Items Tagged with 'Situational awareness'

Washington — Location geofencing is the subject of the latest white paper from the National Safety Council’s Work to Zero initiative

Townsville, Australia — Emotional intelligence is critical to maintaining the level of situational awareness needed by workers who perform high-risk tasks, while individuals with low EI can be aided by effective safety training, results of a recent study out of Australia show.

In Episode 13, the Safety+Health team discusses situational awareness for workers and how it can be impacted on the job. The team also welcomes safety leadership expert Don Groover from DEKRA, who talks about leadership during – and after – the COVID-19 pandemic.

“If we don’t train people to have situational awareness, then all the compliance and all the programs really don’t matter because they don’t get used in real time,” one expert says.