In a recent issue of EHS magazine online, there was an article that outlined a presentation by Jim Spigener at the 2014 Safety Leadership conference. The article begins by outlining the three universal truths that Spigener has found during his research. Culture is the ultimate predictor of safety performance. Senior leaders make or break the culture of the company. “Very few leaders are born great leaders. They make themselves great leaders.” Spigener has done extensive research about safety and the most telling aspect that impacted safety was the culture of the organization. At the end of the day the leaders create the biggest impact. His model for the impact is below. If a leader behaves differently, it affects the climate. The climate affects follower behavior. Follower behavior affects follower beliefs. Follower beliefs create the culture. Behavior-based safety with the leader taking charge and impacting the safety climate is becoming more and more critical as roles, responsibilities, and expectations of organizations, management, government regulators and the public shift. intRAtrain and inspectiTRAC by Russell Associates have partnered with an industry expert to bring his Keys of Safety to our customers. The keys of safety in conjunction with inspectiTRAC for observations and inspections and intRAtrain Safety for training help create a complete system that helps CheapEssayWritingServices model an effective and impactful safety culture. The core values of this program are: Nothing we do is worth getting hurt Safety & Health can be managed Every injury could & should have been prevented Safety & Health is everyone’s responsibility Safety…
January 5th, 2015
What impact does safety culture have on your organization?
No Comments, incentives, inspectiTRAC, Safety, by admin.Have you ever thought of implementing or moving to a mobile platform for manufacturing? Food Manufacturing recently released an article about the benefits and risk of mobile access to manufacturing information. http://www.foodmanufacturing.com/articles/2014/03/benefits-and-risks-mobile-access-manufacturing-information?et_cid=3851010&et_rid=662086080&location=top The benefits of mobile access are real and documented. If you are ready to implement a mobile solutions for your organizations inspections, audits and observationss or for your training needs, be sure to give us a shout.
Recordkeeping and storage has been basically the same for many years. Record the data/information needed then file the document in a file cabinet for required number of years. The document then sits in the cabinet for years with the chance of it being viewed again very slim. In the off-chance that a document needs to be retrieved the time spent looking for it is often much more costly than the actual value of the information on the document retrieved. As the Food Safety Modernization Act moves forward, the ease of records documentation and storage is going to become more critical. A recent ruling found that the FDA will be allowed to request additional information, documentation and records if they feel the other processes are affected in a similar manner as the concern they are originally investigating. This puts pressure on organizations to be able to produce records easily. One way to do this is with an online data management tool. Inspections, audits and observations are on record that are often kept stored in their paper-form in rows upon rows of file cabinets. The implementation of an automated tool, such as inspectiTRAC, can reduce the file storage requirements, improved responsiveness to data, and allow for easier record keeping. Just imagine an easy way to get information to those who need it easily and efficiently, without having to dig through a file cabinet. How else are you ensuring you can retrieve vital documentation/records easily and efficiently?
May 5th, 2014
Thousands of accidents…. thousands of ways to prevent….
No Comments, Blended Learning, incentives, inspectiTRAC, Leadership, Safety, Training, by admin.Each year there are thousands of workplace injuries and accidents. Thousands of accidents and injuries occur that could be prevented with a comprehensive safety plan that starts with making sure all employees are trained properly. Companies often worry about the added costs of employee training and supporting documentation, but if the cost means reduced accidents and injuries then the costs are easily recovered. As we recently read in an article if you take chances with safety eventually the small safety accidents will turn into a larger safety accident that will could cost the companies millions of dollars. How many times do you want to spin the roulette wheel with the safety for your employees and their safety? levitra brand discount A basic off-the-shelf comprehensive safety employee program can cost less than $80 dollars a year. How many years can you spend $80 per employee for their safety training to make up for the cost of one catastrophic accident. The safety program can easily be improved and the risk reduced by including safety and behavior JSA/JHA based observations, paper-based or automated, inspection and audits to ensure and verity safety policies (paper-based or automated), and proactive incentive programs for employees. Each adds an additional cost, but reaps an additional reward as well. Safer Employees. Improved Moral. Improved Safety Culture. Better Bottom line. And a reduced chance of you hitting the unlucky spot on the roulette wheel.
“Safety First” has been the focus of organizations for many years. We recently read an interesting article about how the idea of “Safety First” can cause conflict between the safety and production in many organizations. Being safe and improving safe work practices are not always seen as improvements that improve the bottom line of the organization in the eyes of production, especially organizations that are working to implement lean processes. Lean organizations want to reduce and eliminate unproductive “waste” as much as possible while still maintaining a safety work environment. These organizations want to improve quality and production by ensuring they are using all resources available in the most effective way possible and eliminating resources that are time drains and that are not impacting the bottom line positively. As regulating bodies are requiring more and more inspections and audits of facilities and operations, more human resources times is being shifted from production to ensuring compliance with regulations; thus reducing the ability to be a lean as possible. One way to improve and be lean is by making sure all employees are being used in the most efficient and effective way possible. One way to improve the use of the human resource time available is by implementing an advanced mobile inspection and audit system. An automated system for inspections and audits allows the process to be completed much faster and with more accuracy then a traditional paper-based system. The time saved by automating the task can then be reallocated to the organizations other needs. For organizations…
April 1st, 2014
Is your safety program proactive or reactive?
No Comments, inspectiTRAC, Safety, by admin.Safety is a not a new topic or a topic that will ever disappear from the minds of many professionals in any manufacturing, construction and service industry. What may change is how organizations plan for safety. We recently read an interesting article about how the occupational health and safety of organizations is shifting from a reactive to more proactive approach. The goal of the organization is to spend less time reacting to situations and to spend more time on tactics that will prevent safety issues. These prevention initiatives include spending more time on employee training, assessment of risks and adoption of a management or prevention system. Read more here. The study also indicates that the number one driver of organizations to develop their safety plan is to comply with laws and regulations. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, but if the goal is to be more proactive it is critical that organizations find a cost effective method of implementation to manage the regulations that they face on a day to day basis. Many of the regulations and laws require some sort of time and resource consuming audit, observation, or inspection be completed and recorded to ensure that the “rules” are being followed. One way organizations can help manage the regulations and be more proactive to safety needs is to implement a mobile inspection, audit and observation system. A mobile system can help complete and document faster and more efficiently the inspections and audits required to comply with many regulations and laws. It can also…