I started SafetyAwakenings.com nine years ago this month.  Since its’ inception, I’ve published over 600 articles on best safety practices and safety excellence. I wrote these articles from the unique perspective of someone with 40-years of experience as a: safety consultant, OSHA inspector, university professor, and EHS...

    OSHA is the main federal agency charged with the enforcement of workplace safety and health standards in the United States of America.  It is a large governmental agency with thousands of pages of complex standards.  Understanding these voluminous standards and regulations is a daunting task. In the last...

  – Articles For HR Professionals With Safety Responsibilities     These days, we often find that HR professionals also have safety responsibilities – At many medium and small-sized companies, managers will wear two hats.  For example, the HR manager may be responsible for both HR duties and administering...

    In my 40 year safety career, I’ve found that companies with the lowest turnover rates in their type of industry usually also have low accident rates and excellent safety cultures.  While there are certainly more precise and scientific measures of safety culture,  I believe that turnover rates provide the best quick, easy, and cheap...

  Warehouse & Forklift Safety Resources   Below are links to our favorite free safety resources for employees who work  with forklifts in warehousing, loading docks and distribution.  These best safety practices include: tool box talks, bulletins, fact sheets, safety rules, posters, checklists, model programs, PowerPoints and videos.  Please...

  Our friends at Eastern Kentucky University recently contacted me and asked if I’d share an infographic they developed with you.  It’s entitled “The Current State of Workplace Safety in the U.S.“. Below is this excellent inforgraphic for your review.  It’s well done and contains lots of great information.   Eastern Kentucky...

    “Do We Still Need The ASSE?” – In today’s high-tech world, is there still a need for the nations oldest (est 1911) and largest safety organization?  Is the ASSE (American Society of Safety Engineers) a relic of the past, or are it’s best days still ahead? I was...

    Examples of Light Duty (Transitional) Jobs   Getting an injured worker back to work as soon as possible after an on-the-job injury is an important way to control the cost of a workers compensation claim.   Offering light duty (transitional) jobs to an employee who is released to return to work with...

    15 Free On-Line Safety Magazines   Reading safety magazines is an excellent way to stay on top of the latest safety related – products, websites, regulations, equipment, and events.  The following are our 16 favorite free on-line workplace safety and health magazines (in no particular order).    Safety + Health...

    Last week I received an email from Jim Thomson, a PhD engineer from the UK, inviting me to check out his website.  Jim is a safety consultant who specializes in high hazard industries such as nuclear plants, oil & gas, and refining. He has developed safety processes and...