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Four Signs of Personnel With the Right Safety Mindset

Let’s face it—no matter how good your safety polices are, the level of safety at your company will ultimately be determined by the attitude of your personnel. Above all, safety is a mindset. Policies...
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Topics: safety awareness, workplace safety, equipment safety

Devtra and The Checker: 25 Years Behind Us and Looking to the Future

Devtra was founded in 1989 to provide equipment safety training to help businesses improve workplace safety.
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Topics: safety awareness, workplace safety, mobile inspections, equipment safety

We’re Ready to Talk Safety This Summer!

August is going to be a busy month for The Checker.
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Topics: workplace safety, mobile inspections

Five Best Practices for Workplace Risk Assessments

An adage that’s indisputably good sense is to “look before you leap.” Everyone knows it’s risky to jump when you can’t see how you’re going to land.
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Topics: safety management, workplace safety, risk assessments

Video: The Tale of Three-Fingered Joe

Safety in business is nothing new. It’s as old as business itself. After all, safety is rooted in nothing more than our human instinct to protect ourselves.
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Topics: safety awareness, videos, workplace safety, equipment safety

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

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

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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