Archived 2020 - Safety E-Quick Tips
- Happy New Year
It started out like any other year but just a couple of months into it, we saw a single virus called COVID-19 bring the world to its knees.
- Don't Put Yourself Or Others In An Unsafe Work Situation
Wouldn't it be great that when you woke up today you already knew how your workday was going to go, especially when it comes to your safety?
Think about it.
- How To Put Together A Site Specific Safety Plan...
Today employers are finding it tougher than ever to meet all their clients’ safety program requirements. With the high costs associated with accidents in the workplace everyone is stepping up their game, requiring more and more.
- If We All Do Our Part
Protecting ourselves from this virus has been difficult on everyone. It has meant putting our lives and businesses on hold and limiting or even eliminating time with friends and family.
- Protect Yourself From Workplace Hazards - Even Those Less Recognizable Ones
One of the keys to a safe workplace is your ability to recognize workplace hazards.
Makes sense, right? If you don’t recognize the hazard, how can you protect yourself from it?
- It's Not My Job!
Someone always pays when it comes to a workplace accident.
If it is a scratch or a minor cut, the employee pays with pain.
- There Is No Question - Everyone Loses When It Comes To Workplace Accidents
Someone always pays when it comes to a workplace accident.
If it is a scratch or a minor cut, the employee pays with pain.
- Make a Poor Choice...
It’s a fact – the choices we make today will affect our future.
Make a poor choice, life’s not so good. Make a good choice, life is good.
- A Blast From The Past
This may not be from the 50’s but back in 2012 I wrote this Safety E-QuickTip, titled “It's not over until it’s over.”
It’s still as relevant today as it was 12 years ago.
- Do We Really Need To Listen To This?
Who really wants to listen to someone tell them how to work safe?
The same thing over and over, week after week, year after year.
Seems a little ridiculous at times, right?
- Don't Let a Workplace Accident Prevent You From Enjoying Your Life
Sometimes do you find even yourself working in an unsafe manner?
- Use That Motivation to Make Good Workplace Safety Choices
Sometimes do you find even yourself working in an unsafe manner?
- Why Don't Most Employees Listen During A Safety Meeting
But how many safety meetings have you really listened to?
- 5 Simple Safety Tips
Today with all the policies and regulations out there, sometimes we all get a little overwhelmed and maybe even a little defiant.
- Beware And Be Safe
Now these tips are really nothing new, but they are tips that will help ensure your workday is a safe one.
- Nat'l Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction
Years ago I was teaching a safety class with about 50 roofers in attendance
- Then Why Doesn't It Just Happen?
Doesn’t really sound too difficult when it’s said that way, does it?
- The Choice is Yours
Everyone has the ability to choose if they will work in a safe manner at work today
- I Hope You Will Remember
Today with the COVID-19 virus a part of our everyday lives, we are seeing the value of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Always Consider the Downside
Over the years I've come to understand that workplace accidents can be predicted.
- Needless Accidents Are Just That - Needless
Here’s a Safety E-QuickTip from the past that I believe still takes place at many workplaces today. Because of it, we continue to see accidents that never should have happened.
This was the story as it was told to me back in early 2011
- That's Right - Short And To The Point
For years I have talked about the value of communicating safety to employees.
I do that because I believe that if you talk about something over and over again, at some point it will become a reality.
- Here's Something I Think You Will Want to See
Have you ever thought where worker safety might be today if we weren’t always trying to improve it?
Take a trip back in time with me when workplace fatalities were just a bit higher than they are today.
- Sometimes It's Thought That You Should Let the Sleeping Dog Lie...
Sometimes it's thought that you should let the sleeping dog lie, but is that really the best practice?
- It Can Be Quick and Easy to Implement
Last week we went over the first step, establishing company safety policies and procedures, and today we’ll wrap up by looking at the last 3 steps that will help you make that happen.
- Establishing Safety Programs and Procedures
The main reason we find this to be one of the most effective ways to protect your employees from hazards in the workplace is because anyone can do it!
- Keep It Simple -- Keep Them Safe
Over the years I’ve come to understand that most of us safety consultants overcomplicate workplace safety – and in the process most employers are overwhelmed.
So, what do they do? Nothing.
- But What About Workplace Safety?
The COVID-19 virus has gotten everyone to think about their well-being – at least when it comes to the virus.
This pandemic has created a whole new normal, not for just the U.S., but for the whole world. The world economy has lost trillions of dollars and as a result, countless businesses have been brought to their knees.
- But It Wasn't Going To End The Typical
It started out a typical workday as he headed out the door with his coffee in hand for his 20 minute drive to the project.
But it wasn't going to end the typical way.
- Working Together We Can Make It Happen
If the COVID-19 virus has taught us anything it is that when we work together, we have the ability to protect one another from a hazard.
A pandemic that was spreading like wildfire in areas where large groups of people were gathered together has been controlled for the most part and the curve, as they call it, has been flattened.
- They Seemed Clueless
I’ve been reminded over the past couple of weeks just how complacent some companies have become about workplace safety.And I’ve seen in my own backyard.
