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Parrish Taylor

Parrish Taylor

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Monday, 15 August 2011 15:04

Cultivating a Mature Workforce

Your workforce is one of your project’s greatest assets. From the top down, the maturity of this asset has a dramatic impact on your safety culture and ultimately your bottom line.

Sunday, 01 April 2007 13:54

Bridging Communication Gaps

As a safety professional, it's your responsibility to protect your firm's human capital.
Thursday, 01 October 2009 03:30

Maturity Matters

As a safety professional, immaturity matters because you are forced to deal with it daily. In spite of the challenges, your task remains the same – to navigate through the immaturity and do your job well.

Monday, 01 June 2009 00:56

Succession Syndrome

Why both technical and soft skills training are vital for first-time managers

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This month’s Tailgate focuses on what we can do to combat overuse and overexertion injuries. As every utility employee knows, our work at times is hard, dirty and dangerous. The demands of our job require much physical wo...
Safe Use of Portable Electric Tools, Cords and Generators
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Communication: The Key to Great Safety
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Root Cause Analysis
Even the safest among us will occasionally veer off the road to safety excellence and encounter an incident. When this happens, the best management practice is to identify and correct the cause(s) so that you can get back o...
A FULL Commitment
We all know the data. Typically, one third to one half of our field injuries are musculoskeletal disorders such as strains and sprains, rotator cuff syndrome, lower back disorders and tendonitis. Workers’ compensation cos...
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The Pain Game: Preventing MSDs
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Solid Footing
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Incident Analysis
The essence of safety is preventing incidents from having the opportunity to occur. When they do occur, it is usually the result of one or more safety systems failures. Failures, however, are the seeds of opportunity. Incid...
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