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🏆 EHS & Energy Best Practices Hub

Safety culture test, 52 toolbox talks, life-saving rules, 6 field calculators, energy quick wins, HOP & Vision Zero.

Where is your safety culture? (Bradley-style self-test)

Rate each statement honestly for YOUR site: 1 = not at all true … 5 = completely true.

Click a talk to expand — each has 3 field-ready talking points + a discussion question.

10 Life-Saving Rules (IOGP-inspired, adapt to your risks)

Rules work when: few (≤10), about fatal risks, enforced for everyone incl. managers & contractors, paired with just-culture.

🏋️ NIOSH lifting (RWL & LI)

🔊 Noise — daily LEX,8h

Add each task: level dB(A) + duration. Mixed exposure computed by energy.

🪂 Fall clearance (lanyard)

🫨 Hand-arm vibration — points & A(8)

Per tool: vibration magnitude (m/s², from data/measure) × trigger time.

🌡️ Heat — WBGT estimate & regime

Indoor/no-sun screening estimate (Australian BoM approximation) — for solar load or critical cases, measure real WBGT (ISO 7243).

💨 Compressed-air leak cost

Flow ≈ 1.2 × Ø² L/s at 7 barg. One forgotten 3 mm leak ≈ a small car's annual energy.

45 energy quick wins — sorted by effort

From the same library that powers the Energy Review tool. Start with 🟢 no/low-cost.

🧠 HOP — 5 principles (Human & Organizational Performance)

  1. Error is normal. Even the best make mistakes — design for it.
  2. Blame fixes nothing. It only teaches people to hide.
  3. Context drives behavior. Look at conditions, not character.
  4. Learning is vital. Operational learning beats investigation paperwork.
  5. How leaders respond to failure matters. It defines the next report you get — or don't.

Practical starts: "learning teams" after events, pre-job "what's the worst that can happen here?", error traps hunt (look-alike controls, time pressure, first-time tasks).

🎯 Vision Zero — 7 golden rules (ISSA)

  1. Take leadership — demonstrate commitment
  2. Identify hazards — control risks
  3. Define targets — develop programs
  4. Ensure a safe & healthy system — be well-organized
  5. Safe machines, equipment & workplaces
  6. Improve qualifications — develop competence
  7. Invest in people — motivate by participation

Zero is a direction, not a statistic: pair ambitions with proactive indicators (observations, near-misses, closure rates).

👀 BBS observation card

Print pocket cards for safety conversations — observe, discuss, thank, never punish.

📚 Gold-standard references

  • INRS (FR) — free technical guides on every risk
  • EU-OSHA & napo films — awareness materials
  • OSHA (US) eTools · HSE UK (COSHH, noise, vibration calculators)
  • AMEE (MA) & ADEME (FR) — energy guides/financing
  • IOGP Life-Saving Rules · ISSA Vision Zero · Energy Star / IEA for benchmarks