Workplace fatigue isn't just mental. Additionally, the physical aspects of workplace fatigue can lead to a wide variety of ergonomic injuries associated with carrying, excessive lifting, and repetitive movement.
We've all heard the expression "it's so hot outside you can fry an egg on the sidewalk." But how many have actually cooked a steak in their work vehicle? A post office delivery employee in Arizona has done just that to display how unsafe and dangerous it can be inside the vehicles that postal carriers have to drive every day.
Many of us are too occupied with our regular daily habits to truly innovate safety culture, and the rest of us are expecting a safety muse to save us. In our efforts to increase safety leadership, we have moved toward trying to learn the precursors of unintentional injuries.
What is microlearning and can it offer a better way to train our workforce? Some companies are still conducting themselves as leaders by adhering to an old model. Are you still ushering your employees into a large hall and droning on and on with a PowerPoint presentation? Snooze.
What is the current context your employees live in? What insights are they bringing to the table? To engage in full safety leadership, practice mindfulness in this arena.
Leaders listen up: employees are asking to be heard. How do you gain a clear understanding of your employee's needs? It starts with active listening. For example, when managing employees, what efforts do you do to get to know them? First off, start each day by meeting the employees on their shift.
Get ready for Safe + Sound Week, sponsored by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Safe + Sound Week is a week-long event encourages employers to implement workplace safety initiatives and runs August 12-18, 2019.
The many uses of laser scanning in modern construction projects are crucial, and many would say urgent in the current economy. Laser scanning is a primary tool for optimizing a budget and compliments the age-old adage to "work smarter not harder". Laser scanning is becoming an integral tool for the future of safety leadership.