As safety experts, the task of dramatically lowering workplace accidents and fatalities comes down to the ability to positively change employee workplace behavior. Changing unsafe behavior, of course, ...

WILLISTON, N.D. – Investigations into workplace injuries and deaths in North Dakota will now include a look at whether the employer had an incentive program that compromised safety. The Occupational ...

I’ve spent more than 40 years in safety and believe that at the end of the day, most companies want to keep their employees safe and act in good faith to motivate them to follow the rules. Some ...

CCJ Innovators profiles carriers and fleets that have found innovative ways to overcome trucking’s challenges. If you know a carrier that has displayed innovation, contact CCJ Chief Editor Jason ...

AS a safety manager, you have probably spent enough time in the trenches to see the ill effects of poorly designed safety incentive programs. I'm speaking of programs that merely reward employees for ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently posted a tweet with the following question: “Is your pizza party incentive program unreasonable?” Setting aside the frontal attack on ...

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Office Depot’s challenge was clear: • Increase workers’ safety in its 32 warehouse distribution outlets. • Introduce a standard, consistent program for all sites and eliminate the stand-alone safety ...

Adam Lang said he knew a driver who once forgot about a bunch of points he had built up in the company’s safety incentive program over the span of a year and a half. That driver had enough points to ...

Editor's note: Ninety percent of safety managers understand the need for proactive behavior based safety recognition, but many of them find their recognition strategy is still the old school, says ...