Tag Archives: serious injuries and fatalities

Video: Why Do We Still Have Serious Injuries and Fatalities?

By: Rebecca Nigel – February 28, 2012
Organizations have gotten better at preventing injuries. So why has the rate of serious injuries and fatalities remained flat or even increased over the past 20 years?

What Catastrophic Events Teach Us

By: Tom Krause – December 27, 2011
Despite differences in their particular circumstances, the catastrophic workplace events of the past 20 years offer common lessons.

Life-Saving Rules: 4 Pitfalls to Avoid

By: Scott Stricoff – December 22, 2011
Despite their importance, the implementation of life-saving rules does not always go smoothly. Four mistakes organizations make that undermine the effectiveness of these critical rules.

Metrics & Potential

By: Don Groover – December 20, 2011
What we measure matters. And how we measure things, particularly in safety, affect the actions we take and our ability to reliably protect employees from harm. But metrics can also create blind spots when we fail to make the right distinctions.