Safety Evolution Blog

In today's rapidly evolving workplace landscape, employee safety is paramount. To ensure the safety of employees and the company, it is crucial to implement effective workplace safety programs. These programs not only help prevent accidents and injuries but also create a culture of safety that boosts employee morale and productivity. 

Woodworking is an intriguing hobby; there's nothing more relaxing than using your hands to create something meaningful and unique. However, similar to construction and oil & gas, if you don't follow basic workplace safety rules, it can become a hazardous activity.

Companies wanting to reduce corporate costs and provide employees a better working environment should aim at improving the safety management system.

Today more and more organizations are looking deeply into data to uncover new safety insights and make better-informed decisions. With so much data easily obtainable, building out your reporting dashboard from scratch can seem daunting.  Where do you even start? Which key performance indicators (KPI) are most significant to track? 

Looking to get COR certified? We dive into what a Certificate of Recognition is. Why companies across Canada are moving their health and safety program to a COR Certified and where to start when you want to become certified.

Have you ever gone to your company's leaders with an amazing idea for a new Safety Initiative and been shot down? Safety Professionals are sometimes faced with the challenging job of explaining why the company needs to invest money in specific safety program initiatives. Going for COR or switching to safety software can have such clear net positives for a company, but leaders are still resisting - here is how we think you can change this with some simple sales methods.

The aviation industry is highly regulated, for reasons that are likely obvious: when you are sending metal tubes into the sky full of people, a good overview of all safety policies and procedures is crucial. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a United Nations specialized agency established in 1944 to manage the planning and development of international air transport, including safety standards. As part of this task, the organization requires member states to make it mandatory for aviation companies to implement safety management systems that comply with ICAO standards.

Safety professionals in any type of organization typically face three types of problems on a regular basis:  fieldworker buy-in, keeping up with regulatory compliance, and delivering value to stakeholders. Scanning documents, using spreadsheets and email, or simple form submission systems are not enough to manage safety programs and meet regulations efficiently. The problem is not just in the paperwork, digital or otherwise, but in the administrative processes and not having the right data at the right time.