Tag Archives: workplace safety

5 Ways to Measure Safety Performance

By: Don Groover - December 13, 2011
It’s every safety leader’s nightmare scenario: a work site with a stellar safety record has an accident, or string of accidents, with no apparent warning. Clearly, the warning signs were there–they just weren’t detected or effectively captured.

Talking About “Injury-Free”

By: Don Groover – December 1, 2011
When we aim for injury-free performance, what do we mean and how will we know when we get there?

Workplace Safety: Shifting to An Exposure Focus

By: Sarah Smith – November 29, 2011
All safety programs are aimed at reducing harm in the workplace. Ironically, this good intention can lead to a bad habit: an over focus on injuries to the exclusion of other indicators of safety performance.

The Trouble with Incentives

By: Rebecca Nigel – November 21, 2011
Are safety incentives the wonder tool for increasing participation and results that many claim them to be?