Summary: A safeguard is any control, barrier, device, or procedure designed to prevent a hazardous event or reduce its consequences if it occurs. In practical safety management, safeguards work best as layered protections that interrupt failure pathways before they reach people, equipment, or the environment. For EHS leaders, defining and maintaining effective safeguards is central […]
Safety Management
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): What It Is and Why It Matters for Safety on Your Site
Summary: Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE, is the last line of defense that reduces worker exposure to hazards when engineering and administrative controls cannot eliminate the risk. For construction safety leaders, an effective PPE program depends on hazard assessment, correct equipment selection, training, and enforcement, because PPE only improves workplace safety when workers have the […]
Essential Ingredient in Food Safety: Making the Most of GMP
Summary: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) form the regulatory foundation of food safety quality management, governing facilities maintenance, equipment design, sanitation controls, and record keeping under FDA oversight. For QA Managers and Quality Engineers in food production, good manufacturing practices compliance is a prerequisite for meeting broader quality frameworks including ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, and HACCP […]
The Pros and Cons of Behavior Based Safety
Summary: Behavior-Based Safety is a proactive safety method that uses observation and feedback to reduce the unsafe behaviors linked to workplace incidents. Its value is highest when BBS complements engineering controls, procedures, and leadership accountability rather than replacing them. For EHS managers, the key takeaway is that behavior-based safety can improve incident prevention and safety […]
The 5 Biggest Challenges When Building a Safety Observation Report (Solved)
Summary: A safety observation report is a structured record of unsafe conditions, unsafe behaviors, or near misses that allows organizations to start corrective action before an injury occurs. For EHS managers, the value of a safety observation report lies in making frontline risk visible, measurable, and actionable at scale, which strengthens OSHA compliance, supports ISO […]
How Certainty helped an award-winning grocer’s Covid-19 response
Summary: See how Longo’s used Certainty Software to strengthen its Pandemic Health and Safety Response across 36 stores during COVID-19. This case study shows how centralized inspections, faster corrective actions, and better reporting helped the grocer protect workers, maintain consistency, and respond quickly during a critical period. A Pandemic Health and Safety Response requires fast […]
St John’s Packaging Choose Certainty for Safety Inspections
Summary: Safety inspection software from Certainty helps St. John's Packaging record and analyze inspections across manufacturing centers, distribution fleets, and machinery, while supporting multilingual teams in French, English, and Spanish. Safety inspection software helps manufacturers maintain compliance across production facilities, distribution fleets, and equipment. St. John's Packaging, an international flexible plastic packaging manufacturer, chose Certainty […]
What Impact Will Technology Have on your BBS Program?
Summary: BBS data consistency is critical because inconsistent observation forms, delayed access, and fragmented reporting make it difficult to trust trends or act on them quickly. Technology improves Behavior Based Safety by standardizing data capture, giving EHS managers real-time visibility, and reducing the manual gaps that weaken participation and analysis. The best BBS tools are […]
Where do BBS Programs Typically Fail?
Summary: BBS Programs Failures usually happen when leadership support is weak, observations are inconsistent, and workers do not trust how the program will be used. Behavior Based Safety (BBS) programs fail more often than they should. The underlying principles are not flawed. In fact, predictable, preventable organizational failures cause BBS Programs Failures. In this blog […]
Why Goodman Telecom Services Choose Certainty for Safety Inspections
Summary: Goodman Telecom Services (GTS) uses Certainty Software to manage telecom safety inspections across its workforce of over 400 field technicians. With more than 130,000 completed 5G/4G/3G projects, GTS relies on Certainty to conduct, report, and track safety inspections in real time. The platform's ease of use allows GTS to create templates, push them to […]
How to Avoid ‘Pencil Whipping’ with BBS Programs?
Summary: Pencil whipping undermines a Behavior Based Safety program because fabricated or rushed observations create false confidence and hide real workplace hazards. Spot checks on BBS observation cards help verify that observations are genuine, improve data integrity, and protect the program from becoming a quota exercise instead of a prevention tool. For EHS managers, controlling […]
How to Avoid the BBS ‘Blame Game’
Summary: Behavior Based Safety Accountability works best when observations are used to improve systems, coaching, and learning instead of assigning blame to workers. To avoid the BBS “blame game,” organizations must build Behavior Based Safety Accountability into their programs through anonymity, root-cause analysis, and a non-disciplinary culture. In other words, they must transform observations into […]
3 Tips to Increase Buy-in and Effectiveness of a BBS program
Summary: BBS program buy-in improves when leadership visibly supports the effort, participation expectations are measurable, and positive safety behaviors are reinforced through timely feedback. Behavior Based Safety is most effective when workers see it as a practical way to prevent incidents rather than another reporting burden. For safety leaders, the objective is to make participation […]
How Has Technology Changed Construction Safety?
Summary: Find out how digital tools, smarter reporting, and real-time visibility continue to change construction safety on modern job sites. This article explores how contractors use safety technology to improve training, inspections, hazard response, and compliance while reducing risk in a high-hazard industry. How does technology change construction safety? By making inspections, hazard reporting, and […]
How to measure the success of a BBS program
Summary: Measuring a BBS Program requires more than counting observations; it means evaluating participation, leading indicators, and whether findings drive corrective action. Measuring a BBS program comes down to three core metrics: employee participation rates, leading behavioral indicators, and the utilization of observation data to drive corrective action. In this blog series, we explore how […]
