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Knowing the Hazards

August 15, 2018

Here’s today’s question about hazards: things that can hurt you. Think back in time to all the times you got hurt – including the minor cuts and scrapes, bumps and bruises, and the close calls where you almost got hurt…

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A Real Safety Leader

July 31, 2018

In this month’s Managing Safety Performance News, as you rightly assumed, Paul has turned over the reins to one our consultants, Wayne Pignolet. Wayne shares his story about deers and safety leadership.

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Danger: Falling Objects

July 13, 2018

Some companies have a rule about working under a suspended load: in a word, DON’T. Every company safety rule on the planet exists for a simple reason: something bad happened, and the rule will make sure it doesn’t happen again.

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Safe to Assume?

June 29, 2018

In this month’s Managing Safety Performance News, as you probably assumed, Paul discusses the assumptions we all make… and don’t assume you know what he is going to say. You might be surprised.

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Assuming That

June 15, 2018

When it comes to our personal safety – at work and at home – we make a huge number of assumptions about things and people every day. Little ones and big ones.

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Common Practice

May 31, 2018

In this month’s Managing Safety Performance News, Paul starts with an investigation into a fatality, sure there’s a lot to learn about getting meaningful investigation findings, but don’t stop there this is really about navigating a very large ship, in a very narrow channel, with lots of cross current and other traffic — changing direction. In the end it is about getting great safety performance. They say there is no silver bullet for getting great safety results, that may be true, but there are a few key fundamental things that are the difference that make the difference. Paul reveals them this month. I’ll be interested to hear what you think after you finish “Common Practice”.

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Victims of Culture

May 15, 2018

Culture is best defined as “the way things really are around here.” That means every operation everywhere in the world has a safety culture.

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On The Road – Again

April 30, 2018

In this month’s Managing Safety Performance News, from a restaurant in Siberia, Paul examines the differences and similarities of the challenges supervisors and managers face leading people to work safe the world over, including one very important challenge.

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Good Questions

April 13, 2018

In our classes, we like to ask Darn Good Questions. Here are a few that you might want to answer – or, even better, ask others.

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