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Safety Center Blog

What Gets Measured Gets Done

Article from ProfessionalSafety: Journal of the American Society of Safety Engineers By Brett Solomon (Senior Consultant at Sentis) It is insufficient to talk about safety and only measure process performance and production.  If workers are measured against production targets, that is where they will focus. […]

Empowering Youth to Lead Positive Teen Safe Driving Campaigns

Safety Center received funding from The Allstate Foundation for teen safe driving education. This Teen Safe Driving program empowers high school students to create teen-to-teen safe driving campaigns. These youth-led campaigns focus on making teen traffic safety a priority in the community. “Empowering students to create positive peer-to-peer […]

Developing a Robust Safety Culture

Article from ProfessionalSafety: Journal of the American Society of Safety Engineers By Brett Solomon (Senior Consultant at Sentis) The OECDD Nuclear Agency defined safety culture as “an organizational atmosphere where safety and health is understood to be, and is accepted as, the number one priority” […]

WORKING IN THE SUMMER HEAT

Article from OSHA.gov Heat-related illnesses can be deadly. Thousands become sick every year and many die due to preventable heat-related illnesses. With summer temperatures rising, now is the best time to prepare for working outdoors in excessive heat by following a few simple steps. HEAT-RELATED […]

New CAL/OSHA Standards?

Standards Board Taking Strong Stance Against Violence Article by Hector Alvarez, Founder of Alvarez Associates As a society, we have all witnessed the tragic incidents of violence that have occurred recently in our workplaces, schools, places of worship and communities.   For those who have been […]

The Ten Basic Principles of Safety: Principle #2

A Safety Management Approach Article by Bob Lapidus, CSP, CSMS   Dan Petersen, Safety Management – A Human Approach Aloray, Goshen, NY In Memoriam:   Dan Petersen (1931-2007) In Dan Petersen’s text, Safety Management:  A Human Approach, he presented ten basic principles of safety that should […]