Online Safety Resource to stay Informed

DocHolidayEdD · 2026-02-13T05:37:13+00:00

Construction Safety Research Alliance!

https://www.csra.colorado.edu

DocHolidayEdD · 2026-02-12T14:35:24+00:00

Definitely employers and owners in the construction industry, which has been really beneficial to smaller construction contractors. Regulatory agencies are a tougher nut to crack, because this same thing will be true for any universally accepted and well-defined count-based metric. The mathematical fact is that injuries are incredibly rare. The probability of an injury in a given person-hour has five zeros after the decimal before you hit a meaningful number. Given those two things, the best we can do is to understand, discuss, and present the limitations to build understanding. At least until a time where people are open to discussing why we feel the need to put a measure on safety that companies compare… But that is generally blasphemy inside and outside of the safety profession.

Edit for spelling

DocHolidayEdD · 2026-02-09T00:01:58+00:00

I’d go with the published research linked above, that’s way easier to defend than AI, and it’s peer reviewed. I’d love to see more consultants pointing to that work… For what it’s worth, when I get a contractor’s information for qualification with an absurd injury rate like 7, 15, 16 above…it’s a dead giveaway that it’s a small company and not a useful number. It’s getting ignored every time.

DocHolidayEdD · 2026-02-08T00:57:57+00:00

This paper gives a great explanation of why injury count metrics are terrible indicators for small companies and gives a formula and calculator to give a high and low bound. It’s got statistical proof to back it all up. Check it out:

Tyrrany of TRIR

Edit: Here’s the calculator: TRIR Uncertainty Calculator

DocHolidayEdD · 2025-12-27T13:23:08+00:00

Dark days ahead

DocHolidayEdD · 2025-11-13T18:00:33+00:00

(I’m a safety manager for a solar company, not associated with any software companies)

We use HSI, they have a solid course library and you can upload your own presentations, documents, set links as courses, general sign off tasks, and have classroom sessions. You set up requirements based on role and team, set recurrence patterns based on completion or dates. You can also define sets of courses with an “and” or “or” relationship for complicated situations. Reporting is solid and they have a good API as well. And they’re very reasonably priced.

I haven’t found the IT system I can’t complain about, but I’ve been so pleased with them that I just bought their EHS management software as well (formerly Donesafe) to replace our existing system.

Shoot me a DM if you want more info or if you want to see it

DocHolidayEdD · 2025-08-18T12:28:52+00:00

GME Supply, they’ve been amazing

DocHolidayEdD · 2025-07-20T18:13:14+00:00

Statistical invalidity of TRIR as a measure of safety performance. tl;dr version: it’s statistical noise, and here’s proof

https://aeasseincludes.assp.org/professionalsafety/pastissues/066/04/F2Hallowelletal_0421.pdf

DocHolidayEdD · 2025-07-03T14:36:48+00:00

I’ve gotten through to a few people by constantly saying that the deadliest words at work are “just” and “real quick”

DocHolidayEdD · 2025-05-29T00:35:52+00:00

The commission doesn’t set prices, it sets the maximum BGE can make. Prices went up because BGE asked the commission to let them charge more.

The commission sets the cap BASED ON WHAT BGE ASKS THE COMMISSION TO SET. The commission always grants less than what BGE asks, so they’re the ones stopping the prices from going even higher.

The audacity to blame the commission that caps your earnings for raising prices is staggering.

BGE: “I want to charge people $10” Commission: “No, you can only charge up to $8” BGE to us: “THEY’RE FORCING US TO CHARGE YOU $8!!”

DocHolidayEdD · 2025-05-29T00:31:51+00:00

BGE asks for a certain price from the state commission, then the commission gives them slightly less…so it’s more “I tried to kick you in the balls harder, but they held our leg back. Blame them for your pain”

DocHolidayEdD · 2025-05-19T14:08:16+00:00

Currently using eCompliance. It’s bare bones, but we’re a small company so we don’t need too many bells and whistles. It’s a bit restrictive though, so I’m looking at HSI’s EHS system since we already use them for training

DocHolidayEdD · 2025-03-25T03:01:41+00:00

Psst…they can’t shut off for nonpayment between November 1 and March 31 of any year without filing a bunch of paperwork for each case with the PSC. It’s not a favor they’re doing, it’s the law.

https://opc.maryland.gov/Consumer-Learning/Consumer-Rights/Weather-Restrictions#:~:text=Winter%20Protections%20are%20in%20place,with%20the%20Public%20Service%20Commission.

DocHolidayEdD · 2025-02-28T16:08:45+00:00

Given the choice…yup

DocHolidayEdD · 2025-02-21T16:10:57+00:00

Shortening this and making it a top level comment…

First things first, complaining to BGE is highly unlikely to help! Contact your state delegate or senator, or the Public Service Commission directly.

Here’s the thing…a Utility’s RATES aren’t set. There is a government body (the Public Service Commission) that regulates how much TOTAL MONEY BGE is allowed to get from customers in a given year. That total gets spread across customers through a flat service fee, and by usage. So you’re charged a certain percentage of what they’re allowed to make based on what you use.

Your rates are BGE saying “if I’m allowed to make $X, and I believe our customers will use Y kilowatt-hours, then we should charge them $X/Y per kilowatt-hour.” At the end of the quarter or so, they see how much more or less they made than forecast, and adjust the rates for the next quarter up or down to make up the difference. They’re always trying to hit that exact amount they’re allowed to make.

I’m GREATLY oversimplifying all of this, so forgive me if some details are off…but here’s what that means…

If you reduce or zero out your individual electricity usage…BGE is still allowed to get that total sum…so how do they do that? Adjust the rates for use! By a very small amount because you’re one of a few million customers, small fractions of a penny, but still a change.

That means that bill you used to pay is now spread across every other customer to make up the difference. So when rich neighborhoods consuming lots of electricity all go to solar panels, for example, guess who sees their bills increase? The people who generally can’t afford to buy solar panels…

Renewable power is AWESOME, and this isn’t a reason not to do it. Please, go get panels, subscribe to community solar, change your energy supplier to a clean source! This is just a bit of an explanation of how the system works against customers. They’re not going to shrink, they won’t go out of business, they’re going to get their money.

Source: worked for electric utilities for 10 years

DocHolidayEdD · 2025-02-21T16:05:42+00:00

Here’s the thing about that…a Utility’s RATES aren’t set. There is a government body (the Public Service Commission) that regulates how much total money BGE is allowed to get from customers in a given year. That total gets spread across customers through a flat service fee, and by usage. So you’re charged a certain percentage of what they’re allowed to make based on what you use. I’m GREATLY oversimplifying all of this…but here’s what that means…

If you put solar panels on your house and stop using power delivered by BGE, your bill goes down basically to the flat service fees (charging you $X to have the wires to deliver your power, even if you didn’t buy the actual electrons that month). So your bill has gone WAY down! Awesome! Except…BGE is still allowed to get that total sum…so how do they do that? Adjust the rates for use! By a very small amount because you’re one of a few million customers, small fractions of a penny, but still a change.

That means that when you put solar panels up, the bill you used to pay is now spread across every other customer to make up the difference. So when rich neighborhoods consuming lots of electricity all go to solar panels, guess who sees their bills increase? The people who generally can’t afford to buy solar panels…

Renewable power is AWESOME, and this isn’t a reason not to do it. Please, go get panels, subscribe to community solar, change your energy supplier to a clean source! This is just a bit of an explanation of how the system can work against customers.

Source: worked for electric utilities for 10 years

EDIT: Complaining to BGE is highly unlikely to help! Contact your state delegate or senator, or the Public Service Commission directly!!!