Of the various factors affecting a worker’s safety performance, stress is one of the least discussed, even though we all feel stress in our lives. Stress is a legitimate health and safety issue that...

“It’s not knowing what to do, it’s doing what you know.” -Tony Robbins The words of Tony Robbins, the famed motivational speaker, remind us of an important factor in using situational awareness...

“It’s not polite to stare!” is something we were probably told by our parents when we were younger. While this applies in many social situations, realistically if we follow this instruction in...

Two concepts common to work operations which are typically used for different purposes and reasons are safety and common sense. While seemingly unrelated, these concepts sometimes come crashing...

Our words and voices have a power that many of us don’t use. Speaking up is one of the first steps to strengthening a workplace safety program and changing a safety culture. So often employees sit...