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Assets come in two major forms: physical and intangible.  Physical assets include buildings, equipment, and supplies typically used in day-to-day business operations. Intangible assets include human capital, intellectual property, or goodwill.  In this article, we will focus on the importance of maintaining physical assets, how you can improve asset maintenance, and how to choose the…

Employers are responsible for two types of workplace safety actions; corrective and preventive. They may look the same, but there are some clear differences between them. Preventive action is taken to prevent injuries before they happen. Preventive measures are generally more effective and cost-efficient than correction actions. For example, a facility might install safety equipment…

Creating a first-class safety culture in an organisation is essential for avoiding injuries and possibly reducing millions of dollars in preventable workplace accidents every year.  It’s also important for maintaining a productive, healthy work environment—one that employees want to stick around in.  This article aims to give you a fundamental understanding and framework to create…

When considering lone worker safety solutions, there are a plethora of options that suit different industries and areas of activity.  Specifically for logistics companies, food production companies, or any other organisation with workers engaged in transportation, employers need to consider both the tracking and location of vehicles, as well as the safety and security of…

‘My staff are low-risk, so we don’t need a lone working system.’ Every day at Vatix, we come across companies that are convinced that their staff is low-risk. Consequently, they don’t see why they would have a need for a formal lone working process or any lone worker solutions.  Instead, they may employ an informal…

It’s no secret that the world of health and safety has a wide range of challenges. Workplace safety is not a straightforward or easy responsibility to uphold and this can get overwhelming for the professionals who work in the field. In this article, we’ll cover 10 of the most commonly cited challenges that health and…

When it comes to upholding workplace safety, employers are ethically and legally responsible for enforcing two types of action: corrective and preventive action. While they are similar, there is a distinct difference. Corrective action is the action you take to address or correct the problem that caused an incident and get back on track. In…

Every employee has the right to a safe working place. This right remains wherever the worker is, including in remote areas.  A remote area is generally an area that is difficult to access in several ways.  Firstly, it can refer to a place that isn’t easily accessible by vehicle, such as mines or offshore. Secondly,…