Tag: Management

How to Develop a Contractor Safety Management Standard

March 21, 2018

Do you hire contractors or subcontractors? Check out this article written by SET Solutions’s President and CEO, Pam Tompkins, CSP, CUSA, CUSP. This piece was...

Management, Safety Culture

Safety Improvement Audits, Part II

May 24, 2017

By: Pam Tompkins, CSP, CUSP, CUSA In the previous Safety Improvement Audits article, a traditional Safety Compliance Audit was discussed, including its lack of focus on...

Electric Power, Management, Safety Culture, Surveys, Training

Does Your Company Have an Effective Safety Management System?

October 27, 2016

Your safety program can have fully developed rules and procedures, a top-notch training program and the best safety equipment and tools money can buy – and there is still...

Leadership Development, Management

Auditing for Safety Improvement

March 31, 2016

The mere thought of participating in an audit can be unnerving. Consider IRS audits for a moment – they can never mean good news, right? So why would an organization want...

Electric Power, Leadership Development, Management, Safety Culture

Understanding Safety Culture Through Perception Surveys

January 29, 2016

If you asked workers at your company who is responsible for their safety, how do you think they would answer that question? Would they say the safety director is responsible,...

Leadership Development, Management, Safety Culture, Surveys, Training

Oh, No! Changes in the Workplace

August 8, 2012

Change is rapidly becoming a common denominator for many utility safety programs for a variety of reasons. New equipment and automation bring changes to traditional work...

Electric Power, Management, Training