About Webinar Series
Our SCERC Book Talk Series will feature authors who have contributed to the field of occupational and environmental health.
Stories from The Flame Bucket: Adventures in Workplace Safety
Presentation Overview
Marc Axelrod was a front line industrial hygienist at one of the region's largest aerospace companies when he made a very surprising observation - the company safety metric seemed to "allow" accidents and appeared to be a barrier to safety culture improvement. He thought this one PowerPoint presentation could change the safety culture of one of America's biggest businesses. He also sought to improve his company's safety culture with an inspired collection of safety posters for which his team was awarded the Global Achievement Award for Safety Culture Communication. Sharing for the first time...Work Shouldn't Hurt - Using Words and Images that Inform, Motivate and Inspire.
The presentation will examine the use of intermediate goals in injury metrics and how they may be introducing unintended risk into our safety culture. The safety principle of risk homeostasis will be explained and precepts from Normal Accident Theory and High Reliability Organization will be utilized to inform the understanding of risk acceptance as a social construction. The author suggests that Leading Indicators, those metrics that describe an organization's continuous efforts and activities at reducing risk, may better serve to communicate and control the occurence of accidents and related injury and loss.
Intended Audience
This webinar is intended for employers, management, health and safety professionals, industrial hygienists, union representatives, worker advocates, workers, students, faculty, researchers, and policymakers.
About the Speaker
Marc Axelrod is a workplace safety professional who has worked at some of Southern California's most storied organizations. He has developed and implemented programs to protect people from industry's most hazardous technologies. The Flame Bucket - Adventures in Workplace Safety is his first book.
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Continuing Education Contact Hours
- Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH) may be eligible to earn up to 1.5 contact hours for this event. Visit the BGC CIH Recertification Program for more information.
- Certified Safety Professionals may be eligible to earn up to 1.5 contact hours (0.15 points) for this event. Visit Professional Development Conferences for more information.
- The Southern California Education and Research Center is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17741 for 1.5 contact hours.
- General Continuing Education Contact Hours - 1.5