Our topic for this month is plant safety inspections. Concerns range from how often managers should conduct inspections, the extent to which production employees are involved and how management should implement their suggestions for improving incident-prevention efforts. For reference, we’ll cite a couple of items on this topic from TRSA’s Safety & Health Certification Standards. On the question of safety inspections, section 4.1 of the Standards notes that “A Safety Inspection Policy must be in place and followed, ensuring inspections are conducted monthly, and all identified action items are promptly corrected and maintained. As for addressing employees’ suggestions ...