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Are you trying to make the business case for safety to your C-suite, or even upper management? And as usual, you find yourself trying to crunch numbers to present an argument that management will take to heart.

Topics: OSHA, Regulatory Information, Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, Compliance, EHS Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture, Human Resources

Safety: there’s an app for that.

Topics: EHS Software, Performance Improvement, Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, EHS Management, Training Management, Incident Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture

When you’re planning your workplace safety program, it’s easy to get caught up in the numbers. You want to reduce accidents by X amount, you want to record Y participation numbers in a given safety training. But if you don’t have a safety strategy when you start the planning process, you may well lose the forest for the trees.

Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, EHS Management, Training Management, Incident Management, Audit Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture

A month ago it would have been unfathomable to hear about and see people gathering together in large crowds, especially during the throws of the coronavirus pandemic! But spend a few minutes watching the news and that’s exactly what you’ll see.

Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, EHS Management, Incident Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture, Human Resources

Having a robust lockout/tagout program which includes a well-rounded training program is the best way to help keep your employees safe while performing maintenance tasks on equipment.

Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, EHS Management, Job Safety Analysis, Training Management, Safety Management, Safety Equipment, Safety Culture, Lockout/Tagout

Since the coronavirus pandemic exploded onto the public consciousness a few months ago, it’s become the foremost issue in occupational health and safety. It has fundamentally altered the way we relate to each other and the nature of safe interaction in the workplace.

Topics: OSHA, Regulatory Information, Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, Compliance, Incident Management, Safety Management, Safety Metrics, Coronavirus

On June 2nd, Michael Taylor, the host of the Workplace Safety Review Podcast and chair of Greenberg Traurig’s OSHA Group, sat down with John Howard, the director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Their focus was on a topic that’s familiar for many workers, EHS teams, and most ordinary people: the coronavirus pandemic.

Topics: OSHA, Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, Compliance, EHS Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture, Human Resources, Coronavirus

Workplace safety: it goes without saying how absolutely crucial it is to the day-to-day functioning of your business. It’s in your vested interest to keep your facilities in good shape and your employees aware of any possible dangers so that you can avoid the kind of dangerous, potentially life-threatening accidents that can derail an entire company’s ability to be productive.

Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, EHS Management, Incident Management, Audit Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture

Do you know what you need to do when an accident happens in the workplace? Taking swift, decisive action is important to ensure the best possible outcome in the event of an incident. And knowing what order you should do things in is as important as knowing what to do in the first place.

Topics: OSHA, Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, Compliance, EHS Management, Job Safety Analysis, Incident Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture, Human Resources

How do you score risk? For safety professionals, this is a more common concern than most people realize, as it directly reflects their ability to assess acceptable versus unacceptable risk.

Topics: EHS Software, Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, Risk Management Software, Incident Management, Safety Management