Chloe Handley

Author: Chloe Handley

August 30, 2019

‘Bully’ bosses pose safety risks, study finds

Administrators who bully the workers that are underneath their supervision pose a safety culture risk, a new study decided. There was a distinct correlation between abusive management among administrators and supervisors and worsened safety performance and poor safety issues among operators, a Portland State University (PSU) researcher discovered.
August 27, 2019

How to Handle Six Common Electrical Hazards

The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) announced that there were 2,210 non-fatal electrical wounds in 2017 in a failure of safety leadership. This was an increase of 35% as matched to 2016.
August 27, 2019

Medical Soldiers recognized for excellence in safety practices

FORT HOOD — The Army’s top safety training priority is the readiness of the people and means it depends on to deploy globally in the protection of the United States of America and its partners. Aptness determines the warfighter’s capability to meet and win the nation’s battles. Readiness is crucial and units cannot manage it if day-to-day transactions aren’t handled safely, and the soldiers, civilians, tools and other resources are endangered through unsafe actions or lapses in safety leadership.
August 26, 2019

#PolyCon19: An Inside Look of This Year’s Professional Development Courses

This upcoming October, CPI will once again offer its Polyurethanes Professional Development Program (PDP) for safety leadership in conjunction with the Polyurethanes Technical Conference.
August 26, 2019

Welding course for women sparks interest in male-dominated trade

Fewer than 1 in 20 welders are women and it's time to change that. A brand new safety training welding curriculum at Algonquin College in Ottowa is intending to draw more women into what has been a traditionally male-dominated profession.
August 26, 2019

Seven Tips to Retaining Retiring Worker Knowledge

The aging of the United States working population means a swell in retirements in approaching years. Here's how to save all that accumulated knowledge and leadership experience in-house following their departure.
August 21, 2019

Five Strategies to Improve Workplace Ergonomics

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are common amongst many construction safety workers across the globe and indeed across many industries within major capital projects; though, operators in manufacturing environments are especially exposed to acquiring these injuries due to many circumstances specific to their profession.
August 20, 2019

Where Does Worker Safety Begin and End?

Contextual AI enhances construction safety policies in today’s tech-centric business environment on major capital projects. What kind of safety leader are you? Distractions that are related to employees engaged in mobile devices while driving can lead to severe injury not just to the driver but innocent bystanders can potentially lose their lives.
August 20, 2019

Cover-ups, lies ‘a systemic cancer’ in world of oilpatch health and safety breaches: whistleblowers

The advice may not have been specific, but oilpatch contractor Matthew Linnitt states he knew what he was "supposed" to do: lie on official records about an event that could have killed him, or someone would be fired.