Don Groover and Mike Mangan from DEKRA Insight discuss why “getting a better sense of how urgency is used to create change in your organization can help improve exposure awareness and provide leaders with tools to effectively drive a culture of reliability.”
Full article: Safety Leadership: Creating change – safely
Source: Safety Leadership
American Chemistry Council creates PPE infographic for auto refinishers
Washington — In partnership with OSHA, the American Chemistry Council has published an infographic to encourage workers in the automotive refinishing industry to wear the correct personal protective equipment.
Full article: American Chemistry Council creates PPE infographic for auto refinishers
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8 common manufacturing safety hazards & solutions
Preventive safety evaluations help protect personnel and equipment, cut costly downtime and losses, and minimize liability exposure. These are often known as Residual Risk Reduction or R3. This article highlights common areas of hazards in a manufacturing facility, and some potential solutions to explore.
Full article: 8 common manufacturing safety hazards & solutions
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: Balancing urgency and execution
“Staying competitive in today’s rapidly changing business environment demands a sense of urgency and bold innovation,” said DEKRA Insight’s Don Groover and Mike Mangan, who explain how organizations might achieve the correct balance.
Full article: Safety Leadership: Balancing urgency and execution
Source: Safety Leadership
8 practices for managing chemical exposures
If there’s no occupational exposure limit (OEL) listed for a chemical ingredient or byproduct in a SDS, you can conduct an online search for the chemical by CAS number and include the qualifier DNEL — derived no effect levels. CAS is required on an SDS, DNEL is not.
Full article: 8 practices for managing chemical exposures
Source: Safety Best Practices
BBS v. HOP at Safety 2018
Behavior-based approaches to safety versus the promise of “Safety II” type approaches like Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) will be explored through a series of sessions at Safety 2018. Are the two approaches contradictory or complementary? How do employee perceptions affect safety?
Full article: BBS v. HOP at Safety 2018
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: What does it take to be world class in safety?
World-class safety is about more than numbers, say DEKRA Insight’s Don Groover and Jim Spigener, who discuss four pillars that help shape “safety serious” organizations.
Full article: Safety Leadership: What does it take to be world class in safety?
Source: Safety Leadership
Not your father’s risk management
Yesterday’s risk management practices are no longer adequate to deal with today’s threats and they need to evolve. This reasoning drove ISO to revise risk management standard 31000:2009 to 31000:2018.2
Full article: Not your father’s risk management
Source: Safety Best Practices
Info that can make operating heavy equipment safer
Safely operating large, potentially dangerous construction and agricultural equipment can be challenging. Information that enhances training and usage can help reduce the risks of working with such equipment.
One source of information about equipment safety is the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), which has resources available to both its 900+ members and to the general public.
Full article: Info that can make operating heavy equipment safer
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: Driving in the safe brain lane
Full article: Safety Leadership: Driving in the safe brain lane
Source: Safety Leadership