Just thinking out loud. Installment 4 Next issue, managing the program. The likely incentive program manager candidates include the safety manager and/or HR. But there are more people involved as well; site managers, supervisors, lead man, etc. Here is a potential logistical hurdle. Say one of the criteria for the incentive program is each employee [...]
Just thinking out loud. Safety Programs: To Incent or not to Incent. That is the question. Installment 3 People have their own ideas of what influences them. Some folks like football, others golf, some fishing, knives, hunting gear, make up, luggage, etc. You get the idea. So what types of reward items can a company [...]
Just thinking out loud. Safety Programs: To Incent or not to Incent. That is the question. Installment 2 Incenting safety can be tricky. What should be incented? Accidents? Injuries? Equipment damage? Well, no. None of these things can be directly incented. While these elements are the goal of any safety system there is are legal [...]
Just thinking out loud. Safety Programs: To Incent or not to Incent. That is the question. This discussion addresses safety programs, specifically incentive programs. What is an incentive program? It is a program providing tangible rewards to employees for observing the company’s safety program. Some background. Business is a competitive creature and is constantly seeing [...]
Other safety sources: ASTM, NIOSH, ASME, API, ACGIH The occupational Safety Health Administration (“OSHA”) is well known to most folks as the work place safety standard setting organization in the USA. And OSHA does this very well. But, did you know there are other organizations involved in safety as well? In fact, some of these [...]
Mine Safety: What you don’t know can hurt you. Or Know the hazards. Mine safety, what you don't know can hurt you. Almost every aspect of repair or servicing activity involves the potential for injury arising from the unexpected release of energy. To avoid contacting unexpected release of energy a Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) [...]
Do your expert witness reports and testimony comply with 2015 amendments to C.R.C.P. 26 (a) (2) (B) (I) and C.R.C.P. 37 (a) (1)? Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado v. Earl Swensson Associates, Inc., 2017 CO 94, ___P.3d___ (Colo. Oct. 2, 2017) The employ of expert witnesses in litigation is typically undertaken to help the decider of [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]