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“By using a different approach, we can achieve our two primary objectives: removing the subjectivity and delay in determining SIF potential,” says Don Groover of DEKRA. “The approach is to use an expert logic system.”

Full article: Safety Leadership: Using artificial intelligence to identify serious injury and fatality potential: Part II
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“Under the right circumstances, AI can achieve an acceptable level of accuracy in classifying SIFp based on an analysis of case narratives,” says Don Groover of DEKRA.

Full article: Safety Leadership: Using artificial intelligence to identify serious injury and fatality potential
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“It’s not an ‘either/or’ question,” says Rebecca Timmins of DEKRA.

Full article: Safety Leadership: The false dichotomy of the ‘systems vs. culture’ debate
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“When leaders awaken their anticipation skills, it improves their ability to identify potential risk,” Mike Snyder from DEKRA says.

Full article: Safety Leadership: Chronic unease: A state of mind to manage safety risks
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Waterloo, Ontario — Overhead work is associated with shoulder injuries. New resources from the Center of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders, also known as CRE-MSD, are intended to help employers and workers address MSD risks caused by overhead work.

Full article: Reducing the risk of MSDs from overhead work: New resources
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“We’re challenging the paradigm that treats every incident as though it’s unique,” say Don Groover and Mike Snyder of DEKRA.

Full article: Safety Leadership: It’s time to rethink incident investigations
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“For any organization to consider itself world class in safety, it must first want to have employees who truly believe leaders are working for them, not against them,” says Rajni Walia of DEKRA.

Full article: Safety Leadership: Move your organization toward a just culture
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Topping the list for the 10th successive year is Fall Protection – General Requirements. Also: The Top 10 “willful” and “serious” violations, a list of the year’s highest penalties, and a Q&A with OSHA’s Patrick Kapust.

Full article: OSHA’s Top 10 most cited violations for FY 2020
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“Learning organizations don’t need to experience a catastrophe to understand how to prevent one from happening,” says Sarah Eck of DEKRA North America.

Full article: Safety Leadership: Commit to a culture of learning
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“Telling people to stop making errors or leadership applying discipline won’t improve performance error,” says Matt Hargrove of DEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability.

Full article: Safety Leadership: Reducing catastrophic incident potential via enhanced human performance reliability
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