2/19/2018 Over the years the profession of Occupational Safety and Health developed the philosophy that all accidents are preventable. This viewpoint came about over years of performing accident investigations and dissecting the various components that contribute to an accident. An accident is typically defined as an unwanted and unplanned event Read more…
12/18/2017 In the past, I have discussed the tragedies of the Ghost Ship Incident (an artist colony in Oakland, Ca that caught fire in December, 2016), the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Incident in New York City during the beginning of the 20th century and the Hamlet Chicken Processing Plant in 1991, Read more…
8/22/2016 It’s still summertime so that means we are still enjoying the outdoor weather. Typically that means taking your family or going out with your friends to county fairs and amusements parks. And whether it’s Disneyland, Magic Mountain or a traveling carnival, it seems that every year we hear about Read more…
8/14/2017 Ethyl Mercaptan got out of her car and took in the view of the project site. She was here to help with an accident investigation. The other day there was a pretty bad incident where a worker was hit by a water truck that was spraying the roads as Read more…
3/14/2016 The terms, leading and lagging indicators were first used in the financial world. While a leading indicator is designed to help determine or predict the future, a lagging indicator provides information as what went right or wrong. Thus, a leading indicator uses information prior to an event or occurrence, Read more…
7/10/2017 It is said that safety doesn’t happen by accident. I know; cute little play on words. The fact is, this is a common safety slogan that can be seen on hard hats, on the door of project trailers or even as a banner as one enters a construction site Read more…