UPDATE regarding usage of the Altair 5X PID gas detector. MSA has determined that PID sensors manufactured from March 2020 to and including June 2023 may not respond to gas after being turned
We don’t see this often, but the number of facilities that do not know of this fundamental OSHA/IFC/NFPA requirement for their fixed LPG storage tank(s) is sad. How one defines “high water table or flood conditions” is open for discussion as no one has reallty DEFINED or QUANTIFIED the phrase as of yet. The video
I keep using this tragedy as a teaching/learning tool. This officer was convicted and sentenced to 4-years in prison for aiding and abetting manslaughter for holding back the crowd during George Floyd’s murder. TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF IT and ask…. Why didn’t he step in and do something? This is the difference between “latent
When an organization has identified hazards and established the risks those hazards pose, it must have a process(es) in place to ELIMINATE hazards, or where this is not possible, to reduce the risks associated with the identified hazard(s), using the hierarchy of controls. At the top of the hierarchy of controls is ELIMINATION. This is
Earlier this year, I wrote about using the old ANSI/ASSE Z590.2-2003 (R2012) Criteria for Establishing the Scope and Functions of the Professional Safety Position standard when establishing the scope, function, role(s), and responsibilities of the organization’s safety professionals. This older standard does an excellent job of keeping things simple and provides a nice framework from
“It is important to establish the difference between leadership, which is acquired, and authority, which is assigned. An optimal situation exists when the two are combined. Leadership involves teamwork, and the quality of a leader depends on the success of the leader’s relationship with the team. Leadership skills should be developed for all through proper
A little trivia/history for the Chlorine/CHLOREP ER fans… What year was the first Emergency B-Kit available? Hint: it is 2-weeks older than I am! Answer below in images…
If there is one device that causes more electrical issues in workplaces, it has to be electrical extension cords. There are few audits in our 20+ years of business where we did not find multiple concerns around the use of electrical extension cords. These issues generally center around either their IMPROPER use or the cords
The protection provided by the 2021 IFC is to prevent flammable and combustible liquids from becoming ignited. This is accomplished by one or more of the following layers of protection:
I was asked to participate in a serious flash fire accident cause and origin investigation earlier this year. The worker received severe injuries from the flash fire; they survived with life-altering injuries to their lower extremities. The flash fire involved Acetone vapors from a manufacturing cell, an office chair, and a plastic chair mat. Can
Safety may be a skill that can be acquired over the years, but it is FIRST a PASSION to serve others that burns inside us. A PASSION dedicated to the men and women we are given the PRIVILEGE TO PROTECT. The men and women who do the dirty and dangerous work. Safety is ALL about
