A SAFETY MANAGEMENT APPROACH The Psychology of Safety How to Get People to Perform in a Safe Manner–Part 5 By Bob Lapidus, CSP (Retired), CSMS Motivating Employees Using Safety Incentive Programs. Implementing a successful safety incentive program requires employers in this […]
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The Psychology of Safety How to Get People to Perform in a Safe Manner By Bob Lapidus, CSP (Retired), CSMS Implementing a successful safety incentive program requires employers in this day and age to be very careful. We have to comply with governmental regulations […]
By Bob Lapidus, CSP (Retired), CSMS Introduction In our last two articles on how to get people to perform in a safe manner we discussed: Recognizing employees for doing a good job Getting employees involved in how to perform their work correctly and safely […]
By Bob Lapidus, CSP (Retired), CSMS A good place to start for establishing ethics in safety is with the code of ethics created by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) and used by permission of the BCSP. You do not have to have a […]
By Bob Lapidus, CSP (Retired), CSMS Oftentimes the lack of concentration (or inattention) is noted as the cause for an occupational injury. The employee loses situational awareness, does something she or he shouldn’t do, and gets hurt. There are steps we can take to maintain […]
By Bob Lapidus, CSP (Retired), CSMS In the field of safety, we often establish goals. What are our plans for the coming year? Typically, there are two types of goals: Loss Results or Trailing Indicators (our organization’s loss results – hopefully none) Activities or […]
By Bob Lapidus, CSP (Retired), CSMS A truism in the field of safety management is: If you want to achieve successful safety results, you need to: Establish your safety mission, goals and objectives. Create safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations that work toward achieving […]
Jordan McNair was a 19-year-old football player for the University of Maryland who passed away from heat stroke on June 13. The student-athlete succumbed from the events that occurred during a May 29 team-organized conditioning test. The first of two external investigations was released revealing […]
By Bob Lapidus, CSP (Retired), CSMS Pet Peeve: Being Blindsided You are going about your work life minding your own business when suddenly out of the blue someone tells you that you are doing a particular task absolutely unsafely. You should have known better. […]
By Bob Lapidus, CSP (Retired), CSMS There is a psychology to safety that most of us know exists, but maybe we don’t discuss it as such. It comes in a variety of ways, one of which is taking risks. Think about taking risks. Think about […]