Latest Safety culture Stories
May ASSE Professional Safety journal article investigates organizations' reluctance to reporting near-miss incidents, provides solutions to creating a safety culture based on team engagement CHICAGO, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A near miss incident on job sites is traditionally defined as one that leaves no injuries, no property or equipment damages and also little or no evidence that it even occurred. As a result, a near-miss incident can be easily ignored. However,...
Employees work more than 10 million hours without workplace safety incident BETHESDA, Md., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Employees at the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Space Systems facility in Huntsville, Ala., have received the company's Platinum Target Zero Award for working 10 million hours without a workplace safety incident resulting in lost time. "This outstanding accomplishment by our Huntsville employees has shown that it is possible to achieve Mission Success while...
Industry reports insurance rates can help to accelerate adoption of more robust safety management programs NEW YORK, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Contractors are reporting high use of safety practices, but fully-inclusive programs are not yet taking place in smaller firms, according to a new study by McGraw-Hill Construction on safety management in the construction industry. Ninety-two percent of firms with over 500 employees report having fully inclusive and widely observed...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Alabama Chapter, honored Barb Wisniewski, McWane Vice President of Health & Safety, for helping to drive award-winning improvements across the McWane family of companies. The ASSE recognized "Special Honoree" Barb Wisniewski at an Alabama Chapter event this month, noting that under her leadership McWane has become one of the foundry industry's leaders in health and safety. "In 1999...
Audience Response System Enables Simultaneous Multi-Group Training Austin, Texas (PRWEB) March 20, 2013 Alchemy Systems, LP, the global leader in food and workplace safety training, has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a patent for its “Multimedia Training System and Apparatus.” Alchemy filed the patent application in 2010. The patent specifically covers the Audience Response System for Alchemy’s interactive and hand-held training program...
PURCHASE, N.Y., Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- International Safety Group, (OTC BB: ISGI), an occupational risk management services company, today announced the election of Michael Gianatasio as the Company's president and chief executive officer. Prior to being elected president and chief executive officer, Mr. Gianatasio was the chief safety consultant to Certified Site Safety where he established company wide systems and procedures for reporting, project controls, financial...
Segment on training provider of food and workplace safety to air on national news stations mid-year. Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) January 24, 2013 Multi-Media Productions (USA), Inc. is pleased to announce that Alchemy Systems, the global leader in food and workplace safety training for production workers, will be featured on 21st Century Business. The segment will focus on improving efficiency and profitability through innovative food safety and compliance solutions, and is scheduled to air on...
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Although many people in the world have a fear of flying, a new report highlighted in a CNN article suggests that air travel may be becoming safer. The article cites new data recently released by the Netherlands-based Aviation Safety Network (ASN), that assesses aircraft accidents and subsequent fatalities; not only did this research observe an improvement in the 10-year average of fatalities, but also suggests 2012 was the safest year...
HOUSTON, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) continues to build upon its record of excellence in safety, environmental and corporate social responsibility performance. Most recently, the Company received the prestigious CEO Safety Award from Talisman Energy Inc. (Talisman) for its work to establish a proactive safety culture at Talisman's Rig 605 in Papua New Guinea (PNG). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050620/PARKERDRILLINGLOGO)...
SARASOTA, Fla., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Stephen A. Estrin & Company, Inc., a leader in the field of construction safety services, understands the importance of the behavioral sciences as a means of creating means tested analysis aimed at identifying the underlying causes of construction industry accidents. Joshua M. Estrin, an associate in the firm, challenges the industry's historic beliefs regarding safety and accident causation in his recent article Is Safety Culture Just...
