Identifying Hazards and Managing Risk Through Near Miss Reporting
It’s no secret that workplace accidents and injuries take a toll on companies. With each incident, an organization suffers legal impacts, financial loss, lowered employee morale, recruiting challenges, and damaged brand reputation. One effective way to minimize incidents is managing safety hazards by tracking “near misses,” or almost accidents” on site. No matter how insignificant …
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Solving problems you never knew existed: Mobile tools are giving facilities managers 20/20 vision
Data. Love it or hate it, data provides us with a clear advantage – giving us the ability to see and understand things that others cannot. In the 16th Century, the Dutch humanist Erasmus summed this up by saying, “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” In 2019, however, we are …
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Mobile facilities management tools: Raising the bar on inspections and remediation
We may want to perform at the highest possible level in life and ensure everything we do meets that standard. But, if we are honest, people often sacrifice perfectionism to make progress. With only so many hours in the day and demands on our time high, the best of us can be forced into prioritising …
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Mobile facilities management tools are transforming the industry
Time is our most precious commodity. It’s not clear who first coined this phrase, but never a truer word has been said. We never have enough time and, as the complexity of both work and home continues to grow, anything which gives us time back is priceless. For those in facilities management, the introduction of …
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6 Simple Tips To Ensure Your Retail Store Is Leading The Charge In Quality
Running a brick and mortar retail store can be tough work. Managers have a lot on their plate and managing quality is usually top of the list. Following these simple steps can result in better sales, a reduction in stock loss, happier staff, and better mystery shopper results. Set the standards from the get go …
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Five of the Best: Award-Winning Apps to Make Work (and Life) Simpler
Apps help your business run more smoothly, can streamline payment systems, lend a hand organizing your calendar and keep you up to date with your health and safety obligations. Far from being the novelty they were a few years ago, apps should be critical to how we get things done today. Here are five award-winning …
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Running a training session employees will actually care about
How many times have you seen employees roll their eyes when notified of upcoming training sessions? How many times have you heard the comment “what a waste of time?”
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Safety on Tap: Q&A With Australia’s Leading Safety Experts
SafetyCulture recently held a panel with three experts in the safety industry; Andrew Barrett, founder of the podcast Safety on Tap, Mick Paton, a Senior Health and Safety on major projects, and Kobi Simmat, CEO of Best Practice Certification. Following is a Q&A session with these safety leaders. For the full video, hop to the …
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2017
On April 28th of each year, the UN highlights the importance of Safety and Health at Work. For 2017 specifically, the UN pushes employers to focus on data collection. The World Day for Safety and Health at Work was established as a result of a 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The plan has specific targets …
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Employee safety accountability in 5 steps
Many of us in safety use the widely-accepted definition of employee accountability as “the responsibility of employees to complete the tasks they are assigned, to perform the duties required by their job, and to be present for their proper shifts to fulfill or further the goals of the organization.” That’s it? This definition falls short of …
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