10 Workplace Safety Mistakes – You’ll Want to Read them All!
Workplaces today are extremely safe compared to what people had to endure generations ago. This is in large part because of the increased focus employers have put on workplace safety. Employers made this effort for a variety of reasons including regulatory pressure, the best interests of their employees, and of course, the fact that a…
Tony Ferraro | June 1, 2017 | Safety Solutions | Workplace Safety | 5 min read
10 Common Workplace Safety Shortcuts to Avoid
Reducing Overall Safety with Workplace Safety Shortcuts Keeping your workplace safe can be a difficult job. There are countless regulations and best practices out there to follow, which can often make it difficult to figure out what will actually work best in your specific facility. There are also many great workplace safety shortcuts that can…
Tony Ferraro | September 15, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Workplace Safety | 6 min read
Material Handling 101 – Breaking Down OSHA’s Guidelines for Moving & Storage
In the past, OSHA has released a series of “Outreach Construction Program” articles, meant to help educate safety managers and their employees, on various aspects of workplace safety. While some of the topics are industry specific, others are applicable to a wide range of industries. The moving, storage, and overall handling of materials is such…
Tony Ferraro | February 26, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Ergonomics, Material Handling, OSHA, Safety, Workplace Safety | 5 min read
So You Want a Safer Work Floor…
Anyone working for you is inherently dependent on you to maintain safe, workable conditions and safeguard against injury as best you can. Business owners and managers are therefore bestowed an ever-important task in constantly evaluating and improving the safety and safety culture of their work floors. This, combined with the exorbitant costs of work related…
Tony Ferraro | January 20, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Workplace Safety | 4 min read
How Safety & Lean Go Hand In Hand
Over the years, factories, warehouses, and even offices have gotten safer and safer over ongoing concern for worker health and well-being. As a result, working conditions have focused increasingly on following workplace rules and keeping employees out of harm’s way for the past century. On the other side of things, businesses are constantly striving to…
Tony Ferraro | January 6, 2014 | Lean, Safety Solutions | Continuous Improvement, Workplace Safety | 5 min read
Machine Safeguards A to Z
Since the Industrial Revolution we’ve depended more and more on machinery and mechanized factories to bolster our production and efficiency. From power companies, to construction sites, to merchandise assembly lines, we use machines every single day to keep our economy moving. While machines aren’t taking over and rebelling against their human masters just yet (sci-fi…
Tony Ferraro | January 3, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Safeguards, Workplace Safety | 3 min read
Four ways to Make Workplace Safety Your New Year’s Resolution
In a few more days, we’ll be approaching the dawn of a brand new year, and people are already posting, talking, and contemplating their New Year’s resolution. While the follow-through rate on personal promises to “eat fewer sweets” or “exercise more” are questionable at best, the beginning of a new year does present a unique…
Tony Ferraro | December 26, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Workplace Safety | 3 min read
Can Video Games Improve Safety Awareness?
Managers and trainers in the workplace struggle each year to reach their employees in a meaningful way when it comes to safety. Some accidents are unavoidable, but the majority occur due to cutting corners, ignoring safety training, or not knowing the correct safety protocols in the first place. Incident rates are particularly high in industries…
Tony Ferraro | December 23, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Workplace Safety | 5 min read
Stop the Accident before You’re Part of the Accident
One of the most important things any safety manager, or other leader in a facility can do to help improve overall safety is to teach everyone that preventing accidents before they happen is an important part of their job. While responding to accidents after they happen is necessary, it is really only the result of…
Tony Ferraro | December 20, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Workplace Safety | 5 min read
How to Ensure “Happy Holidays” in the Workplace Are Actually Happy
Amongst the average workforce, there tends to be two trains of thought that rapidly take over when early to mid December comes along. The first is a happy, holiday mindset full of cheer and excitement for spending time with the family, buying and receiving gifts, and eating seasonal food. The other is a stress and…
Tony Ferraro | December 19, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Workplace Safety | 3 min read
Taking Safety Seriously – A Guide to Fostering Safety Culture In The Workplace
One Friday afternoon, Dan and Bob, two workers in a factory, are catching up about their weekend plans. Dan shares with Bob that he’s taking a vacation with the family that weekend and in order to do so needs to leave work early. That’s no problem, he says, because he’s finished early. Bob thinks about…
Tony Ferraro | December 18, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Safety Culture, Workplace Safety | 3 min read
The Most Common & Most Easily Avoidable Workplace Accidents
Slip & Fall Accident – How To Prevent Them – SlideShare Every single day thousands of people across the country are injured at work. Most of these injuries occur in workplaces that involve a lot of physical labor. Repetitive actions, loose materials, and a number of other conditions unique to these types of jobs can…
Tony Ferraro | November 21, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Workplace Safety | 3 min read
Becoming the Creator of Your Workplace Safety
In the workplace, management receives reports on a monthly, weekly, or even a daily basis. These generally outline progress in areas like production and efficiency. Unfortunately, one extremely important process that is usually left out of the reporting equation is safety. It’s not surprising, either, because workplace safety is a hard thing to quantify. You…
Tony Ferraro | October 31, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Workplace Safety | 2 min read
Good Housekeeping: For the Workfloor
Good housekeeping isn’t just for the stay at home moms and dads anymore, it’s made its way into the workplace – and with good reason! Keeping a disorganized or unkept factory floor can present hidden dangers that wouldn’t have otherwise been a problem. For example, when I worked in a lumberyard while going to high…
Tony Ferraro | October 29, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Housekeeping, Workplace Safety | 2 min read
Nominal Conditions: An Easy Concept with a Difficult Answer
So you want to make your business as efficient as possible, right? Of course you do! Let’s say you’ve already been actively on your way: You’ve been reading up and implementing systems as you read about them, studying lean production and continuous improvement and making strides towards realizing these goals. You’re doing well, but if…
Tony Ferraro | October 25, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Workplace Safety | 2 min read
