Toolbox Talks: Tragic decisions
I recently had the opportunity to attend a short training session on hoist and crane safety. Rigging and lifting is not my area of...
Toolbox Talks: 3 questions to ask (and not ask) your workers
The way you ask a question makes a big difference in the response you get. When it comes to Human Performance and safety, you...
20 common OSHA citations and how to avoid them
At its core, the success of the manpower-strapped Occupational Safety and Health Administration is measured by one overriding calculus: the number of citations issued...
Turner Industries wins national tech award for its workflow tablet
Industrial contracting firm Turner Industries has received a 2019 Constructech Vision for Safety Award for Turner Tablet, an innovative technology system that allows crews...
Toolbox Talks: Safety is a byproduct
Ask yourself this question: If my company was thinking about adopting a Human Performance process to reduce the frequency and severity of human error,...
$32B in construction projects are lined up through 2022. Can Louisiana handle it?
A trucker’s daily bumper-to-bumper crawl on I-10 in Lake Charles and Baton Rouge has consequential impacts on commerce, to be sure, but it spotlights...
Toolbox Talks: Curse of knowledge, blind spots and other cognitive biases that impact safety
Welcome to the final part of our cognitive bias trilogy, "Cognitive Bias isn’t a thing; it’s a ton of things."
Previously we discussed a hospital...
Ex-contractor illegally accesses Strategic Petroleum Reserve computers
A former Department of Energy contractor has admitted to accessing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Office computer systems, altering and deleting files without authorization.
Gary Peter...
Meeting industry safety goals requires a psychological safety net
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the up-and-coming generation of millennials might hold the key to an accident-free work environment in the industrial space. Their desire...
Toolbox Talks: Cognitive bias isn’t a thing; it’s a ton of things (Part 2)
Welcome back, or welcome if you’re just now jumping in. If you are new, or have slept since the last article, here is quick...
