Whether you work in an office, a shop, a kitchen or a factory, you are working near chemical substances. In an office environment, you may only be exposed to cleaning materials or paints; factories and industrial facilities might contain a variety of extremely dangerous materials which can be life-threatening if mishandled. Manufacturers of chemical materials are…… Continue reading Chemical Substances
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Smart/Dumb Safety
By: Terry L. Mathis Founder and CEO of ProAct Safety For many years now, business and safety consultants have urged organizations to develop SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely) goals. Goals with these characteristics tend to not only motivate effort and get accomplished more often, but also tend to do more good once attained. Just…… Continue reading Smart/Dumb Safety
Tornado Recovery
For those of you that don’t know, I recently changed jobs and now work in New Orleans, LA. On February 7th an EF3 tornado barreled its way through our facility. With winds over 130 mph, we were lucky to only have 5 minor injuries on the entire facility. This was no joke and I now have…… Continue reading Tornado Recovery
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