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The Urgency for Doing Safety Differently in Landscaping – Serious Injury and Fatality Prevention

Guest content by Chris Lingard, director of risk and safety at HeartLand, LLC With 20+ years in health and safety, this profession still fascinates me because there is no easy button or step model for success. Although safety is often seen as auditing, behavioral correction, common sense, and discipline, it is truly about people, their […]

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Safety Culture: Learning from Close Calls Incidents

Everyone has had a close call at one time or another. While itā€™s a relief when no property is damaged and no personal injuries occur, if you and your team donā€™t take the time to analyze these events, the factors that contributed to a close call are like to recur. The next time, it could […]

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Safety Culture: Preparing Your Business for Natural Disasters

Itā€™s typical to think of your home when it comes to emergency preparedness, but your business should also have a plan and procedures in place to ensure it can recover from natural disasters as well. Having an emergency preparedness plan can make the difference between staying in business afterwards or losing everything. According to FEMA, […]

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How I Do It: Creating an Engaging Safety CultureĀ 

Monarch Landscape Management, based in Houston, Texas, sends out 180 employees into the field every day. Because their staff is their biggest asset, Monarch works hard to keep their team members safe. Every year Monarch looks at the company as a whole and chooses an initiative they want to take to the next level. Several […]

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