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E-learning has become prominent in the workplace, including training programs from external providers. Do you know how to evaluate potential Learning Service Providers? Today’s Advisor gives you solid information from BLR’s presentation “Training Strategies I: E-Learning.” First, consider these facts about this exciting new training method: The use of e-learning in the workplace has grown […]
Is your workplace a mess? If so, it’s time to get employees to clean up their act, for the sake of their safety and health. A messy workplace is more than just unsightly. It has the potential to create hazards, including: Fire! Paper garbage, wood shavings, combustible dusts, rags soaked with flammable chemicals—if not disposed […]
A good spring cleaning can enhance safety in your workplace if it’s done with an eye to eliminating hazards. Spring cleaning is an annual ritual that coincides with warmer weather and the ability to open up homes that were tightly battened down against the winter’s chill. The idea of an annual cleaning binge is useful […]
Yesterday, we describe eight elements that must be included in chemical hygiene plans. Today, we review more facts about the plans required under OSHA’s lab standard. OSHA’s Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories Standard (29 CFR 1910.1450) applies to all laboratories that use hazardous chemicals on a laboratory scale. A laboratory is defined as […]
If you’re required to have a chemical hygiene, make sure it contains these elements. Since 1990, OSHA has required facilities engaged in the use of chemicals in a laboratory to develop and implement a written chemical hygiene plan (CHP). OSHA requires these facilities to set forth procedures, equipment, PPE, work practices, training, and policies to […]
Today’s Advisor gives you 12 practical survey questions you can use to measure your employees’ engagement with your training. In a BLR webinar entitled “Worker Safety: How To Implement Truly Effective Training That Reduces Injuries, Costs, and Lawsuits,” Michael D. Lawrence of Summit Safety Technologies (www.SafetyProgramNow.com) discussed how businesses can improve their training programs. The […]
