15 Epic Safety Fails & How to Avoid Them
Workplace safety is extremely important and it’s something most people reading this page think about on a regular basis. Those who work in this industry often get to a point where they don’t see very many egregious safety failures because[…]
Tony Ferraro | May 8, 2017 | Safety Solutions | 5 min read
Wrong Ways to Use Floor Tape
Using floor tape is a great way to keep your facility better organized, safer, and in compliance with many regulations. Floor tape is an easy-to-use option that is fairly quick to install and can last for years without any significant[…]
Tony Ferraro | April 20, 2017 | Safety Solutions | Floor Tape | 3 min read
What No One Tells You About Pipe Marking
Ok, let’s be honest here. Unless you are a safety professional, or you work closely with safety professionals, the chances are that no one has really told you anything about pipe marking, right? But for those of us lucky enough[…]
Tony Ferraro | April 17, 2017 | Safety Solutions | Pipe Marking | 4 min read
When it Comes to Safety, there is Often More Fiction than Fact
Safety managers know that everyone seems to have their own thoughts about workplace safety. In most cases, everyone seems to think that their opinion on the subject is a fact that everyone should follow. Whether it is the executive that[…]
Tony Ferraro | February 20, 2017 | Safety Solutions | Safety | 3 min read
Are Safety Professionals Often Snake Oil Salesmen?
When working in the safety industry your performance can (and all too often does) mean the difference between life and death. The difference between having someone go home after a long day at work, and having someone go to the[…]
Tony Ferraro | January 19, 2017 | Safety Solutions | LinkedIn, OSHA | 3 min read
A Conversation on How to be an Effective Safety Professional
An interesting post was recently made by Doug Thompson in the EHSQ Elite Safety Group on LinkedIn, which prompted quite a thought provoking discussion. Mr. Thompson is a student at Columbia Southern University, and he titled his post, “Advice on[…]
Tony Ferraro | January 18, 2017 | Safety Solutions | EHSQ Elite, LinkedIn | 3 min read
Improving Safety Through Broad Knowledge
Conventional wisdom suggests that the safety manager at a facility needs to be an expert on things like applicable OSHA regulations, incident rates, and safety patterns at the facility itself. While all of this may be true, Dr. Judith A.[…]
Tony Ferraro | December 19, 2016 | Safety Solutions | EHSQ Elite, LinkedIn | 3 min read
Classic Vs. Modern Definition of Root Cause | Which is Better?
A post on LinkedIn by Mark Paradies of TapRoot recently discussed the difference between the ‘old fashioned’ definition of root cause, and the more modern version. Mark’s post, and the discussion it generated, were quite interesting and offer a lot[…]
Tony Ferraro | December 13, 2016 | Safety Solutions | Root Cause | 3 min read
Hand Safety
When thinking about safety in the work place, it is absolutely critical to start with the hands. Over a million hand injuries occur in the workplace each year, with many of them causing a serious disability or even amputation. The[…]
Tony Ferraro | October 18, 2016 | Safety Solutions | Hand Safety | 3 min read
