Creating company procedures is an important task for any organization, as it provides a framework for employees to follow in order to achieve consistent and efficient results. Procedures are detailed instructions that outline how to carry out specific tasks, and they can be applied to a variety of areas within a business, from HR and…
Category: Safety
Critical Aspects Of Safety Management
Safety management is a critical aspect of any workplace. It involves the identification, evaluation, and control of hazards in order to ensure the safety and health of employees. The goal of safety management is to prevent accidents and injuries, as well as to minimize the impact of any incidents that do occur. The Importance of…
Psychological Safety
Psychological safety is a term used to describe the sense of security that people feel in their work environment. It refers to the belief that one can speak up, take risks, and make mistakes without fear of negative consequences. Psychological safety is an essential component of a healthy workplace culture, as it fosters trust, openness,…
The 4-Second Rule – It Can Save Your Life!
Perhaps the best tool to come along in any industry (at least as far as safety is concerned) is the Field Level Risk Assessment or Job Hazard Analysis. Whatever you call it, this is a tool that makes everyone stop and thinks about the different risks associated with the task. Crews normally gather and write…
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Weekly Safety Newsletter – Issue #2
Safetyology Newsletter Issue 3 by Gary Marsh
TCIR – Do You Need To Know? — Safety Share
What is TCIR? Spoiler alert… It is Total Case Incident Rate. It is the number of work-related injuries per 100 full-time workers in a year’s time frame. I created a quick video that breaks it down into really easy-to-understand language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJPJa5MNYJY
Washington State Fatalities Statistics Safety Share
Why are we still having fatalities at work? That is a question that I have on my mind a lot. You’d think by this day in age, we’d have no deaths in any industry. Well, that is not the case. In the state of Washington, we have obviously plateaued and cannot seem to drop below…
What Is PDCA? – Plan, Do, Check, Act – Safety Share
If you’ve been around the site, you may have notice the book Safetyology. That book has its base in PDCA. I am a firm believer that safety should be kept simple because it is simple to maintain at the core. When you start creating all these systems to track this and that, you begin to…