As an alternative lens to yesterday’s post on the evidence surrounding safety culture interventions (* and however one wants to define the target of …Some debate around the construct of ‘safety culture’
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A free 90-page guide on energy storage systems (ESS) technologies for building officials, emergency services, planners, architects and engineers is now available from the International Code Council (ICC) and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). ESS are a key enabling technology to facilitate the shift to renewable energy sources. The guide, Energy Storage Systems: Based on … Continue reading Guidance for Energy Storage Systems Technologies
This brief conference study explored gaps between work-as-imagined (WAI) versus work-as-done in the field during real work tasks. Six workers at a …Investigating a new classification to describe the differences between Work-As-Imagined and Work-As-Done
Construction Worker Safety Guide Construction sites are dangerous places to be. There’s a safety hazard awaiting innocent and unsuspecting workers in every corner. For this reason, clear and elaborate safety protocols have been put in place by agencies such as OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) to protect construction workers. — Read on http://www.lanierlawfirm.com/construction-worker-safety-guide/
This evaluated the effectiveness of workplace interventions in improving workplace safety culture (SC) survey performance; 23 studies were included. They also describe the types of interventions used and their influence on the outcomes. [Biases on the table: I’m pretty critical of the concept of “safety culture”, but I’ll do my best to stick to the… … Continue reading Evaluating the effectiveness of workplace interventions in improving safety culture: A systematic review – Safety & Performance Research Summaries
Originally published here by Mikaela Delia We might be beating a dead horse here, as you’ve probably already been involved in countless forklift …“20 Important Safety Tips for Forklifts”
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Video -Ninety minutes into his first day on the first job of his life, Day Davis was called over to help at Palletizer No. 4 at the Bacardi bottling plant in Jacksonville, Fla. What happened next is an all-too-common story for temp workers working in blue-collar industries. Read the investigation: http://www.propublica.org/article/tem... The rise in the … Continue reading “Temp & Contract Worker Safety – Who Is Responsible For Their Safety?” #WorkplaceSafety
OSHA Top 10 Violations Cited In 2014 Your training programs make the difference between safe workers and injured workers. They can also protect you from liability. Here's a case in point. "Brendan" worked for a chemical company for 30 years before he was injured. A mechanic, Brendan was hurt when he and another employee … Continue reading “How Would a Court Rate Your Training Programs?”
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The DuPont James River site was awarded the first annual E.I. du Pont Safety Excellence Medal in recognition of the interdependent workplace safety culture that has allowed them to work 30 years without an event-related lost workday injury. In this short video James River employees share, in their own words, why they make safety a … Continue reading “Two Perspectives of Safety………Watch & Learn”
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