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Almost every year, we publish a Weekly Safety Meeting on heat-related illnesses. This year, our safety calendar was filled with other subjects, so

But it can mean more than just sleep-deprived. We might say we’re fatigued when we’re tired of a situation. It can even be a euphemism for feeling depressed. But no

These days, whether you call it despair, stress, anxiety, or depression, everybody knows somebody who is experiencing mental health problems. Maybe one of those

Clean as you go. Maybe your parents advised you to "clean as you go" when they taught you how make scrambled eggs. Maybe it was your first boss who used the phrase on you when you were drilling holes

Do you use habits to your advantage? We build habits all the time, both good habits and bad ones. And there’s tons of research data that provide insights about how to build a new habit or break an old

2020 started out like any other year. We toasted it in at parties with friends and we made New Year’s Resolutions. But a few months in, things started to go

There was an often-repeated one-liner going around workplaces in the 90s: “I don’t need sexual harassment training, I’m already really good at it!” But times change and that same

As a supervisor, you probably get tired of telling your people that what they’re doing isn’t safe. In addition to making you tired, those direct corrections can put your crew members on the defensive.

Next time your crew has a bit of down time, consider having them clean out their toolboxes. If your people use company tools instead of bringing their own, have them clean out the gangbox or the tool

Americans are working people. Culturally, we tend to see illness as weakness. We drag ourselves to work even when we have minor injures and mild illnesses like colds. The pandemic and the unusual