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Browse Balmert Consulting articles about Safety Meeting Topics, with practical safety leadership ideas for frontline teams and managers.
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Regarding Enforcement
October 19, 2021
When it comes to enforcing the rules, most leaders don’t enjoy making people follow the rules. So, what if we just hit the easy button, making following the safety rules an option instead of a requirement?
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Comparing Hazards
September 15, 2021
This month Paul looks at how we perceive the relative risk of hazards, as well as the process we use to determine which ones require the most attention.
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Saying Something
August 16, 2021
It’s a rule anyone who’s ever learned to change a tire knows well: before jacking up a vehicle, put it in park and set the parking brake. For good measure, chock the wheels…
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Trust
July 15, 2021
A few weeks ago a residential condo collapsed, catastrophically and tragically – but absolutely not unexpectedly. If you have followed the story, you know there were plenty of warnings…
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Personal PROTECTIVE Equipment
June 15, 2021
In this edition Paul offers some insight into PPE, its role in protecting you, and how it does so.
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Second Thoughts
May 17, 2021
You’re in a rush. There’s a delivery about to show up and your crew has equipment to be repositioned to prepare for the arrival. In the middle of all of that, you have a safety concern…
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Knowledge vs Fear
April 15, 2021
This month’s edition comes in the form of an opinion poll question: When recognizing things that can hurt you, what matters more: knowledge or fear?
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Safe Spaces
March 15, 2021
When you’re sitting in the office or break room, It’s easy to have the sense that you’re safe. The hazards you need to be on the lookout for are found “out on the jobsite” not “back in the office.”…
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Risky Conditions
February 15, 2021
Getting behind the wheel of a vehicle and drive to work. In a typical year in the US, ten times as many of us suffer fatal injuries out on the streets and highways than we do on the job. Most of us spend more time working than we do driving, and face a lot more hazards on the job…
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