Category: Special Topics in Safety Management

Safety is a process, and as such, needs to be managed. This section offers resources to create a viable safety program, sell it to senior management, train supervisors and employees in using it, and then track and report your progress. Look also for ways to advance your own skills in these areas, both for your current job, and those that follow.

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EHS On Tap E178: Safety Culture Best Practices

On episode 178 of EHS On Tap, Trevor Bronson, director of Portfolio Strategy at Intelex, talks about safety culture best practices. This episode is sponsored by Intelex.

Back to Basics: Toolbox Talk Participation

Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine toolbox talks and employee participation in safety meetings.   A strong safety culture starts with clear, inclusive communication from the top down and from the bottom up. Safety management and leaders must […]

Are You Ready for EHSDA’s Safety Culture Week?

Join us next week (Oct. 16-20) for a full week of free online events and digital resources around safety culture that you can use to plot your safety leadership strategy. Register for event sessions today. Monday, Oct. 16 Educational Session | Permission to Thrive: Empowering Leadership for Psychological Safety Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT Sponsored by: Cority, Intelex, Orasure, Origami Risk […]

Faces of EHS: Dawn Wurst on Engagement and Overall Culture

Dawn Wurst spent the majority of her career working at the Flint Hills Resources (FHR) Pine Bend Refinery. During the 20 years she was there, she worked in a range of roles that started in environmental engineering, progressed to process safety, and culminated in serving as safety director of the facility for five years. She […]

Faces of EHS: Devon Gawlik on Construction and Building Relationships

Devon Gawlik was originally an intern with Skanska during college. He started his full-time career with Skanska in the summer of 2017 as a safety coordinator in the Seattle office. He worked on several projects with his mentor to learn the ropes and develop his skills. Prior to working with Skanska, he did not have […]

What You Need to Know About Glove Liners for Winter Safety Gloves

By: Superior Glove, leading safety glove innovator Colder weather is just around the corner. Workers need more than just mechanical protection for their hands—they need their hands to stay warm and dry in freezing temperatures to be able to do their job. One way glove manufacturers achieve this is by using liners that serve as […]

Mitigating Workplace Hazards with Smart Facility Design

Workplaces of all shapes and sizes have potential safety hazards lurking around almost every corner. From slippery floors and poor indoor air quality to excessive noise and inadequate emergency preparedness, the number of employee safety and well-being risks is quite high.  Facilities managers everywhere have a duty of care to mitigate these dangers for the […]

Infographic: Foot Protection

OSHA provides guidance on foot protection specifically, along with the corresponding ANSI standards. Here’s what you need to know about foot protection. 

Faces of EHS: John Toomey on Humility and Being Genuine

John Toomey is an international speaker, writer, and thought leader. He has a background in high performance roles in professional sport, including seven Australian Rules Football clubs, and culture development roles in two A league soccer clubs, and as coach of an Olympic gold medalist. He holds a physical education (PE) degree from Deakin University, […]