With the latest news of the Appeals Court case that could cause 50 years of OSHA standards to be unwound, the UK’s HSE weekly newsletter reminds us of how safety should be managed. OSHA’s old compliance model has run its course. I am NOT advocating we do away with OSHA standards, as I believe they…...
OSHA should take note of the UK’s HSE approach to SMS Read More »
I can remember “surviving” through safety stand-downs in my career and I can assure you, they were not coffee and donut parties! The stand-downs back then were TRUE stand-downs where the company halted the tasks/operations that were involved in the accident until the investigation was complete, the root cause analysis was complete, AND the corrective…...
Today’s “safety stand-downs” are simply coffee and donut parties Read More »
Most of us know all too well the critical role near-miss reporting plays in achieving excellence in safety. But this BSEE Safety Alert really does a nice job demonstrating the IMPORTANCE of near-miss REPORTING AND the TRENDING of our near misses to identify opportunities to intervene before a consequence is realized. The alert also has…...
Why nearmisses matter and how trending nearmisses can be critical (BSEE Tagline Alert) Read More »
We see a lot of talk about “written procedures” and how they should be minimized in length/detail and in some cases done away with altogether. I call this rubbish – when done well they can be the cornerstone of a well-executed SMS. And yes, I subscribe to the practice that some of these procedures will…...
The critical role of written procedures in safety management Read More »
Reviewing safety performance takes a ‘big picture’ overview of the patterns of evidence arising from all forms of monitoring, investigation, and audit to decide whether the overall approach, policies, resources, priorities, improvement targets, and the SMS remain relevant and appropriate in pursuing the safety vision and strategy and cultural development. Taking from the “Five Themes…...
An organization’s management engagement in the SMS says a lot about its safety maturity Read More »
I am a huge proponent of building a safety process, formally called a Safety Management System, that establishes some critical indicators of how well the process functions. This is done in the same spirit as how a business measures its production, quality, costs, etc. But as we all know, anything that gets measured WITHOUT VALIDATION…...
Leading indicators can become a numbers game Read More »
“Accident-prevention engineers must know why and how accidents occur; they must know the causes of accidents and direct their attack to the removal of those causes, instead of selecting a remedy blindly or arbitrarily. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Defending H. W. Heinrich’s work… Causal Analyze’s MATTER Read More »
Improving the safety culture requires an integrated approach to safety through coherent actions in three (3) areas:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
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Earlier I shared a quote from Hippocrates in 450 B.C. and in that post, I mentioned that management’s reliance on incident rates is a sickness. That got me a lot of texts and a few phone calls. So I figured I would explain what I meant by that. Reliance on lagging indicators to measure the…...
Reliance on Incident rates is much like an addiction Read More »
“A supervisor or a foreman stands upon the first rung of the executive ladder. Because of certain valuable personal qualities, he has been selected to direct the work of other employees. Unfortunately, in the average case, he enters upon this phase of work uninstructed in the art of executive leadership—and works into it so gradually…...
Playing on what Hippocrates said centuries ago, I’ll offer this advice to safety pros who are exploring their next gig… Before you can heal [an organization], ask [them] if [they’re] willing to give up the things that make [them] sick. Hippocrates, 450 B.C…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View...
Hippocrates safety advice Read More »
