Mirror, mirror on the wall
November 1, 2006 By Jay Johnston
While first intentions should always be to get the customer to comply with safety standards, real world situations can call for tough decisions.
Read More Money Man
October 1, 2006 By Patrick Hyland
Roy Willis oversees the annual spending of some $50 million in programs and projects designed to enhance the industry’s image and boost sales. Have those efforts left the U.S. propane industry better positioned to respond to a radically changing global energy market?
Read More When it comes to safety-are you aware?
July 1, 2006 By Jay Johnston
Awareness is the first key to successful safety management. Without awareness, we may be whistling in the dark, assuming we understand exposures and degrees of risk that may impact our employees, our customers, our suppliers, our vendors, our community and our bottom line.
Read More How do you lead the best?
December 1, 2005 By Carl Hughes
Over the past four months I have offered an approach on how to hire the best employees possible for your propane company, establishing high expectations for the qualities we seek in our workers.
Read More Avoiding a weak safety backhand
March 1, 2005 By Jay Johnston
Anyone who plays tennis and has a weak backhand shot understands the lengths we will go to avoid improving a weakness.
Read More Safety First
February 1, 2005 By LP Gas
After killing his wife in 1995, a distraught man drove away and attempted to commit suicide by ramming his vehicle into a propane delivery truck. The man received only minor cuts and bruises, but the propane truck driver received major injuries to his back and neck and ended up on permanent physical disability.
Read More Certifiably well trained employees
January 1, 2005 By Jay Johnston
Can you document that those employees in the field have been properly trained?
Read More Forklift maintenance and training program gets high grades
July 1, 2004 By LP Gas
A Cincinnati classroom of veteran forklift users begins a daylong training session with a 20-question test to measure their knowledge about maintaining and repairing propane-powered forklift fuel systems. Among the questions:
Read More New drivers need new training
July 1, 2004 By LP Gas
New truck drivers are going to have to go through new training procedures.
Read More Lead, follow or get out of the way
January 1, 2004 By LP Gas
This old axiom says it all when it comes to safety leadership.
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