In this video, John Cameron discusses how organizations can calculate the cost of workplace injuries, so they can better understand the hidden costs as well as the more obvious costs. For more information: https://ssiconsulting.ca/services/occupational-health-and-safety/ John’s Bio: https://ssiconsulting.ca/our-team/john-cameron/ Please post comments and questions below in the Comment section. If you would like to have a conversation…
Manager and supervisor discussing workplace safety.
Workplace accidents are expensive. The impact on an organization’s WCB costs is something that is visible and tangible for those leaders that look at them. But there are the hidden costs of accidents that are equally significant. The worker shortage we are all experiencing, as an example, makes it all the more stressful and expensive…
sometimes there is a gap between the respectful workplace policies, and the implementation of the policies. In this post, we discuss 6 points focused on closing that gap with Respectful Workplace training.
In this video, John discusses establishing a Positive Culture of Safety within organizations. It goes beyond the regulations and procedures and focuses on the mindset of the people. John’s bio: https://ssiconsulting.ca/our-team/john-cameron/ SSI Consulting Solutions Website: https://ssiconsulting.ca
The Cannabis Act will be coming into force on October 17, 2018, and subject to provincial or territorial restrictions, adults will be able to possess, share, buy, or grow legal cannabis up to a designated amount. According to Statistics Canada, Nova Scotians are Canada’s highest per capita consumers, and 4.9 million Canadians are already purchasing…
There are a couple of different ways to manage quality and many debates as to the benefits of the various ways. The most economical way in the long run is to build quality in right from the start by involving all employees at all stages. Let’s look at the different approaches suggested in the title.…
As if your days are not busy enough, today one of your employees comes into your office and says that another employee is acting quite strange and they are concerned, and that you need to check it out. At this point you have no idea what the issue is. Is it a medical issue, are…
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…
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…