Management commitment and involvement strongly influence employee interest and culture in the safety process.  Without strong evidence that managers value safety and health, you’ll have a hard time getting employees to be involved in the process.  

Let’s look at three safety cultures: ZILCH, NO TOLERANCE and ZERO INJURY.

Everyone knows staying hydrated is important.  But not everyone really understands what’s in store for them if they let dehydration take over.  In this article, we’ll clear thing up by going over what dehydration does to your body.  And we’ll end with some practical tips for staying hydrated throughout the workday. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that effects of dehydration are a lot worse than just feeling a bit parched.

What do safety rules, work practices, and Pavlov’s dog have to do with you?

In the early 1900’s, Russian researcher Pavlov found that if you ring a bell then feed a dog, soon all you will have to do is ring the bell and the dog will start salivating.  (Remember the movie Turner and Hooch?)  Pavlov referred to this as a “conditioned response”.