Well, maybe not my backyard, but at least in my neighborhood.
- Make The Choice This Week
Most workplace accidents happen because employees and/or employers make poor choices.
So, what happens when everyone makes good choices when it comes to workplace safety?
- But Do You Know
Now as businesses are beginning to get back to work, it’s important to understand how to protect your company from costly OSHA citations that could be caused by the COVID-19 virus.
I’m guessing that most, if not all, of you understand that if you don’t provide employees the required PPE and make sure your employees practice safe social distancing, you could be cited if OSHA were to visit your workplace.
- You Must Make Time!
A lot of our clients tell us it's tough to find time to provide their employees with safety training and our answer is always the same. You must make time!
Here are a few ideas to get safety training in whether you have 10 minutes or a day available.
- When Everyone Makes Good Choices, We All Win
We all make choices every day.
Choices like what we will eat today, what we will wear, what we will do or where we will go.
In fact, when you think about it, everything we do in a day requires us to make a choice.
- And People Think This Is A Game
As we all prepare to restart our economy, or as some might say, go back to work, it’s a good time to think about how companies will ensure everyone is provided a safe workplace.
Social distancing, as it is called, will be much tougher to maintain since many workplaces were never designed with the idea of providing 6 feet of space between every worker, customer or client.
- "I Am Invincible" Part 2
For several weeks now, all we’ve heard about is how we need to do everything we can to stay away from one another to flatten the COVID-19 curve.As I mentioned last week, it seems to be working.
Working so well that this past week, we started to hear about how our government is looking to get things rolling again.
- But No One Said This Would Be Easy
And today as we continue to see many businesses shut down and those out of work struggling to make ends meet, we are just now beginning to see a little light at the end of the tunnel.
A light that will come none too soon for all of us.
- Sometimes We Take Things For Granted
Today’s Safety E-QuickTip is one from the past, and when I say past, I mean all the way back to 2010. But I felt based on our current situation it is one worth repeating.
- If We All Do Our Part
As the COVID-19 virus continues to control how we live our lives today, it’s time to remember that we can help determine just how long it will last.
That’s right.This virus is no different than any other hazard we face at work or in our daily lives; it can be controlled if we work together and follow the experts’ recommendations.
- Heed the Warnings
How many of you are stuck at home?We have staff in 3 states and all of us have been advised by governors to only go out if necessary and avoid groups of 10 or more.We are all working from home, some of us with kids and/or significant others out of school and work.
- We're Here to Help
Many of our clients are asking for documents about pandemic preparedness and coronavirus. If you are a client of ours, you can find these documents in your Client Center by typing in pandemic or corona in the Search by Keyword field.Most of the documents are available in English and Spanish.
- It Will Always Be a Work in Progress
Over the years I have seen companies spend weeks, months and even years working to develop their company safety program, only to find their program sitting on the shelf collecting dust or in their computer hidden away in a file.Never implemented.
- First, Take a Step Back...
Without a safe workplace, employees get injured and production is interrupted, employees’ lives are affected (in a bad way) and the company incurs both direct and indirect costs associated with those accidents, making it difficult for the company to function and make a profit.
- So, What Can We Do To Help Change This?
When it comes to production and workplace safety, which do you believe is more important?
Some might say production is more important while others might say workplace safety.If you take moment and really think about it, I believe you will find that both are equally important.
Why is that?
- Got Lucky That Time
They happen when you least expect it.
You aren’t notified via email, Facebook or any other social media – And no one calls you on your cell to give you a heads-up.
What are they?
Workplace Accidents.
- The Rest of the Story
As I’ve said before – workplace safety is not rocket science. But to make a workplace safe, it does take some effort on everyone’s part.
So, this week I’d like to share a few simple, but effective ways to ensure that everyone goes home at the end of the day in the same condition they came to work that morning.
- My Point Today Is Simple
As I’ve said before – workplace safety is not rocket science. But to make a workplace safe, it does take some effort on everyone’s part.
So, this week I’d like to share a few simple, but effective ways to ensure that everyone goes home at the end of the day in the same condition they came to work that morning.
- Why Is That?
Have you ever gone on the Internet and typed in something like, “workplace accident pictures waiting to happen?”
If not, you should. Because you will see some pictures that you won’t believe.
- ... For That I Give Him a Lot of Credit
Like any construction project, when you are working with others who are or have been in the trades, discussions take place regarding projects that everyone has worked on.When you are a safety consultant, many discussions involve workplace safety.
- If That's Not Value - I Don't Know What Is
Today I’d like to talk about the value of workplace safety, and to help get my point across we’ll talk about two things: the direct and indirect costs associated with workplace accidents.
- Now It's Time To Implement Those Ideas
Last week we talked a little about some ways to improve your safety program in the upcoming year. We considered two scenarios.
The first was for those companies that didn’t experience any workplace injuries or OSHA citations and second, those that had experienced workplace injuries and/or OSHA citations.
Now it’s time to implement those ideas because putting it off could cost you and your employees!