How Custom Safety Management Software Benefits Your Business
Safety Management can be quantified through metrics like Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) and Days Away, Restricted, Transfer (DART) to determine performance over time or performance relative to peers. Bid requirements, OSHA inspections, insurance premiums and other important business decisions are impacted by these metrics. The calculation, reporting and posting of safety performance via OSHA […]
Don’t Make this Common Mistake When Implementing a Behavior-Based Safety Program
Behavior-based safety done right can be very effective at helping you discover what’s wrong with an organization, find the core organizational causes of risk…Done wrong, it can be used to mask organizational and management failures. Larry Hansen, CSP, ARM, author and principal of L2H Speaking of Safety Inc., EHS Today Behaviours are a key component of […]
What are the Latest Oil and Gas Technology Trends?
While 2016 was known as the year of “tough decisions” for oil and gas, 2017 is being called the “year of recovery”. The role that technology will play in 2017 is an important one. In 2017 a major trend in oil and gas is a focus on technologies that reduce costs while increasing productivity and […]
6 Ways to Improve Your Construction Compliance
Regulatory compliance represents a major challenge for the construction industry: there is no choice to comply because it is the law. The construction industry faces tough penalties for non-compliance with increasing fines. In 2016 OSHA’s approved budget allows it to increase the maximum limit for fines by 80 percent It is up to construction firms […]
3 Signs Your Safety Audit Software is Lacking
Safety audits evaluate your compliance to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. Safety audit software replaces paper based audits with digital forms which optimizes the audit process from data collection to reporting. However, assessing how your safety audit software is performing can be difficult. The following are 3 signs to look for to asses […]
6 Maintenance Planning Principles for your Preventative Maintenance Program
Preventative maintenance (PM) software is critical for the ongoing success of a business that relies on equipment. There are two common types of maintenance strategies used by these types of companies – reactive maintenance and preventative maintenance. Reactive maintenance (also known as “run to failure maintenance”) occurs when the equipment has already broken down. Reactive maintenance […]
4 Inspection Technologies You Need to Adopt
Technology is making field reporting and inspections more efficient and accurate with greater data intelligence. Inspection technologies can streamline manual processes, allow for the gathering of more accurate data, and generate reports faster so that management can make quicker actionable decisions. Inspection technologies keep assets running because with the data collected it is possible to […]
Why is Risk Based Maintenance Important?
A Risk-Based Maintenance (RBM) approach determines the most economical use of maintenance resources with the end goal of minimizing any risk of failure. Assets that have a greater risk and consequence of failure are maintained and monitored more frequently while assets that carry a lower risk are subjected to less stringent maintenance monitoring. The first […]
Benefits of Equipment Asset Management Software for Governments
Government organizations manage a large spectrum of assets: from roads to parks, to buildings, to fleet vehicles, to military bases. With so many assets, it is important to keep good records to avoid superfluous spending and ensure regulatory compliance. Using paper forms and folders to manage large amounts of data is plagued with inaccuracies and […]
Advantages of a Digital Site Inspection Checklist
Mobile applications have become more and more important in our daily lives and many businesses have realized the benefits that mobile apps can help to achieve. Replacing paper based site inspection checklists with digital forms will help optimize internal business processes. The digitization of site inspection checklists has many advantages: Converting your pen and paper […]
