21 Nov, 2017

Safety on ladders and stairways.

By |2018-01-10T14:29:31-07:00November 21st, 2017|Avoiding Work Place Injury, Employee Safety, Employer OSHA Compliance, Ladder and stairway safety, Oil and Gas Safety, OSHA Safety, Safety practices, Safety programs, Utility Construction Safety, Walking and climbing surfaces, Worker Safety|0 Comments

Safety on ladders and stairways.   New and improved method of avoiding falls from ladders, stairs and equipment:  3 Points of contact! Work place injuries are a plague on business: Loss of a valuable employee, down time or slower progress on the project, economic costs.  You’ve heard it all before.  You know this first hand as [...]

2 Oct, 2017

Company Safety Practice-The quintessential “stew”

By |2018-01-10T15:14:33-07:00October 2nd, 2017|Employee Safety, Employer OSHA Compliance, OSHA Safety, Safety practices, Uncategorized, Worker Safety|0 Comments

When I first entered the safety profession as a safety manager for a construction company I recall my soon to be boss saying I’d be responsible for company safety practice.  Well, I was up for that. I can help.  But conversations with my boss and others after hire started showing some “differences” my definition of [...]

18 Sep, 2017

Safety programs cost less than accidents.

By |2018-01-10T15:31:54-07:00September 18th, 2017|Avoiding Work Place Injury, Employee Safety, Employer OSHA Compliance, Oil and Gas Safety, OSHA Safety, Safety programs, Utility Construction Safety, Worker Safety|0 Comments

So, your insurance agent calls up and asks if he can stop by to chat.  You say sure, always have coffee on, stop on by.  The agent stops in and after some chit chat says the work comp insurance company is notified him they have some concerns with the account.  You say, well, we’ve had [...]

31 Jul, 2017

Unintended Consequences in Safety-Repeat OSHA Violations

By |2018-01-10T15:36:10-07:00July 31st, 2017|Avoiding Work Place Injury, Employee Safety, Employer OSHA Compliance, OSHA Enforcement, OSHA Safety, Safety Expert Witness, Uncategorized, Worker Safety|0 Comments

“If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.”, so said Laurence J. Peter, a professor at the University of Southern California whose works touched the business world.  (He is well known for the “Peter Principal”.)  Peter’s above quote essentially points out that action lacking a clear objective will [...]

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