Safety Blogs

If I were to ask you what "Gap Time" was - you probably wouldn't be able to tell me what it was.  In fact, up until a couple of years ago I probably couldn't have told you what it was either.  Recently, I was at an assembly where I asked the question about Gap Time to students, executives and unions leaders.   Nobody, except two young Mexican college students  were able to correctly give a definition for "Gap Time" which is - the period of time where new immigrants learn to adjust to language, and culture.

Safety Crusaders, as selected by Consumers Reports in its Safety Blog include some surprising pioneering work by ordinary folks across North America... their exceptional acts of bravery to save others from harm:

Heather Angus-Lee, Editor of MySafeWork.com, subscribes to 90 blogs and sites about workplace safety. Here are some of her picks as "Best in Blog" on Safety this past week:

Workplace Violence News blog: "In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, universities and colleges use texting as safety tool." Colorado State U, for one, offers this form of emergency contact to its students for free. [Another neat idea: Twitter for crisis communications.]