... Session No. 753 Rounding Up the Last Cowboys: Using Positive Reinforcement to Get Construction Workers Involved in Your Safety Effort David M. Sims, Sr., Executive Vice President The Bill Sims Company, Inc. Irmo, South Carolina Introduction Construction workers have a reputation as independent...

... employer designer safety resource end user safety effort responsibility hierarchy constructor construction design maintainer hazard Session No. 769 Design for Safety Gary Cunningham, CSP Boston, MA Jason Edic, CSP Lee Kennedy Co., Inc. Quincy, MA Introduction The authors have a combined...

... that those resources are limited. Let s assume that for every task on a construction project there are 100 units of safety effort available. Those 100 units can be used anywhere in the entire construction cycle to ensure a safe operation. Let s also assume that the 100 units exist from project inception...

... organization leaders demonstrate the same effective leadership qualities for safety as they do for the rest of the business. They would have no problem identifying the last three things they did to enhance the safety effort. 3 Your leaders are sporadic. They give lip service to safety and are around to lend...

... techniques to address them. observation program safety management inspection management work observation management observation safety effort observer supervisor safety performance deepwater horizon specific behavior procedure safety rule safety risk management work observation...

... getting a good benchmark to judge the safety efforts of your team and organization? If you are using OSHA statistics as the sole basis for your benchmarking, without consideration for key risk and claims metrics, you may not be doing your organization any favors, because OSHA statistics only tell part...

... "If you always do what you did, you will always get what you got!" As safety professionals, we are all looking for different ways to effectively communicate with others to develop employee ownership for the safety efforts within our organization. We review and dissect both the traditional...

.... Some may be what you'd expect, but others may not. drivecam risky action risky behavior incident video collision potential handheld cell phone transportation safety risky driving behavior in-cab video technology safety effort shortcoming vehicle fleet operator risky driving event...

... system safety effort workforce safety system safety performance safety management safety professional vpp certification health & medicine responsibility organizational safety effort safety safety solution procedure safety excellence management support compliance Session No. 638...

... misconception fleet safety program operation fleet operation safety professional procedure wide range standard provide exposure incident program element audit compliance effort compliance requirement vehicle operation safety effort Introduction The ANSI/ASSE Z15.1-2006...

... caution describing the project s impact on EPS unless you are expecting really huge returns on your safety efforts because very large companies have a substantial amount of outstanding stock and a million dollars in savings may be far less than one cent per share of stock. Revenue growth is an increase...

... proactive mindset correlation safety measure safety professional safety culture safety effort safety initiative hazard control performance data recognition reduction safety performance safety risk management Top Management presentation injury safety Indicator measurement system...

... US government assessment safety effort professional safety operational safety compliance investigation inspection objective procedure safety professional Accident Investigation safety staff compliance inspection safety safety management Petersen safety performance safety goal...

... supervisor transformational leadership machine learning safety performance information safety effort safety recognition exposure focus credibility safety system Session No. 635 Exposing Accidents: Moving Safety Focus from Likelihood to Exposure James B. Spigener Vice President BST, Inc. Ojai, CA...

.... Safety is also measured by lagging indicators which are ok for accountability but not especially useful for improvement. ecordable and severity rates are an indicator of how successful safety efforts are. Total cost of afety "nonconformance" i.e. the cost of hurting people and reporting to the government...

... and your company into the red, totally ignore your responsibilities. Line Management Support The first step in any successful safety effort is to enlist the support of line management. I often hear, "Management doesn t support me or my safety efforts." Management supports safety to the degree it receives...

... personality states within themselves and others are provided. human factors safety concern safety effort operational safety Health & Medicine information influence organizational safety safety initiative Artificial Intelligence personality style safety leader Williams salesperson...

... safety effort exposure regulatory requirement Core Value US government insurance coverage risk management consensus standard information insurance policy compliance operation insurance safety professional management commitment American Society requirement regulation regulatory...

... HSSE audit and certification organizational concern employee participation operational safety safety effort assumption safety professional successful safety consulting occupational safety and health administration US government corporate culture consultant organizational factor...

... resource issues, and involving it as a core elements in every phase of business planning and decision making. Introduction A Strategic Approach to Safety Requires Change in management's attitude and actions in "inclusiveness" of safety efforts in dedication of employees Figure 1 Adopting a strategic...