Community member Kamran Akhavan Attari discusses the importance of Organizations moving from the traditional “compliance” focus, to taking actions to help management and workers think about safety first when carrying out their responsibilities.  We invite you to join our Environmental, Health and Safety, and Quality professional community, and share your knowledge with other members.

• Understanding how thought processes impact safety with member Kamran Akhavan Attari
• Musculoskeletal Disorders: Is Your Workforce Protected? by Michael Kim and Matthew Marino
• What are good leading safety indicators?  asks member Jerry Mathis
• Are you sure your Workforce is protected from Musculoskeletal Disorders? by Tamara Parris

This month our member Ron Gantt shares a post about the day in the life of a workplace professional, a while members Chris J Ward and Jane Standerwick discusses reasons why organizations fail to manage H&S. We invite you to join our Environmental, Health and Safety, and Quality professional community, and share your knowledge with other members.

• A DAY IN THE LIFE OF… by Ron Gantt

• 3 Reasons Why Organizations Fail to Manage H&S by members Chris J Ward and Jane Standerwick

• Workplace Violence Prevention – Live Discussion by member Mark Mann

• State Inspection Programs for Passenger-Carrier Vehicles; Withdrawal

February, 2017, our EHSQ Community had a Mastermind session with Jake Thiessen and Keith Voykin, hosted by Tamara Parris, to discuss the challenges EHS Professionals face building their safety programs in the workplace.

During our sessions we had just over 30 community members share their views, challenges and insights learned through their work experience on our workplace safety issue.

From our “Member’s Voice” discussion we learned 27 members have personally experienced challenges when trying to gain Organizational Buy-In to their safety program.

Which is a good indicator many EHSQ Professional are facing this challenge.

A suggestion Jake shared with us, to help with the challenge of gaining buy-in from all levels of the organization, it is important to develop the different strategies needed to generate the desired buy-in at the various levels.

With buy-in one of the questions that must be answered is where do you start?

Jake shared, what … Read more...