LTIFR - A Measure of Safety Performance? By Tom Gardener Look at almost any company's annual report and you'll find some comments about what the business is doing to improve their safety performance - usually measured by the number of injuries they've had that year and more specifically how many … [Read more...] about LTIFR – A Measure of Safety Performance?
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Portable Ladder Safety
Portable Ladder Safety By Tom Gardener Portable ladders provide a convenient way of performing work at height and you'd think that after the years they've been in use that the relevant safety issues would be pretty well entrenched in people's minds. But if the number of people injured or killed … [Read more...] about Portable Ladder Safety
Do Safety Management Systems Work?
Do Safety Management Systems Work? By Tom Gardener I guess there are a couple of answers to this question. It depends on what type of safety management system we're talking about and what you want it to achieve. Before looking at these questions it would be useful to describe just what a safety … [Read more...] about Do Safety Management Systems Work?