Tip of the Week

As if Corpus Christi has not had enough trouble following Hurricane Harvey!  This past Tuesday, September 12, workers from the Lower Colorado River Authority were inspecting electrical cables in an industrial area, when they noticed a hole with [...]

Later this month, OSHA will begin enforcement of the Silica regulations for construction.  Are you ready?  Do you need to be ready?  What is silica; why is it important; and what is your exposure level and how will that impact me?Silica, or the [...]

HAPPY LABOR DAY! To all the workers who are policing our streets, fighting fires, waiting tables and promoting sales in retail stores -and especially to those hard at work helping to clean up and rebuild after Hurricane Harvey – we thank [...]

Disaster Preparation Quiz   Hurricane Harvey hit Texas over this past weekend.  The Texans are now dealing with flooding and the disastrous aftermath of the fury of this storm.  SCM offers our thoughts and prayers to those affected by the [...]

By now, most of us have heard that there will be a total eclipse of the sun on Monday, August 21.  Many people are taking the day off or at least taking some time to celebrate this phenomenon that occurs about once every 18 months, but not as [...]

Many work sites have spaces like these somewhere…  You decide to store one thing in a place that seems like the perfect storage area, and suddenly it all piles up.  Some things are out of place here.  How many can you find? The first to [...]

Safety training, we all need it.  How often do we need it?  That depends… There are some training requirements that you may know – or not. It is often recommended that some of these trainings be provided more frequently.  Test [...]

Whenever we have problems with people doing somewhat we don’t want them to do, such as human error or violations, there’s a tendency to focus on the individual, i.e., that person failed in some way. Perhaps they forgot (so we need to [...]

Last week, two of our SCM Team Members switched from their everyday SCM tasks and duties, and did some work for our non-profit, Heart of SCM (HSCM).  The work that they did involved providing medical support for a high school group from a local [...]

This week’s tip is not about driving, even though the title might suggest that, it is about safety.  But the tip is not about driving safety either, even though the context of this safety tip may suggest that.  This tip is about a much [...]