Although procedures are not required any longer, they are still frequently used as a way to describe how a company operates. This makes a lot of sense when it comes to quality but can be significantly…
Nick Appel18/08/2021
The “safety walk” is an excellent measuring stick to see how the company is doing with its safety culture. The power of just walking around and observing how people work from a safety management point of…
Nick Appel25/03/2021
Most of us have been working from home for several weeks now. While working from home a couple of days here and there is fine for most of us, we now run into an odd situation…
Nick Appel30/04/2020
This pandemic of course has a big impact on your job as a safety officer. Normally, you are mainly outside or in the production plant to check up on the safety culture in the company. It…
Nick Appel20/04/2020
We had a great interview with Bart Vanraes, a prevention advisor from Belgium. Bart is an expert in “tippex accidents” and did a significant amount of research into this topic. Tippex Accidents A “tippex accident” is…
Nick Appel13/02/2020
This week we organized a great workshop together with the Team of Brown Paper Audit. They introduced their refreshing point of view to audits. Rather than the one-on-one talks with people in the company, they recommend…
Nick Appel06/02/2020
Near miss is still seen as a big burden by many people, and companies for that matter. The general feeling is still, “Nothing actually happened, so why should we report it?” Yes, nothing happened in the…
Nick Appel10/01/2020
After interviewing a couple dozen auditors, we heard the expression “Buying Certificates” quite a lot. It basically comes down to companies only caring about the certificate and not about the management system. In general, it happens…
Nick Appel19/11/2019
In line with Quality 4.0, there is also HSE 4.0. Maybe this speaks a little less to the imagination, but there are some fantastic examples of HSE 4.0 initiatives. However, the same as for Quality 4.0,…
Nick Appel29/10/2019
There have been thousands of articles written about Quality 4.0 in various contexts and for various industries. Some claim that you should gather information, make the SOP digital available and train employees via e-learning. Yes, you…
Nick Appel01/10/2019
Last week we touched upon the advantages of Quality management and why this is actually a strong driver for growth. Of course, the same is true for Health and Safety. The people make the organization so…
Nick Appel23/09/2019
Buying new a new SaaS solution always requires changes within the way the company works. Sometimes these changes might be minor and sometimes they will be major, but either way they are always for the better.…
Nick Appel11/01/2019
Quality and safety are key topics in a number of projects. It already starts during the tender phase. Companies need to prove they have a functional QMS and a proper safety culture. Most companies prove this…
Nick Appel27/12/2018
Most of you know the value of data in your safety management system. However, a lot of safety management systems mainly show the number of incidents or days without injuries. Yes, they are great for marketing…
Nick Appel06/09/2018
How to Identify Environmental Aspects Creating an environmental overview is a key part of your environmental management system. Basically the environmental aspects are the activities of your organization that have an impact on the environment. In…
Nick Appel27/09/2017