Ted Sommer
Corporate Director of Safety
ARTICLES BY AUTHOR
Evaluating Your Daily Risk Assessments
A semi-truck recently crossed a median and collided with a bus full of college-bound teenagers on a tour of a university….
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Winter Opportunities to Warm Up Your Safety Culture
This morning on the news, local meteorologists said it was the coldest morning on record in three years. I don’t keep…
READ MORE Weatherproof Your Family
This week is Severe Weather Preparedness Week. Take a moment to consider your personal role and responsibilities for storm preparations. Have you…
READ MORE Avoiding Distractions That Contribute to Incidents
The human brain makes millions of interpretations each second. This process of analyzing visual information and applying our personal experience and…
READ MORE There’s No Copyright on Safety
Every year, Faith Technologies publishes its safety Toolbox Talk book to provide its employees bite-sized training sessions which aim to create…
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Understanding Human Motivation from a Cultural Perspective
In my previous blog entry, titled Understanding and Using Human Motivation to Increase Safety Performance, I discussed human motivation from an…
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Coaching for Safety
We’re currently deep into the NCAA football season, and about halfway through the NFL regular season. Every team has been forced…
READ MORE Safety at All Levels
In his book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink shares a compelling and intuitive point. “The opposite…
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Understanding and Using Human Motivation to Increase Safety Performance
Nobody gets hurt intentionally. People don’t knowingly decide that added productivity is worth personal injury. So often an accident investigation stops…
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Lordy, Lordy OSHA is Forty
President Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law on December 29, 1970 creating OSHA as federal agency within…
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Avoiding Electrical Dangers in Industrial & Manufacturing Facilities
Preventative maintenance is crucial for electrical systems and equipment because unplanned downtime can be extremely costly. Maintaining an electrical power distribution…
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Turn Year-End Safety Responsibilities Into Opportunities
It is that time again when we are overwhelmed with holiday cards, New Year’s resolutions, and government recordkeeping. Just as you…
READ MORE Science & Art: Instilling the Value of Safety in Your Workplace
My neighbor’s 19-year-old son crashed his car last week. As he shared details about how his son was late for work…
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