Safety culture refers to the ways that safety issues are addressed in a workplace. It often reflects “the attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values that employees share in relation to safety.” 1 The ...

You’ve probably seen it before: a well-meaning cartoon safety poster hanging in your company warehouse about ladder safety; complete with a kitschy catchphrase like, “While on a ladder, never step ...

Safety culture has become the new catch phrase, program focus, and desire of global executives, verbalized in the often expressed, "We need a safety culture!" Safety culture is not new. Stop trying to ...

Building psychological safety in the workplace requires intentional strategies that encourage open communication and trust ...

There is a need for changes within the fire service to foster life safety for personnel. One change requires improving the safety culture in fire departments: The behavior of fire service membership ...

Building professionals aim for a zero-injury culture as project complexity and workforce demands increase. Is this goal attainable?

What are your chances of your trucking company being hit with a nuclear verdict? A bad FMCSA audit? Or skyrocketing insurance rates? Pretty high if you don't put safety first. According to the FMCSA, ...

Ask any company if they have a safety culture and the answer is probably yes. Ask them how they define a safety culture and you’re likely to get different answers. Some may point to KPIs that show how ...

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Is your safety culture reactive, dependent, independent or interdependent? In an Oct. 22 NSC session, Rosanne Danner, managing director of global productivity at DuPont, outlined these different ...

Building a culture of safety for any company starts with safety protocols and procedures through proper employee communication, monitoring, reporting and execution. “Listening to employees is key,” ...

To build a thriving safety culture, companies need to focus on both the procedures and processes that guide their operations, as well as the attitudes and behaviors of every employee. It's not as ...