Like a quiz in school, a health & safety quiz is a great way for an EHS team to test what employees know about safety. But at a deeper level, it’s also a great way to get your workers thinking about essential safety issues.

It’s one thing to say your company has a good track record when it comes to workplace safety but how can you prove it? Using OSHA safety metrics is one of the standard ways that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration evaluates companies on their safety record.

Going to work can be really stressful but it shouldn’t be made more stressful by dangerous working conditions. While some basic health and safety measures are regulated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA, those may be considered the bare minimum, and they may not address all the risks present at a particular company.

One of the most important parts of managing a safety program is tracking and evaluating progress toward improved workplace health and safety. Key performance indicators or KPIs allow you to do that consistently and predictably.

Safety: there’s an app for that.

Safety pays – in this case, literally. Since the dawn of workplace safety, employers have tried to find ways to motivate employees to engage in safe behavior. They know that employees are under pressure to perform and that productivity and safety are often viewed in opposition. But they also know that their businesses cannot afford to ignore safety in favor of productivity.

As a safety professional, you already know that you can learn from data on previous safety incidents. What if we said you could also learn how to stop future incidents from happening?

Analysis paralysis can happen in any organization. And even if the term isn’t familiar to you, the experience probably is. When you’re spending so much time thinking about the problem at hand that you’re unable to make a decision about how to move forward, you’re stuck in analysis paralysis.

Picture this. A hazardous chemical splashes a worker. The worker wasn’t seriously injured and the appropriate investigation commences. Workers are given training after the incident that focuses on the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Quality, Health, Safety, Environment (QHSE) software is a management system that incorporates common elements of ISO 9001, ISO 45001, and ISO 1401 standards. It’s often used in the oil and gas industries, but the best QHSE software is flexibly structured to adapt to any industry.