May 30, 2018 | Latest News, Safety
Hot on the heels of the release of the ISO 45001 international standard for occupational health and safety, Fiji commits to improving the health and safety of its workforce.
At the first ever National Conference for Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) a collaboration between the Ministry for Industrial Relations, the National Training and Productivity Centre (NTPC) of Fiji National University and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) was announced. The aim of the conference was to bring as many like-minded people together to discuss current and future OHS issues for Fiji.
Apr 6, 2015 | Latest News, Risk Management, Safety
ISO 31000 (Risk Management) and its supporting publications encompass an impressive and useful “to-do” list of risk management guidelines to create and protect the value of an organization. However, if an organization selectively pursues some of the ISO guidelines and ignore others, highly undesirable events and tragedies can occur. This is what happened with the Titanic.
Apr 18, 2013 | Latest News, Leadership, Quality Management, Safety
Toyota motor is the largest car manufacturer in the world, Toyota name is associated with quality and reliable cars. Unfortunately, its image was badly hurt by a safety-related recall of more than 7 million cars. The incidents raised questions about the... Jul 17, 2011 | Latest News, Safety
Everyday more and more designers, builders, and building owners are becoming interested and involved in green building. There are various variation for the green buildings but generally, to build a green building the structure should be designed, built, maintained and... Jun 17, 2011 | Human Resources, Latest News, Safety
People are the most important assets in the organisation and ergonomics is the science of making sure that people maximize their productivity through the use of equipment that is designed to match their mental and physical needs. Ergonomics applies to almost any... Sep 10, 2010 | Latest News, Safety
Jessica Jeppsson [1] from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University writes that the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health reported that 50% of all employees in office settings are often so engaged in... Mar 11, 2010 | Latest News, Safety
Terry Mathis, founder of U.S. ProAct Safety, writes [1] that it has been found that successful safety improvement initiatives are:1. Proactive: the successful implementation of reactive safety programmes will inevitably generate the need for the development of... Mar 8, 2010 | Latest News, Safety
Significant rewards can be returned when attention is given to both patient safety and health care worker safety. Thomas Krause and John Hidley, executives of U.S. Behavioural Science Technology Inc., write [1] that patient safety and employee safety are inseparable... Feb 18, 2010 | Latest News, Safety
While researching some BPIR.com related subject matter, I came accross this interesting bit of information which I thought was worth sharing on the Blog: Ian Sutton [1] a process risk manager with U.S. AMEC Paragon believes that the root causes of safety and... 