No One Is Immune From OSH CHARGES
This archived article from 2006 illustrates an important point: Safety is for everyone. After fighting for three hours to pull a man from the jaws of death and succeeding, California firefighters were chagrined to receive CAL-OSHA citations for safety infractions. But the story also raises an important question: is it ever okay to ignore safety rules, even in an emergency? Richard Hawk gave the matter some serious consideration. Read the article at SafetyXChange

Updated July 14, 2007

 

ASSE: Safe and Sorry?
We've all heard the maxims “better safe than sorry” and “you never can have too much of a good thing.” But psychologist Zara Hart has found that it's not always better to be safe and that there is such a thing as too much safety.

Updated June 30, 2007

 

Is Safety a Prority or a Value in your Organization?!, Develop an effective Safety Culture or relying on slogans and incentives to reduce injuries. You make the choice!!!! 9 Steps to a Successful Safety Culture

 

Safety as Its Own Incentive, Companies wanting to kickstart safety programs often try adding incentives to motivate workers to adopt safer work practices. Whether this approach is successful or not depends on how it is done.

Priority should go to boosting job-safety ranking, Many employers and workers in our part of the world might be excused for feeling like they're between a rock and a hard place. via Great Falls Tribune

			You decide!!

 

Making Safety Job No. 1
Job Safety Skills Society - Make Job Safety # 1
Safety is Top Priority at Haynes
New Year's Resolution: Keeping Safety a Top Priority

SAFETY ARTICLE ABSTRACTS
The Importance of Zero: ITT Adopts No-Accident Goal, (Published in Reliable Plant), This article announces the launch of a program called "Getting to Zero," which is being introduced by ITT. The program encourages employees to remain injury free for one year and to work as a team to accomplish the goal.

DoD: Making Peace with Safety, The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in 2003 was given the difficult task of dramatically reducing non-combat accidents for military and civilian personnel and their families. Can a culture fashioned for war conquer safety?