Eliminate human resource waste caused by accidents and illnesses
It is well known that lean production and business processes are all about eliminating waste. Sustainability is, too. But what is sometimes less well-recognized is that safety is about eliminating waste as well – the waste of human resources caused by accidents and illnesses.
On this page we are developing a center for resources about the relationship between safety, lean processes and sustainability. You may also want to take a look at a LinkedIn group called SHE, Sustainability and Lean.
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“Getting to Zero Accidents” — a guide to building a sustainable safety program based on encouraging workers to “want to” be safe rather than feeling they “have to.”
Articles from FDRsafety
These articles were written by Mike Taubitz, Senior Advisor at FDRsafety and former Global Director of Safety for GM. Mike is an industry leader in drawing connections between safety, lean processes and sustainability.
Lean processes and safety
Deploying Lean for Continuous Improvement in Office and Business Systems
5S: Learning how to identify and eliminate waste
Safety Awareness – the lean, simple approach
Value Stream / Process Mapping
Getting Lean into Office and Business Systems: Integrating Lean, Green and Safety
Safety and Sustainability
Linking Lean, Green and Safe to Sustainability and Deming
Clarifying Strategic Issues related to Safety and Environment
Useful links to other sites
Lean
- Evolving Excellence http://www.evolvingexcellence.com/
- Superfactory http://superfactory.com/
- Productivity Press http://www.productivitypress.com/
- Lean Blog http://www.leanblog.org/
- EPA Lean http://www.epa.gov/lean/links.htm
- The Lean Library http://www.theleanlibrary.com/
- Association of Manufacturing Excellence http://www.ame.org/
- Lean and Green News http://www.leanandgreennews.com/
Safety
- OSHA www.osha.gov
- NIOSH www.cdc.gov/niosh
- OHS online magazine http://ohsonline.com/Home.aspx
- OSH Resources http://www.osh.net/
- ASSE www.asse.org
- National Safety Council www.nsc.org
- NFPA www.nfpa.org
- American Council of Governmental Industrial Hygienists www.acgih.org
- American Industrial Hygiene Association www.aiha.org
Sustainability
- Business Alliance for Local Living Economies http://www.livingeconomies.org/
- Business for Social Responsibility http://www.bsr.org/
- CERES http://www.ceres.org
- Future 500 http://www.future500.org/
- Natural Step http://www.naturalstepusa.org/
- Apollo Alliance http://apolloalliance.org/
- Sustainable workplace cultures http://workplaceculture.suite101.com/article.cfm/sustainability_in_the_workplace
- Sustainable business http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_business
- International Organization for Sustainable Development http://www.iosd.org/