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Don Groover and Don Martin of DEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability discuss why, “when the concept of exposure reduction is not understood and safety maturity is low, a change in direction can have serious unintended consequences.”

“Any form of competition that creates an ‘us vs. them’ mentality tends to get people fired up,” says veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk, who shares how to use this common drive to get workers more involved in safety efforts.

“When a CAVE person becomes unruly, it’s simply a tactic to throw you off your game,” says J. Kevin Cobb, senior consultant with SafeStart, who offers tools you can use when “citizens against virtually everything” disrupt your meetings and training sessions.

The results of Safety+Health's 2019 Salary Survey are in, including data broken out by job title, experience, region and more. How does your salary stack up?

Although OSHA's Medical Services and First Aid Standard states that "adequate first aid supplies shall be readily available," the agency doesn't provide a list of required items. Safety+Health reached out to several experts with questions to help workplaces get in compliance.

Workplace safety committees don't just help identify hazards – they also serve as a launching pad for new initiatives. "Maybe you're not the decision-maker, but you might have a great idea, and you might be able to bring it to the table," one expert says.

A recap of the biggest news out of the National Safety Council 2019 Congress & Expo, which took place Sept. 6-12 in San Diego.

“Involved employees” and “engaged employees”: William Bozzo and Donald Groover of DEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability break down why these terms “are sometimes used interchangeably but are quite different.”

"Although it has an unfavorable connotation, gossip isn't always negative," says veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk, who shares how focusing on "good" gossip can inspire us – and others.

“Taking safety and health to the next level can’t be done with intellectual intelligence alone,” says Eldeen Pozniak, director of Pozniak Safety Associates, who discusses why “the more we understand other people and their definitions of the world and safety, the stronger our empathy, self-regulation, motivation and social skills will be.”