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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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Safe Spaces?
March 30, 2018
In this month’s Managing Safety Performance News Paul examines the case of a self-driving car and cyclist—actually a cyclist walking her bike across the street. You might have read the headlines. Below the headlines there is a lot to learn and take back to the shop floor to make sure every one goes home alive and well at the end of each and every shift. By the way, when I started to read Paul’s article I did not see his take on the lessons to be learned coming at all.
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Proceed With Caution!
March 15, 2018
In your opinion, which is more dangerous? Entering a confined space Entering a pedestrian crosswalk on a busy street
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