Shawn Macpherson

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The Checker Hits the Road

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Using Checklists in Equipment-Specific Safety Training

If you want to minimize workplace injuries and their substantial costs, it’s essential to have safety training tailored for each type of equipment your company uses.
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Topics: safety management, inspection checklists, workplace safety, equipment safety

Safety Checklists Aren’t Just for Work

Smart businesses invest the necessary money, put in the required time, and have a real commitment to make their workplaces as safe as possible.
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Topics: safety management, safety awareness, inspection checklists

Miss Unsafe Brakes 1939

Clad in a skeleton costume, Miss Unsafe Brakes appeared at the 1939 Chicago Auto Show to drive home the importance of car owners keeping their brakes in good repair.

Topics: safety awareness, equipment maintenance, vehicle safety, equipment safety

10 Tips for Maximizing the Value of Safety Committees

Safety committees are an excellent way to improve safety in any organization. When implemented correctly, they take advantage of the collective knowledge of the entire company—particularly the...
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Topics: safety management, safety awareness, workplace safety, equipment safety

3 Steps to Create a Safety Culture

Even with appropriate safety policies in place, if there’s not a genuine safety culture at all levels of a company, there will inevitably be costly (and potentially tragic) safety lapses.
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Topics: safety management, safety awareness, workplace safety, equipment safety

Step Up to the Plate With a Strong Business Case for Safety

Very healthy returns on investment (ROI) are possible by investing in safety, according to a recent article in the National Safety Council’s Safety + Health magazine.
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Topics: safety management, safety awareness, workplace safety

4 Ways to Manage the Risk of Equipment Failure

Risk management is at the heart of business success. It basically boils down to “protect your backside,” and companies that don’t do that, don’t last long.
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Topics: why inspect?, equipment maintenance, inspections and profitability

Trainers' Tips—How to Properly Inspect Equipment & Vehicles

Are you training your personnel on how to properly inspect your assets?
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Topics: inspection checklists, checklist design, inspection best practices

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

“Working at an isolation booth, Argonne National Lab” By an unknown photographer, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, January 1967 During the 1960s, fears about cancer lead to calls for...

Topics: workplace safety, legal compliance

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