Despite the fact that workplaces have implemented and followed new safety innovations and
approaches, the majority of them have seen little, if any, significant progress in the reduction …

As leaders increasingly understand the importance of good safety practice to support their
business objectives, safety and health practitioners develop better tools and solutions …

Developing an Effective Safety Culture implements a simple philosophy, namely that
working safely is a cultural issue. An effective safety culture will eventually lead to the …

Safety Culture, Second Edition, provides safety professionals, corporate safety leaders,
members of leadership, and college students an updated book on safety leadership and …

Most managers do care about the safety performance of their organizations, yet some are
unsure how to show that concern and manage safety effectively. Managers facing this …

In Brief Good definitions enable people to have a common understanding of a word or
subject, which enables meaningful conversations and better decision making. Conversely …

Background: Injury and illness incidence rates continue to be higher in healthcare facilities
than in the manufacturing environment despite improvement efforts implemented by various …

Although most firms use the tools of safety programs, some have more success than others.
A firm's culture is at the heart of how a safety system's elements or tools-such as incident …

Traditional safety managers accept the safety system as a given and try to get the most out of
it. In contrast, safety managers who use quality methods know that blaming employees for …

How does a firm establish safety practices so firmly that they can survive the competition for
the manager's time? The answer is a safety management system-a framework for guiding …