How Can You Reduce WCB Costs?
Manager and supervisor discussing workplace safety.
John Cameron is an innovative and creative Occupational Health & Safety Expert with over 40 years experience in Employee Relations, Occupational Health and Safety and Industrial Engineering. His focus on getting to the root cause of the problem, and in establishing a Positive Health and Safety Culture, leads to long-term sustained results for his clients.
Occupational Health & Safety: It’s All About Culture
Recently I had the pleasure of attending the International Safety Culture Summit at Saint Mary’s University. This was an excellent conference with several senior international speakers representing many diverse industries. Conference presenters spoke about the significant challenges associated with changing long established mindsets focused on compliance, utilizing by top-down controls to police workplace safety. As…
The Importance of Reporting ‘Near Misses’
What if you could anticipate dangerous situations before they happened? You could fix the problem preventatively, totally mitigating the risk to your workers? The solution to this issue is to take some time in developing a protocol for reporting ‘Near Misses’….a proactive vs. a reactive approach. A near miss, often referred to as a close…
Developing an Effective Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee
An effective JOH&S Committee is one of the most powerful, pro-active tools we have in preventing physical and mental injuries, as well as financial losses, in our workplaces. If for no other reason than having several of our most valued assets, our employees, taking an active hands-on role in identifying and mitigating hazards which reduce…
Regulatory Reform – Red-Tape Reduction
On July 6th I attended the Joint Office of Regulatory Affairs and Service Effectiveness meeting in Halifax where they presented their first annual report on plans and direction for the future. This initiative can be best explained by the Premier of Nova Scotia, Hon. Stephen McNeil’s message in the annual report: “Businesses across the Maritimes have told us that while they support the principles behind regulations-protecting health and…
Developing a “Positive Safety Culture”
The CSB (U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD) is an independent federal agency investigating chemical accidents to protect workers, the public and the environment. On April 13th. 2016 the CSB sent an e-mail to all subscribers with the following title: The U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s investigation into the Macondo (Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Explosion in the Gulf…
The Business Case for Health & Safety
A number of years ago Fram Filter (oil & air filters for our engines) had a great advertisement, “You can pay me now or you can pay me later”. You can buy a $7.50 Fram filter and change your oil now or pay for a $3,000 motor job down the road. The choice is yours…
Developing the Mindset of a Positive Safety Culture
Developing a positive safety culture goes beyond the hard hats and safety boots, rules and regulations, systems and procedures. It’s not just the hard hat that keeps you safe, it’s what’s under it. A “Positive Safety Culture” is created when everyone in your organization takes ownership and responsibility for their own safety and those around them.…