June 4, 2019
Subcontractors, OSHA, and You 06/04/19 – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that everyone is responsible for safety under the current OSHA Field Operations Manual (FOM), “On multi-employer worksites, more than one employer may be cited for a hazardous condition that violates an OSHA standard.” (Multi-Employer Citation Policy). That is why …
April 2, 2019
Risk Management Part 2 of a Series: The Risk Analysis Process “People overestimate their ability to influence events that, in fact, are heavily determined by chance. We tend to be overconfident about the accuracy of our forecasts and risk assessments and far too narrow in our assessment of the range of outcomes that may …
March 5, 2019
Risk Management Part 1 of a Series “The essence of risk management lies in maximizing the areas where we have some control over the outcome while minimizing the areas where we have absolutely no control over the outcome.” – Peter L. Bernstein March 5, 2019 – Most of the businesses that I …
July 10, 2017
On Your Best Behavior: Behavior-Based Safety By: Pedro Mercado, CSHO, SHEP, COSM, CLCS, CRIS, CSSGB, VP of HSE and Risk Management July 10, 2017 Use behavior-based safety effectively Behavior-based safety helps determine why at-risk behavior occurs on the job and the steps necessary to change at-risk behavior into safe behavior. This …
June 14, 2017
ANALYZE THIS! Accident Prevention & Mitigation By: Pedro Mercado, CSHO, SHEP, COSM, CLCS, CRIS, CSSGB, VP of HSE and Risk Management June 14, 2017 Accident prevention and mitigation The job hazard analysis is an effective tool to minimize or eliminate hazards and reduce accidents. It is important that we don’t just …
