Jacinta Sarpkaya Contributor Bio

Bio

The daughter of a construction worker, she believes in enabling field workers to be aware of their surroundings, and to communicate hazards to management before accidents are allowed to happen. As part of ProntoForms’ Health and Safety Committee, Jacinta is dedicated to creating safe work environments for all workers – office and field alike. To gain more insight on how mobile solutions can improve EHS operations check out http://prontoforms.com

Articles by Jacinta Sarpkaya

How to Build a Sustainable Safety Culture

Every company promotes safety, but how can you do more? Learn about building a sustainable safety culture.
Mobile Phones and Tablets: The Next Generation of PPE

If mobile phones aren't part of your company's PPE, it should be. Find out why and what you have to gain.
Improving Compliance by Incorporating Conditional Logic and Analytics

Safety software with built-in conditional logic and analytics can ensure compliance at a fraction of the time and cost of paper forms.
How to Improve Your Risk Assessments

Risk assessments should provide you with high-quality data. Learn why asking the right questions and using the right software can make all the difference.
Reaching Target Zero

Target Zero is a common goal for organizations where safety is a concern. The goal is to eliminate all occupational accidents and injuries within a company. However, 30.6% of participants of a survey placed by BLR responded...
Investing in Safety Audits

Why investing in safety audits is an effective way to make your workplace safer, more efficient, and more productive.
The Budgetary Barrier of Going Mobile

According to a survey of industry professionals, 42.4% of respondents listed budgetary concerns as the major factor preventing their companies from implementing a mobile solution. How much of a financial burden is going...
How Proactivity in the Field Improves Worker Safety

Improving safety procedures after breakdowns, near-misses and accidents may help prevent future accidents, but this involves the risk of serious injuries occurring, complete with costly shutdowns and mountains of paperwork...

Q&A by Jacinta Sarpkaya

What is the most valuable part of a mobile solution?

A mobile data collection system allows users to interact directly with the data they're collecting in an intuitive, meaningful way. Say you have a technician performing an inspection in the field. They can enter...
What is the best way to ensure a safe workplace?

A safe workplace is one that prevents accidents and protects its workers. The best way to reduce accidents—and the lost work hours that come with them – is to provide employees with the training to know when something is...
What is the biggest shift in companies’ approaches to safety this year?

Preventative maintenance, combined with individual involvement in safety reporting, is quickly becoming the go-to way to protect workers. On the front lines, this means educating workers about two things:What it looks like...
What are the most commonly used safety forms in 2016?

A survey conducted in 2016 revealed that EHS professionals most commonly use incident reports, with 95.1% of respondents saying they use these forms. 88.5% of respondents are using inspection reports, 87% are using training...
What are the most common ways to measure safety on job sites?

A survey conducted in 2016 revealed that approximately one-half of survey respondents measure the safety of their job sites by the number of incidents per day, month, or year, while a further 20.6% measure safety by the...
What do EHS professionals feel is the likelihood that their organizations will reach Target Zero for safety incidents within the next year?

A survey conducted in 2016 revealed that while 7.1% of respondents do not track Target Zero, the rest of those polled were split on the likelihood of reaching this goal. 47.3% of participants said that it is likely or very...
Which EHS performance standards are adhered to most commonly?

In a survey conducted by BLR in 2015, 61.5% of jobsites said they adhere to the BS OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety performance standard. 33.9% of participants said they adhere to ISO 14001 Environmental Management...
What are the most commonly used safety forms?

According to a survey done by BLR in 2015, incident and training forms were the most commonly used safety forms, with 94.8% of all respondents saying they made use of incident report forms, and 92.3% making use of training...
What is the most common way site supervisors are made aware of safety issues?

According to a survey done by BLR in 2015, where respondents were asked to check all that apply, e-mail is clearly the number one way that survey takers are notified of site safety issues at 81.3%. Phones come in second at...