by Bob Safety | Jan 30, 2019 | Safety Articles
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)...
by Bob Safety | Oct 30, 2018 | Safety Articles
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...
by Bob Safety | Sep 25, 2018 | Safety Articles
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...
by Bob Safety | Aug 29, 2018 | Safety Articles
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 Safety | Jul 18, 2018 | Safety Articles
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 yourself. It’s actually easier...
by Bob Safety | Jun 21, 2018 | Safety Articles
By Bob Lapidus, CSP (Retired), CSMS You have just been hired to create and implement a comprehensive safety program for an organization. What do you do? 1. Take it easy; don’t be in a rush. 2. Find out management’s expectations of you and your function. Such...
