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Leading vs Lagging Indicators: How to Enhance Workplace Safety

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A proactive safety management system requires both lagging and leading indicators for comprehensive data and insights.

The world of workplace safety has changed dramatically over the past fifty years. Industries have steadily improved in terms of incident rates, and yet, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 5,486 U.S. workers never made it safely home in 2022. Business and safety leaders, who are more and more invested in their workers’ well-being, are driving a major shift of perspective in addressing the safety concerns of their organizations to further reduce the number of incidents.

Today, traditional incident reporting and analysis team up with technology to prevent incidents and fatalities before they happen. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) for collecting and analyzing data, along with frontline workers reporting incidents on mobile devices, have revolutionized health and safety. This blog examines how data from leading and lagging indicators contributes to proactive safety management systems and highlights the crucial role of frontline workers in establishing a safety-conscious workplace.… Read more...

Ladder Safety Rules 101: A Comprehensive Approach to Working Safely at Heights

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Falls are one of the leading causes of serious injury and death in the workplace, and OSHA is serious about preventing them. Four of the agency’s 10 most cited standards in 2023 were related to fall prevention, including the rules for ladder safety.

Graphic of construction workers on a ladder while constructing a building.

In 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 161 fatal work injuries from which ladders were the primary source. While this is a 5.8 percent decline from 171 deaths in 2019, it could be related to pandemic shutdowns and might not represent real progress.

Meanwhile, there were 22,710 nonfatal injuries related to ladder safety in 2020, which was a 1.7 percent increase from 22,330 injuries in 2019. These nonfatal ladder injuries resulted in at least one day away from work. Workers in installation, maintenance and repair occupations faced the highest number of ladder-related injuries, followed by construction and extraction occupations.

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Building a Safer Tomorrow: Challenges and Solutions in Construction Site Safety

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On the afternoon of August 24, 2020, a construction worker employed by an electrical contractor was preparing to install a new power line between two utility poles at a Tennessee construction site. The worker threw the guide twine, pulled the cable toward the next pole, but it arched higher than intended and contacted the distribution power lines. Flowing through those lines were 2,700 volts of electric current, which traveled down the guide twine to the worker, who was electrocuted.

Just a few weeks earlier a UK construction worker was crushed underneath concrete after a partial wall and roof collapsed during demolition work on a site. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Sadly, this kind of day is often the rule rather than the exception in the construction industry, both in the U.S. and around the world, with workers routinely suffering fatal and life-altering injuries while working to build the … Read more...

Efficient Compliance Training: Navigating Laws and Regulations Seamlessly with Online Learning Tools

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Effective compliance training is not merely a regulatory requirement but a strategic investment in the well-being of employees and the success of the organization as a whole. By providing comprehensive and engaging compliance training, companies can significantly reduce the occurrence of workplace incidents, accidents and injuries.

When workers are properly trained in safety protocols, they are better equipped to identify and mitigate potential hazards in their work environments. This proactive approach not only minimizes the risk of accidents but also fosters a culture of safety where workers are actively engaged in maintaining a safe workplace.

Furthermore, effective compliance training has a direct impact on productivity. When employees feel confident in their ability to perform tasks safely, they can focus more on their work and are less likely to be distracted by safety concerns. This leads to increased efficiency, higher job satisfaction and ultimately, greater productivity for the organization.

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Do Your Employees Have a Stake in Health and Safety?

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Encouraging employees to be legitimate stakeholders in occupational health and safety is really a matter of listening, being open to and dealing with employees as equal partners in developing and implementing programs.

The greatest error in trying to create a safety culture is leaving everything in the hands of health and safety professionals, says Intelex Vice President and Global Practice Leader for Safety and Health Scott Gaddis. If you want to limit loss and drive performance, the entire workforce needs to be involved.

Employees as stakeholders of occupational health and safety should be tasked to step into safety leadership roles and responsibilities throughout an organization. It’s an approach Gaddis took earlier in his career while working as the global safety and health leader at Kimberley-Clark.

Relationship Building Is Key

As a “staff of one,” Gaddis says he was only going to be as good as his ability to build … Read more...

Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset: Best Practices for Reducing Worker Injuries and Illnesses

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Training is one thing employers can do to protect their most valuable asset – their workers – and ensure these individuals return home every day just as healthy as when they arrived.

When researchers in Ireland set out to document the experiences of workers across a variety of industries who had suffered on-the-job injuries, they ended up with 20 different stories. Their final report included first-person descriptions of what happened before, during, and after their subjects’ individual incidents.

Each is a fascinating case study of not only their personal traumas, but also the overall financial toll the incidents took on themselves and their employers.

One manufacturing plant worker, for instance, was clearing a blockage in a machine when another employee switched it on, causing two large blades to activate. The affected worker, Hugh O’Carroll, lost the tops of his index and middle finger on his left hand as a result.… Read more...