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Bleeding Money: How Much Does Safety Really Cost?
The unsafe workplace costs a lot of money. The financial magnitude of expenses incurred in operating an unsafe workplace must be understood. This examination of the true costs associated with poor safety uncovers how far they extend beyond simply counting the cost of safety glasses or wages paid to the safety department.
New Standard for Heavy Lifting
The 4XLift heavy-duty four-post vertical lift from Wildeck can effortlessly transfer material up to 30,000 lb between multiple levels in your facility.
Is Your Workplace Ripe for a Serious Injury?
The absence of injuries does not denote the presence of safety. In fact, a series of near misses indicates a problem in your safety management. Here are some important safety factors that identify whether your shop is at heightened risk of a serious injury or fatality.
Wildeck Appoints Lean Leader for Rapid North American Growth
This key management position will support an expanding steel work platform portfolio and lean manufacturing initiatives for mezzanines, vertical lifts, and safety guarding products.
The Basics of Safety: Behavior-Based Safety vs. Process-Based Safety
In Part Two of his back-to-basics series, Phil La Duke of Rockford Greene explores why the widest gulf between safety philosophies lies between these two of the more popular systematic approaches.
Fail-Safe: Making Automated Metal Fabrication and Welding Safer
These innovative electronic safety components and mechanical interlock switches from ABB Jokab Safety make automated metal fabrication and welding operations safer while maintaining optimal productivity.
What Happened?
During the chaos that often follows a workplace injury, poor incident investigation can often leave us scratching our heads. To improve incident investigation, Phil La Duke of Rockford Greene International explains how to address the five most alarmingly common mistakes that people make under the pressure of the moment.
Safety Systems Safeguard Personnel and Machinery
These engineered switch products from Tapeswitch connect to machinery to safeguard the manufacturing process in accordance with safety standards and protecting assets, areas, personnel, equipment, and machinery.
Dust Collection Helps Aluminum Die Casting Manufacturer Meet Compliance
High-performance downward flow dust collectors from United Air Specialists capture the dust, fumes and smoke emitted when fluxing is used to remove impurities from the molten aluminum and also to clean furnaces.
The Art of Screwing Up
Phil La Duke of Rockford Greene International explains why errors may be with us always, but the injuries associated with them need not be. His insights into the world of error reveal how underlying behaviors cause people to make mistakes and why we must rethink the proper way to engineer a safe workplace.
Engagement: The Key to Changing Your Safety Culture
Engagement is different from motivation. Phil La Duke of Rockford Greene examines why a motivated employee will work hard for a week to win a prize, but an engaged employee will work hard every week because it is good for the organization, and what’s good for the organization is good for them.
The 14 Points of Workplace Safety
By merging the engineering discipline, process control and business acumen of W. Edwards Deming to the practical world of employee protection, Phil La Duke of Rockford Greene International introduces some profound principles of worker safety that are an absolute must for manufacturers.
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