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Thoughts on OSHA's COVID-19 Vaccination, Testing and Face Covering ETS

By Mike Harper in Safety Culture

01/05/2022

The views and information shared in this blog are our best interpretation of empirical, non-politicized, data.  Our Co-Founder, Susen Trail, holder of a Master's Degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan, has been studying and researching COVID-19, and the response to...

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OSHA's COVID-19 Vaccination Emergency Temporary Standard

By Susen Trail in Safety Culture

12/02/2021

As I'm sure you are aware, the Biden administration has tasked OSHA with putting standards in place to address COVID-19 in the workplace.  We'll start with "the basics."

An Emergency Temporary Standard, ETS, is allowed to bypass the notice and comment proceedings for 6 months and...

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Hazards of Downloaded Programs for OSHA Compliance

By Susen Trail in Safety Culture

10/27/2021

Many downloadable programs have been written so broadly they could not represent a specific workplace.  This becomes a problem because, based upon my experience, Safety Managers many times often won't adapt the program to their workplace.  Often, they don't take out sentences or...

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Safety Change Management

By Susen Trail in Safety Culture

10/07/2021

Whether it is top down, bottom up, or heavily dependent on middle management or Supervisors, change is hard.  People, in general, would rather remain miserable than risk change and its unknown future state.  The warning signs of a failing safety culture are often missed until...

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The Importance of Staying Current

By Susen Trail in Safety Culture

09/22/2021

Over time, sometimes a very short amount of time, your safety programs and/or your chemical inventory will not include hazards and conditions your employees experience in your workplace.  Sometimes your chemical inventory will be accurate but the Safety Data Sheets, SDS, has been revised...

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Don't Hide Your Light Under a Bushel

By Susen Trail in Safety Culture

09/08/2021

As we've shared in previous blogs, Safety Observations create many Leading Indicators that help your workplace transition from reactive, Lagging Indicators, to a risk prevention centric safety strategy.  This transition puts your Safety Culture onto a sustainable, healthy path.

When...

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Are Your Performance Indicators Based on Failure?

By Susen Trail in Safety Culture

08/23/2021

Safety, like most other departments in a business, will have unexpected expenses.  Often other departments are viewed as pro-business while Safety is usually viewed as pro-employee.  The Sales department brings in money that moves the business forward.  The Maintenance department...

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Efficient Investigations of Safety Observations

By Susen Trail in Safety Culture

08/08/2021

This is the third installment of our series on Safety Observations.  First, we discussed barriers to employee reporting which can result in a preventable hazard causing a near mis or an accident with employee injuries and/or property damage.  Our second installment discussed how lack...

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Make Safety Observations Visible

By Susen Trail in Safety Culture

07/25/2021

Last week we discussed the reasons why employees may be unwilling to alert their Supervisors or the Safety Manager to a hazardous condition that they have observed.  One of those reasons is that either...

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Benefits of Safety Observations

By Susen Trail in Safety Culture

07/19/2021

This blog emphasizes the Safety Observation reporting process in Simple Safety Coach's safety management software because it is the first step in any investigative process.  Our Safety Observation process was carefully developed and designed so that it ensures transparency, communication,...

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