The 3 Reasons Not To Follow Safety Rules

The 3 Reasons Not To Follow Safety Rules There are 3 times when we are less likely to follow safety rules. These are: 1. When we see other people break the rules and getting away with it. (Monkey see, Monkey do.) 2. When our managers hold employees accountable and...

Improving Safety In Your Workplace

Improving Safety In Your Workplace   I wrote earlier about reward bonuses as a means for improving and motivating leadership in safety. Leadership is often used as the example on how to improve safety – because it is. Without the support of the boss, or senior...

Fall Protection to Improve Safety

Safety at heights Recently I saw a worker working on the top of a pool’s roof erecting scaffolding for a paint job. He was holding the pole horizontally and reaching out over the lip of the roof and trying to bang on the pole, while holding it like a tight rope...

Safety with a Paint Brush

Safety with a Paint Brush I found an article on OSH in an art class – that’s right, someone wrote about being safe while painting a picture. Now I have to admit upon reading the title I opened it with a mixture of trepidation – was this going to be...