Behavioral Safety -- Occupational Health & Safety

Seeing the Big Picture: Identify Hazards and Assess Risk

How safety and health professionals can scope out the big picture of workplace hazards and assess their risks through Visual Literacy practices.
Education, Skill Development, and Behavior Change

They're not the same, but it's all called training. . . .

Safety Training Across the Generational Divide

In this episode, editor Sydny Shepard breaks down the three most dominant generations in the workforce and how their motivations and learning styles can impact a company's training approach.
Forming Safety Habits that Stick

Have you ever wondered why we continue to do actions even though we know they are wrong? In this episode, editor Sydny Shepard explains how habits form and how bad habits can be dismantled and rerouted.
Alliance is Formed to Keep Shipbuilders Safe from Dangerous, Hazardous Work Environments

OSHA is prioritizing a Mid-Atlantic shipyard industry to prevent a healthful workplace.
Battling Distractions, Peer Pressure and Complacency
Staying Safe: Battling Distractions, Peer Pressure and Complacency

In this episode, Editor Sydny Shepard discusses how safety can be impeded by outside distractions, peer pressure and complacency. How can you create a company culture that keeps safety top of mind despite these issues?
OSHA Reaches Settlement with Florida Behavior Healthcare and Residential Treatment Facility

Facility in Fort Myers agrees to revamp its violence prevention program after an investigation reveals five incidents occurred.

Predictive Analysis in Workplace Safety: Four 'Safety Truths' that Reduce Workplace Injuries

This new white paper describes how predictive analytics, which has already optimized several other industries, is now being used by safety professionals to predict and prevent workplace injuries. Readers will learn the four safety truths about safety observation and inspection data.
Safety Program Contributes to Dramatic Reduction in Injuries

Avery Dennison purchased its Schwelm plant from a family-owned German company in 2001. Very few of their employees had a sense of safety awareness. The incident rate was high and there was no culture of safety within the organization. In 2005, Avery Dennison began training employees in Schwelm. Changes were soon apparent when employees discovered their decisive role in ensuring a successful safety program.
eLearning Case Study: Training and Development

Without a centralized training and development group to develop a global strategy Dresser-Rand relied on 637 training vendors worldwide. The company was spending an incredible amount of money and the learning was never measured. The Coastal eLearning System was rolled out and ”Dresser-Rand will benefit from a cost avoidance of approximately $1 million this year”.

Health and Safety Day 2013

ArcelorMittal encourages employees and contractors to 'stop, think and act safely' as it hosts global Health and Safety Day for seventh year. Around 208,000 employees and contractors took part in activities to mark the day last year, and this figure is expected to rise in 2013.
Distracted Driving Deaths Safety Video

Over 1 million accidents due to distracted driving occur in North America every year. 8,000 crashes daily. 6,000 annual deaths due to distracted driving. Watch this video to learn the facts.