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  EHS Programs

  Safe Work Practices and Safe Job Procedures: What's the Difference?

  Safe Work Practices (SWP) and Safe Work Procedures, or Safe Job Procedures (SJP), are familiar concepts among health and safety professionals. They are part of a...

  By: Karoly Ban Matei | HR and Safety Manager

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  EHS Programs

  A Primer on Administrative Controls

  Once you've identified a hazard in your workplace, you'll need to implement controls to protect workers from it.If you can't eliminate it entirely or...

  By: Daniel Clark | Safety and Quality Management System Specialist

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  Leadership

  QUIZ: Safety Leadership Skills

  Being a strong safety leader requires more than just demonstrating actions that are aligned with the value of safety. It also requires working with employees across...

  By: Safeopedia Staff

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  Contractor Management

  How to Properly Measure Contractor Engagement

  Not many organizations can complete their work by relying solely on their own employees. Short timelines, the scope of work, the specialized nature of client needs, and...

  By: Karoly Ban Matei | HR and Safety Manager

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  EHS Programs

  The Real Reason Employees Hate Safety Programs

  As I walked through the ACME Widget Factory (not its real name), I was impressed by the safety program they had in place. There were systems for reporting safety...

  By: Bryan McWhorter | Lead Safety Advisor, Author, Writer, Speaker

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  Best Practices

  Measuring Actions (Not Documents) for Better Trade Partner Engagement

  Very few companies can carry out their work independently. External organizations, third parties, and all manner of specialized contractors allow even relatively small...

  By: James Alexander | Construction Safety Director

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  EHS Programs

  Behavior-Based Safety - Can it Really Make a Difference?

  It’s a safe assumption that most people in industry are interested in making the workplace safer. Many approaches to workplace safety have been tried and most of...

  By: Adel Lawson | Managing Partner

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  Leadership

  The 4 Areas Safety Professionals Need to Focus On

  As safety professionals, one of our main focuses is continual improvement. We set benchmarks, adjust practices, and tweak programs to ensure that safety performance gets...

  By: Daniel Clark | Safety and Quality Management System Specialist

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  Leadership

  7 Supply Chain Risks You Need to Anticipate and Manage

  Your vendors and suppliers aren't simply companies you partner with and rely on - they're an extension of your operation. They give you flexibility, capacity,...

  By: Daniel Clark | Safety and Quality Management System Specialist

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  Leadership

  The Top 4 Levers That Will Drive Safety Forward in 2022

  Employers and safety professionals no longer have to strategize in the dark. We have the ability to make informed decisions and let the data show us where our efforts...

  By: Mark Wright | Managing Director

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  EHS Programs

  Why a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace Is a Safer Workplace

  If you're over forty years old, there's a good chance that you started work in an environment where you never heard words like "diversity" and "...

  By: Adel Lawson | Managing Partner

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  Safeopedia Podcasts

  The Safety View: Measuring Performance with Michael Hartley

  In this Safety View discussion our guest Michael Hartley, will open a discussion about "Measuring Performance". We will be looking specifically at how ESG...

  By: Tamara Parris