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CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION (COR) is a registered Trademark of the Alberta Construction Safety Association) If you read our blog from October of last year, you know that practical data science is our jam! We have done a lot of research and are very excited to share some of our results with you. Our goal is…
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Becoming a Practical Data Scientist
When I told my colleagues at the university that I was leaving to start a new career in the commercial sector, their first response was mostly shock and disbelief. In their defense, an academic leaving after five years of successful research and teaching is not something you see every day. It may not seem like…
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Using Data to Reduce Injuries and Costs
Guest Blog by Ed Pyle, SCSA It is common for construction companies to collect safety data from their safety processes and procedures and for managers to review safety incidents and financial reports to understand the frequency, cost and severity of injuries. These reports help to understand OHS failures of the past and the impact these…
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Ouch!!! Real, Bad Data
These are real examples….. Date of Incident: “Last week” Name: “Big Willy” Sex:” Sometimes” Location: “Out back” Cause: “Operator is f**king stupid” We work with a lot of companies and they tell us about their funny but problematic issues with getting workers to write good health & safety reports. Getting your workers to report is…
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Infrastructure Stimulus Spending could Increase Injury Rates
As the debate over infrastructure spending and economic stimulus rages on, our focus has been on looking at the potential impact to injury rates that might result from an influx of cash in the construction sector. We’ll leave the economic debate to the economists and politicians but we’ll go on record supporting infrastructure spending. A…
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