If you were to look into any popular publications or magazines, seeking some riveting reading material, you probably wouldn’t find many articles about Safety Data Sheets, aka SDS. The world is full of mind-numbing acronyms, but hardly any create such low excitement as the three letters SDS, especially if you are in the oil and […]

Today I will be making an analogy to the sport of football. It is one of the most popular sports in the Permian Basin. Most companies, large or small, evaluate their respective effectiveness as a safe company once a year. Traditionally it is after the Christmas season and the start of the new year in […]

For the last three years of writing for this publication, I’ve yet to run out of things to say! Isn’t that a typical safety person? That was a rhetorical question—you don’t have to answer that. As I’ve stated throughout the years, safety has become litigation driven. If it is not documented, it didn’t happen. At […]

It is an unfortunate reality that the danger in our industry of oil and gas is not limited to our locations, jobs, or even our commutes. Aside from the workplace and the traffic, the tentacles of danger have crept into our industry in the form of mental unrest and stress by social, financial, and overall […]

Greeting and salutations! Here’s hoping that this month brings milder weather, higher oil prices, and good fortune to all in the oil and gas industry. Have you ever seen the movie Ferris Bueller’ Day Off? It was a hit show in 1986 and it had numerous memorable cameos and fun scenes that make the film […]

Greetings and salutations! In lieu of the non-popularity of our industry by the current Administration, I wanted to take this opportunity to lighten things up a bit. Most safety professionals, when asked if they would like to say a few words, ought to respond realistically by saying, simply, “No.” We seldom have a few words. […]

Compliance just “to comply” has minimal motivation. Compliance without motivation has no value! So what motivates the workforce these days? The stick doesn’t work. The carrot doesn’t work. You might think this an HR issue. Companies rely on the interview process heavily to determine who may be motivated to learn, work, and comply. With the […]

Welcome back to the latest installment in our ongoing conversation about safety! I hope this finds you where you want to be regarding safe practices and procedures. This month we are broaching a topic not normally associated with safety. I find this topic is not a hot subject in safety circles, nor in operations, either! […]