TITAN SUBMERSIBLE IMPLOSION: “AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN”
Incident On 18 June 2023, Titan’s submersible implosion took place during an expedition to view the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Fatalities Everyone, on board the submersible: Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a French deep Sea Explorer Titanic expert Hamish Harding, a British billionaire businessman Shahzada Dawood, a Pakistani-British billionaire businessman […]
‘DIRTY DOZEN’ Employers of 2023 Announced by National Cosh
The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) announced the “Dirty Dozen” list of employers who put workers and communities at risk due to unsafe practices. The Dirty Dozen report is released each year as part of the observance of Workers’ Memorial Week, which takes place every year from April 23 through April 30. The Dirty Dozen […]
Behavioral – Based Safety
Behavior is what a person does or says, as opposed to what he or she thinks, feels, or believes. Behavior-based safety refers to the use of applied behavior analysis models to achieve continuous improvement in safety performance. In-depth research about what works and what doesn’t. Behavior-based safety programs appeal to companies because they make health and safety […]
Key Elements of A Successful HSE Management System
A Successful HSE Management System’ is itself a key element for an organization to grow or even to exist. Companies are diverse greatly in protocols, risks, preconditions, and stipulations. Related to the analysis of the basic structure, there are as many different types of safety management systems as there are businesses As an example, in […]
Female Professional in Health and Safety Sector
A female professional is a rare face in safety, particularly in leadership roles. The recent HSE Insights Survey revealed that the gender split ratio in the HSE field currently stands at 3:1 in favor of males. Women make up 42% of the worldwide employed population. An image first comes to mind of a safety professional […]
Contractor Safety Management – Who Is Responsible?
Health and safety law across all countries gives employers and work site owners duties and responsibilities for Contractor Safety Management for their own hired employees as well as for the employees of contractors. Definitions Principal Contractor A person who is appointed to manage, coordinate, and/or implement the work or service involved in the contract and/or […]
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY TRAINING, TRAINER & TRAINEES
“Health & Safety Training” is the most important instrument for preparing workers and safety officers to be aware of workplace hazards and controls so they can create and work in a safe environment and be more productive. Education and training aim to provide workers and officers with a greater sightedness of safety and health knowledge […]
WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT: EXPECTATIONS AND REALITIES
More than 60% of employees have found some aspects of their jobs to be different from what they had expected. So, if you might be disappointed in the day-to-day differences in “Expectations And Realities” of your workplace management. EXPECTATION: The way you illustrate what happens around you! REALITY: what happens around you! These two are […]
HIDDEN HAZARDS OF WORKPLACE DISASTERS
Workplace risks, especially those that aren’t obvious, or the result of hidden hazards take time to result in poor health, injury, or death. They are mostly ignored since they don’t pose an immediate risk. It’s important to check on regularly these devious dangers. It is observed that ‘lone workers’ are more vulnerable to hidden hazards […]
Enhancing Health & Safety Culture In Your Organization
Health and Safety Culture in Your Organization depends on the interlink between proactive management and the performance of maintaining health and safety at the workplace. Workplace Culture Culture is why we do, what we do, and the way we do things around. Each culture is unique and often is made up of subcultures of level, […]