Based on Dan Petersen’s Safety Management – A Human Approach Article by Bob Lapidus, CSP, CSMS In Memoriam: Dan Petersen (1931-2007) My mentor, Dan Petersen, was one of the prime guru’s in the field of safety management from the 1960s into the early 21st century. He […]
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by David Loret de Mola Communications Coordinator David@SafetyCenter.org LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook To learn more about Defensive Driving, click here and take a class! Life happens – some days you run late to work because your alarm clock didn’t go off, and you didn’t […]
This blog post is based on the Sacramento Regional Safety Forum, which took place on March 5, and is part of our ongoing monthly blog on Alcohol & Drug Prevention in the workplace. For more articles on this topic, click here. Please Share this so […]
Most of the resorts in the Tahoe are open for the season and with the fresh snow it is a great opportunity for parents to help new drivers gain experience with winter driving conditions 1. Make sure your car is ready before you start your […]
Author: Bob Lapidus, CSP, CSMS We have heard it said that occupational injuries and various other accidents are just a cost of doing business. Management buys insurance, has losses, and life goes on. On the other hand, what if management is able to reduce losses […]
Author: Hector Alvarez The issue of preventing violence in our nation’s schools, workplaces and communities has become a top priority for organizations of all types. The term “active shooter” has quickly become common place. There is no doubt that 2014 was an unprecedented year in […]
Author: Bob Lapidus, CSP, CSMS Over my career in safety, I have found more often than not that maintenance supervisors and their staffs do not want me around. They have enough on their plate to do; they do not need the safety consultant to find […]
Author: Bob Lapidus, CSP, CSMS In the field of safety, the mission is to prevent accidents. What does it take to achieve such a goal? Our entire profession has evolved over many decades pursuing the elimination of occupational injuries and illnesses. Safety started out with […]
October is National Fire Safety Month and while the main focus is on preventing residential fires, it is also a good time to revisit workplace fire safety and prevention. Fatal injuries involving fires and explosions resulted in 148 occupational fatalities in 2013. That coupled with […]
Author: Bob Lapidus, CSP, CSMS The wall-to-wall formal safety inspection is one of the most common types conducted in organizations. Such inspections need to be done occasionally, but the problem with this kind of inspection is that it requires the people doing the inspection to […]