We recently sat down with construction industry safety professionals Steve Mellard, National Safety Director at Anning Johnson, and Desire’e Ropel, Safety Manager at Hermanson to dive into how construction companies can avoid pitfalls, leverage success and successfully create a safety program to truly improve safety in the construction industry and in the workplace. The session covered numerous subjects of discussion including: […]
What is ESG and Why it’s Important
What is Environment, Social, Governance – ESG? Environment, social, governance (ESG) is the measurement of the impact (both positive and negative) that a business has on the environment and on society including an assessment of the governance practices (or lack thereof) that impact all stakeholders – including shareholders. Investing (by individuals, asset managers, pension fund […]
The Gemba Walk: The First Step Toward Continuous Improvement
The status quo isn’t sufficient. For businesses to stay lean and ahead of the curve, continuous improvement is key — both processes and policies must be regularly evaluated and upgraded to ensure companies can meet evolving customer expectations and keep pace with industry competitors. But what does this look like in practice? How do companies […]
Safeguard Management: Preventive & Mitigative Safety Tool
What is a Safeguard? Safeguards are vital for businesses to safely control the work environment for risk reduction and failure prevention. Rather than being reactive and reflective of failures in safety, safeguards are conscious plans in place which identify these potential risks and hazards and implement the controls necessary to prevent the negative instance from […]
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): What It Is and Why It Matters for Safety on Your Site
Construction sites come with risks. As noted by Industrial Safety & Hygiene News, one in every 10 employees is injured annually on worksites, leading to a non-fatal injury rate 71 percent higher than in any other industry. Taking steps to prevent these injuries such as prioritizing proper Personal Protective Equipment offers multiple benefits for companies: Staff […]
Essential Ingredient in Food Safety: Making the Most of GMP
Informed by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), manufacturers are required to implement processes that actively reduce the risk of foodborne illness, both from known pathogens and unknown agents. These processes are critical to track the type and nature of these illnesses and mitigate their impact — according to the CDC, 48 million Americans fall ill […]
Certainty Version 4.1 Ready for Release!
We are now planning the release of version 4.1 of Certainty Software which is scheduled for a phased rollout beginning November 20th. This release sees the addition of the Checklist Workflow tool to the system and brings an improvement to the user interface of the recently added Action Workflow tool. There are also a few […]
DNV Selects Certainty as Their Global Supply Chain Management (SCM) Software Solution
Certainty Software, Inc. is excited to welcome DNV as a client. DNV is now using the Certainty platform for their supply chain management (SCM) and assurance services globally. Founded in 1864 and headquartered in Høvik, Norway, DNV (DNV Holdings AS) is the world’s leading classification society and a recognized advisor for the maritime industry. DNV is […]
The Pros and Cons of Behavior Based Safety
The corporate world is full of business improvement programs. Sometimes their adoption is a must to survive in a competitive industry or market, other times they are a passing phase better avoided. In this post, we look at the pros and cons and Behavior Based Safety (BBS). What is Behavior Based Safety (BBS)? Before jumping […]
The 5 Biggest Challenges When Building a Safety Observation Report (Solved)
Workplace safety is critical to ensure both employee protection and productivity — staff missing work because they’ve suffered injuries on the job can negatively impact both staff morale and overall output. As noted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, however, workplace safety remains a challenge: In 2019 alone, more than 880,000 workers suffered nonfatal […]
