FUN with One: Effective Safety Training for a Safety Department of One
Effective and fun safety training is possible even for the safety director of a small company, who manages to deliver quality, cost-effective training that lives up to his company’s slogan “Safety...
View ArticleHave a Heart for Wellness Training
February is American Heart Month, the perfect time to conduct a wellness training session on heart health. In order to reduce the risk of heart attack, employees must first understand the causes and...
View ArticleDo Safety Trainers Need Training on Training?
These tips were reported on in our biweekly sister print publication, OSHA Compliance Advisor, whose ongoing “Trainer’s Corner” feature specializes in training trainers to be better at what they do....
View Article4 Factors for Effective Safety Training
The “Trainer’s Corner” experts in our sister publication, OSHA Compliance Advisor, suggests that, to teach adult trainees, four factors are key: Motivation. Like a door, the mind has to be opened...
View Article‘Have Your Employees’ Backs’ on Back Safety Training
Preventing back injuries in your workplace is one of the most effective cost-control and productivity-enhancing efforts you can undertake. Training workers in back safety is an important part of that...
View ArticleHow Effective Are Your Safety Orientation Training Sessions?
Too often, orientation training is considered a necessary evil. It’s not given sufficient attention by some employers, who see the time employees spend in orientation as lost production rather than as...
View ArticleFirst Rule of Safety: Know Your Job
Knowing how to perform a job properly includes knowing how to do it safely. To protect themselves and their coworkers, new employees have to get to know their jobs inside out. In fact, OSHA requires...
View ArticleFlying High with Safety Training
Last fall, United Airlines’ Detroit Customer Contact Center was named a Star VPP worksite by Michigan OSHA. It was the first Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) certification for United Airlines. Kerry...
View ArticleWe’ve Been Polling the Safety Community, and Here’s What We Found Out About...
The results you’re about to read about come from polls taken over the course of the past year or so and reflect the experiences of safety professionals like you in companies large and small across the...
View ArticleIs Training for Off-the-Job Safety Worthwhile?
One study placed the off-the-job percentages at more than half as many injuries as on the job, with over two-thirds as many deaths as resulted from on-the-job accidents. Other statistics indicated more...
View Article5 Keys to Improving Employees’ Attitudes About Safety
Many of the creative and cost-saving ways to keep your safety programs effective that we went over yesterday revolve around increased employee involvement. And keeping employees involved in safety...
View ArticleDo Your Employees Know How to Handle Near Misses?
One of the simplest and most direct ways to train is to pose and answer a series of questions about the safety issue. Here’s an example of how this method works for near- miss training. What Is a Near...
View ArticleTrain Employees to Identify, Report, and Prevent Near Misses
The information in today’s Advisor is adapted from BLR’s 7-Minute Safety Trainer session “Near MissesHow to Identify, Report, and Prevent.” Why Do Near Misses Have to Be Investigated? Every near miss...
View ArticleHow to Train Effectively with PowerPoint
Thorough and effective employee training is recognized as a major key to achieving not only compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other regulations but also the...
View ArticleDo You Know the 7 Steps of OSHA’s Training Guidelines?
Step 1. Determine if training is necessary. How do you know what training is necessary—or whether training is needed at all? Before you can answer that question, you have to ask yourself: Does an OSHA...
View ArticleThe Final 3 Steps of OSHA’s Training Guidelines
Step 5: Conduct the training. Think of the training session as an important meal. And like a memorable meal, its presentation must be as appealing as its taste. A successful session will have both...
View ArticleDo Your Safety People Know the Top 10 Ways To Keep Contact Lens Wearers Safe?
The National Institute for Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that employers with chemical operations take these steps to keep contact lens wearers safe in chemical environments: 1. Conduct an eye...
View Article4 More Safety Precautions for Protecting Contact Lens Wearers
The National Institute for Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that employers with chemical operations take these additional steps to keep contact lens wearers safe in chemical environments: 7. Train...
View ArticleDo You Know How to Create an OSHA-Compliant Training Program?
Boost Compliance and Prevent Injuries,” speaker Michael Lawrence gave guidance on creating an OSHA-compliant safety training program. In the webinar, Lawrence suggested that an effective approach to...
View ArticleMake Your Safety Training Program OSHA-Compliant
Many industrial jobs require employees to have specialized knowledge and skills, and to be prepared to deal with a special set of serious hazard exposures. OSHA-mandated specialized training...
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