Stay Safe Consulting

05/13/2016

There are many different ways of controlling hazards in the workplace. But how do you decide which option is most effective? The hierarchy of hazard controls gives you a way to find the best solution.

One of the core principles that we use in health and safety management is that of the Hierarchy of Hazard Controls. The hierarchy of hazard controls gives us a template to find the most effe…

05/12/2016

This guy has it right ...

Solid and effective safety leaders make people proud of who they work with and inspire them to want to be better.

05/11/2016

All workplaces in Ontario with 20 or more employees must have a Joint Health and Safety Committee. Here's how to make the most of yours:

Joint Health and Safety Committees (JHSC) are one of the best tools for improving your workplace’s safety performance. Especially if they can avoid the pitfalls that these groups can …

04/29/2016

When safety systems break down, workers are exposed to risk. This is especially true when it comes to lockout/tag out systems. Accidents involving failures of lockout/tag out systems can be especia…

04/29/2016

We can do more to save lives and prevent tragic workplace injuries. Let's start today.

04/28/2016

Safety shouldn't just be viewed as an expense. A 2001 Liberty Mutual study found that every dollar invested in safety improvements resulted in an increase of $3 to a company's bottom line ...

In some companies, safety is viewed as an expense, a necessary evil. When it comes right down to it, safety improvements are looked at as being yet another business expense that has to compete with…

04/26/2016

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When I attended the United Steelworkers HSE Conference in Pittsburgh in 2015, one of the presenters of the accident investigation workshop I attended said something that crystallized my commitment …