Safety+Health presents the results of its annual salary survey – now with more information than before thanks to a partnership with the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.
Full article: Salary Survey 2020
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Safety Leadership: Engaging with others for safety
Paul Angelo, principal consultant at DEKRA, says the recent increase in virtual interaction is an opportunity for leaders “to revisit the key concepts of engagement.”
Full article: Safety Leadership: Engaging with others for safety
Source: Safety Leadership
Despite benefits in testing and observation, there are many risks to smoke tubes
Beneficial uses of smoke tubes include respirator fit tests and air flow observations and measurements. Users of smoke tubes must be aware, however, of the significant risks if the tool is misused. Proper use of smoke tubes, therefore, is essential.
Full article: Despite benefits in testing and observation, there are many risks to smoke tubes
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: Don’t let remote work be a pain in your neck
“Between our phones, tablets and laptops, it’s no surprise that many of us are flexing our necks too much,” says ergonomics expert Garnett Payne of DEKRA.
Full article: Safety Leadership: Don’t let remote work be a pain in your neck
Source: Safety Leadership
Safety Leadership: Why no one is ‘world class’ in safety
Saying an organization’s safety program is world class “allows people to be tempted to take their foot off the gas even though they aren’t at the finish line,” say Don Groover and Jim Spigener from DEKRA.
Full article: Safety Leadership: Why no one is ‘world class’ in safety
Source: Safety Leadership
Safety Leadership: Your brain in the ‘new normal’
“As many organizations begin to shift their focus from virus response toward returning to work, a blind spot is emerging,” says Josh Mrozowsky, vice president at DEKRA.
Full article: Safety Leadership: Your brain in the ‘new normal’
Source: Safety Leadership
Check your OHS legal requirements
Whether there is an overpopulation of lawyers in the U.S. is debatable. The more complex, diverse, and open a society is, the greater number of lawyers are necessary to help resolve disputes.
Full article: Check your OHS legal requirements
Source: Safety Best Practices
Rise of the OHS entrepreneur
COVID-19 offers great opportunity to consider OHS entrepreneurship. If your OHS job has not been subject to lay off, furloughed, or elimination – or some other drastic change – it likely will be in the coming months.
Full article: Rise of the OHS entrepreneur
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: The ‘ABC’ model for influencing behavior
Angelica Grindle and Erika Gwilt, who specialize in client engagement at DEKRA, discuss how antecedents, behavior and consequences help us understand what influences and controls behavior.
Full article: Safety Leadership: The ‘ABC’ model for influencing behavior
Source: Safety Leadership
ASSP’s Deb Roy discusses her EHS career, offers advice for safety professionals
ISHN interviews ASSP President-Elect Deb Roy in this episode of Dave Johnson’s Wide World of Safety.
Full article: ASSP’s Deb Roy discusses her EHS career, offers advice for safety professionals
Source: Safety Best Practices