Kleen Energy: How a Routine Pipe-Cleaning Method Became a Fatality Pathway
The 2010 Kleen Energy explosion killed six workers because a familiar natural-gas pipe-cleaning method created a major hazard that the project controls did not adequately challenge. The case shows why temporary work, shared contractor responsibility, and commissioning decisions require stronger ownership and field verification than routine paperwork can provide.
Risk Register vs Decision Log vs Control Verification: Which Evidence Should Leaders Trust Before Accepting Residual Risk?
Compare risk registers, decision logs, and control verification to decide which evidence leaders need before accepting residual risk in safety-critical work.
Workload Risk: 5 Distortions That Turn Resilience Into a Management Shortcut
Resilience programs cannot control psychosocial risk when workload, authority, staffing, and recovery remain unchanged. These five distortions help leaders distinguish employee coping from work-design control.
New EHS Manager in 90 Days: Set Decision Rights First
A practical 90-day role profile for new EHS managers who need to clarify decision rights, strengthen escalation, and turn safety evidence into leadership choices.
Risk Perception Explained: 4 Distortions That Change a Safe Decision
Risk perception is the way a person interprets exposure before deciding how to act. It is not the same as hazard awareness, and it can shift when experience, time pressure, familiarity, or group expectations make a dangerous condition feel ordinary.
How to Build a Monthly Safety Decision Pack for the C-Suite in 30 Days
This practical guide shows EHS and operations leaders how to turn scattered safety data into a monthly decision pack that exposes changing risk, assigns ownership, and makes executive action visible.
Workplace Incivility: 5 Myths That Hide Psychosocial Risk
Workplace incivility can weaken speak-up behavior and control reliability before a formal complaint appears. This mythbusting guide shows managers how to separate disagreement from a repeated psychosocial risk pattern and test whether work actually changes.
Incident Investigation: 5 Blind Spots That Keep Serious Causes Out of the Report
A serious incident investigation should explain more than the final action. This diagnostic guide shows five blind spots that hide system conditions, weaken corrective actions, and leave risk available for the next shift.
Work-Related Anxiety Explained: 4 Presentations Managers Should Separate
Work-related anxiety can arise from demands, evaluation, threats, or uncertainty. Managers should separate the presentation, protect the worker, and address the work condition behind the signal.
How to Hold a Safe Return-to-Work Conversation After Mental-Health Absence
An eight-step guide helps managers welcome an employee back, discuss work conditions without diagnosing, agree temporary adjustments, and verify whether the work design supports a safe return.
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Talks, consulting and masterclasses from someone who led EHS in Fortune 500 operations.