posted by: BRS Risk Control on
4/30/2012
LinkedIn is a great way to connect with your peers to ask questions, share information, and share solutions. But just like having the being in a crowded rooms with many conversations happening at once, too much information means that you either miss something importation while trying to follow it all, or you just quit listening.
I'm a member of 33 LinkedIn groups, which could mean burial by LinkedIn messages. I learned the hard way. So let me share the ways to control how much information you received from LinkedIn. ...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
4/23/2012
“In the News” Panel - Continued
The focus of our comments on all three articles seemed to center around the importance of communication. In the case of the Costa Concordia sinking, discussed the impact on the loss of the lack of communication from the parent company for the first 36 hours following the tragedy. What took them so long to make comment, to reach out to the victims? If it hadn’t been for the locals on the island the survivors would...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
4/18/2012
The Safety and Health Monster – Continued
The “safety and health monster” was a big theme at the conference. My fraturnal greetings supported IOSH’s position, and I was quoted in tweets sent out by the members of the audience. I said, “There is no “health and safety monster” here in the U.K., in the U.S. or worldwide. Smart companies know that the economic impact of investing in safety and health is a very positive one.” Andrew Cooper President-Elect...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
4/16/2012
The Safety and Health Monster
Apparently, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron believed that the UK’s safety and health regulations were unnecessarily complicated and were creating a burden on business. Of course IOSH, which represents professionals working in health and safety condemned his remarks.
Richard Jones, IOSH’s head of policy and public affairs, said: "Labelling workplace health and safety as a monster is appalling and...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
4/13/2012
IOSH Safety Conference
I attended the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) annual professional development conference and exhibition in Manchester, England from March 5th through 8th. IOSH is a sister organization to the American Society of Safety Engineers, so I attended to give fraternal greetings on the first day of the conference, as well as, taking part...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
4/11/2012
More on Pedestrian Safety
I mentioned in my last blog that my daughter and I had received several warnings regarding road-crossing safety in the UK. Apparently, the government has taken the issue to heart. They have the greatest “Wait” and “Cross with Care” signs. The “Wait” sign rather than being a red hand is the silhouette of a man with his hands on his hips. The “Cross with Care” sign is a stick figure walking. In addition to the lighted...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
4/9/2012
This trip was to the United Kingdom to speak at the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) Conference and Exposition. IOSH is a sister organization to the American Society of Safety Engineers. On the flight over my daughter had a brief conversation with the gentleman sitting next to her. He was American but had lived in London for two years. He warned us about the traffic...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
3/26/2012
There are rules about food when you are traveling to adifferent country, and if you violate them do you do so at your own risk. I had a cold, was hunger, nervous, and I took a risk. I had yogurt for breakfast. And then paid for it with a very bad case of food posioning. Luckily for me ourASSE-MEC hosts had connections, and quickly got me into the hospital. It must have been the “American” hospital because all the staff were in western style uniforms...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
3/23/2012
The ASSE-MEC arranged camels for us to ride, so I rode a camel. This camel was much better cared for than the one I rode in Egypt in2000. She (yes, still guessing) had big beautiful eyes with long lashes andglossy coat and seemed gentle. However, I still remembered the warning from my guide in Egypt that camels will bite and they spit. Apparently the spit is very gross smelling, so you definitely don’t want to be hit by camel spite. While posing with...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
3/22/2012
Have you ever held a falcon on your arm? The falcon was beautiful. I was able to hold him (I’m guessing here) both with and without his hood on. The handler kept telling me to hold the falcon in close to me rather than at arms length. Yes, the safety geek inside me was saying “Are you crazy? He could really rip a hunk out of my face with that beak.” I think the bird calmer than I was. He must be used to the attention, because when I strokedhim, the...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
3/21/2012
Now I bet when you think of the Middle East you think that it is hot and dry. No so Bahrain. The Kingdom of Bahrain is an island kingdom, so it isn’t as dry as you might think. Its weather while we were there is much like that we’ve been experiencing in Southern California – except that it was very windy. Like the Santa Ana’s only with the wind coming off the The Gulf rather than the mountains. The temperatures at night dropped down into the low 40s...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
3/20/2012
Now the ASSE-MEC Conference wasn’t all work and learning, we were treated to the local culture, if only briefly. The Chapter hosted a Chapter Night Out at the Movenpick Cultural Center. I don’t know if you’ve been following the news, but there was a return of the October 2011 protests in Bahrain that prompted a Travelers Alert from the US Department of State. Since it wasn’t a Travelers Warning and considering where we were staying we didn’t change...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
3/19/2012
ASSE-MEC invited me to be the Tuesday afternoon keynote. Needless to say, I was nervous considering the caliber of speakers that hadpreceded me. As a keynote speaker you get twice as much time to speak as the average panel speaker. My presentation was on “The Past, The Present, The Future – The Evolution of Safety – What’s Next.” It is wonderful what we’ve achieved in the last 100 years. The formation of the American Society of Safety Engineers was...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
3/16/2012
The ASSE-MEC Monday afternoon keynote speaker was a surprise. He had a great sense of humor. So often presenters are a little on the dry side, but he was funny while delivering a great message. He spoke of Emotional Intelligence. Did you know that those with a high emotional intelligence quotient and a lower intelligence quotient are more successfulthat those with a higher intelligence quotient and a lower emotional intelligence quotient. The reason...
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posted by: BRS Risk Control on
3/15/2012
The ASSE-MEC kicked off the Conference with two keynote speakers. The second keynote speaker kept everyone’s attention throughout his presentation. Dr. Birrer climbed Mt. Everest twice as the team physician, but only made it to the top once. Climbing the mountain has always sounded romantic, the reality it is very tough. He called it an easy climb as far as the technical skills of climbing go, but it is a very tough mental challenge. You have to endure...
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