Introduction to Data Prediction As safety professionals we collect data. It doesn't make a difference if your focus is general safety, occupational hygiene or a combination of the two. We perform safety observations, collect air samples and perform some analysis on the data to make inferences on ...

Management support: We all say we want it, need it, and can’t do our jobs without it. Saying that management support is essential for safety “success” has in fact become something of a safety profession mantra. A majority of safety professionals, 51.2% according to a 2002 ASSE survey ...

Safety professionals are often perceived as alarmists. When you stop a project because a crane is just "a bit off level" or isolate a work area because the rebar is not capped, you can be seen as "just a bit too careful." The common retort from those overseeing the work you stopped is, "Really? ...

The measurement revolution began in my prime. I was working with Industrial Engineers, a nice bunch, with the world-view that everything can be designed to run smoothly. We were a part of the Quality Revolution. I had just gone to see W. Edwards Deming for the third time, eager to hear his thoughts ...

We’ve all seen and read the articles about how data can help us improve production, quality, safety and environmental performance within the work environment. With that said, how many of us have actually been close to a real life scenario where an incident happened and data was available, but ...

Each year many are injured or killed in incidents where following a procedure or using available safety equipment would have saved his or her life. Both managers and safety professionals have asked, “Why do people take short cuts and put themselves at risk?” This article will explore this question ...

If, like me, you are old enough to have watched TV in the late seventies and early eighties, you may recall a slightly offbeat TV show called “In Search of…” The show was narrated by Leonard Nimoy – the famed actor who played Dr. Spock on the original Star Trek television series. The show was often ...

I’ll never forget Fred. He never knew, but he has been one of the people who helped to shape my thinking during my first years as a safety professional. With his lean and not even 1,70 m (~ 5’ 6”) short frame he didn’t have an impressive physical appearance, but his personality and commitment sure ...

Every standard safety manual addresses, at some level, the most basic principles of safety management including the three (3) E’s.

Heinrich is among the founders of the modern safety profession, and while decades of additional experience and science have shown us that part of his work is flawed, still a great deal can be learned from his heritage. Also, he has left us at least two strong safety metaphors: the dominos and the ...