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Inherited Risk Ecosystem: How Upstream Decisions Shape Human Error at the Point of Work

Posted on July 24, 2026 by Chet Brandon

By Chet Brandon, CSP, CHMM The Risk Was Already There After a serious workplace event, organizations often move quickly to the final action. A worker reached into a pinch point. A mechanic cleared a jam under pressure. An operator opened … Continue reading →

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EHS Data Analysis Heuristics: Turning Performance Data Into Better Decisions

Posted on June 7, 2026 by Chet Brandon

By Chet Brandon EHS data is only useful when it helps leaders make better decisions and take timely action. Incident reports, corrective action records, hazard observations, audit findings, injury data, exposure information, and corrective action trends all contain signals. The … Continue reading →

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