The Key to Understanding At Risk Behavior

Drs. Judy Agnew and Aubrey Daniels tackle the issue of reporting and acting on unsafe behavior in this latest video blog.  Watch as they discuss why management must not only listen but act,…

Discipline and Safety: What You Need to Know Before You Act

While discipline is important under the right conditions, it can also be overused and misused. In this video blog, Dr. Judy Agnew describes the potential problems discipline can cause if not used…

Incident Investigation: Using Science to Develop Safe Working Habits

Understanding human behavior scientifically is critical in safety, particularly when it comes to investigating when something has gone wrong. In this video blog, Dr. Judy Agnew and Dr. Aubrey Daniels…

Why Incentives and Safety Don’t Mix!

In our latest video blog, Dr. Judy Agnew and Dr. Aubrey Daniels challenge commonly used safety incentives.  Who doesn’t like a good challenge or contest, right?  True, but safety incentives…

Lagging Indicators: Don’t Get Caught Focusing on the Wrong Safety Measures

Yesterday, the Federal Government filed its final report on what caused the 2010 Gulf oil spill. It’s no surprise that there are number of factors that contributed to this disaster. One of which…

Safe For What? Why Most of Us Are Focusing on the Wrong Things When it Comes to Safety

Who doesn’t want to be safe?  But, more times than not, organizations focus on safety for safety-sake instead of as the gateway to quality, cost and production. In this latest video blog, Dr.…

Creating a Safe Physical Environment: Don't Look to the Frontline

While it may seem logical to think that frontline employees are responsible for creating a safe working environment, they are not the ones who have control over budgets or resources. In this latest…

Do Relationships Matter in Safety?

When it comes to safety, organizations need more than just compliance; they need people to follow the rules all the time, even when no one is watching. In this short video segment, Dr. Judy Agnew…

Gambling with Safety

Why companies unknowingly put themselves at risk It’s probably a fair statement to say that companies are interested in supporting a safe work environment in their organizations. But it is all…

Mining Safety No Reality in Coal TV Series

Spike TV's show Coal provides a window into the practices of the Cobalt coal mine in McDowell County, West Virginia.  The series clearly presents the pressure to bring the coal to the…

Eliminating Rare Errors – Even Sleeping Air Traffic Controllers

It’s happened again! An air traffic controller deliberately made his bed and slept in it while 7 different aircraft were trying to safely land at a Tennessee airport. I think it’s safe to assume this…

Will Safety Issues Entangle Spiderman?

Workplace Safety will not improve until OSHA learns the basics of behavior change I couldn’t help but be amused about an article in the New York Times reporting the latest citation by Federal…

Safety in the News: Why We Are Still "Safe by Accident"

Two recent articles, one in USA Today and another in the Wall Street Journal are once again illustrating unfortunate examples of organizations (and industries) that are at risk for…

Inspecting Our Way to Safer Food?

The Senate, this week, approved a bill that will require food manufacturers and farmers to use scientific techniques to prevent contaminated food from reaching our dinner tables.  It also…

A World Without Whistleblowers

Whistleblower.  The word often carries with it the stigma of a tattle-tale from childhood.  Few children liked those who tattled as they might eventually tell on them.  Although there…

Relationships & Safety: Is There a Link?

Does your relationship with your boss or your employees have any effect on how safe the environment is?  My colleague, Judy Agnew, writes in her latest article “Why Relationships Matter in…

Lifeguard on Duty: Swim at Your Own Risk!

Typically when we read headlines that relate to personal safety, we are smacked in the face with the obvious.  In a recent New York Times article, they raised the issue, albeit late in the…

Lessons From BP

CEBViews recently posted an article Learning from BP  (Steven Williams, 9-9-10) which outlines three lessons that are worthy of executive and management attention. Their first point is…