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To ensure learning, one training expert says that you have to “connect, inspire, and ENGAGE” learners. Learn about the six steps of her training model. Trainers need to spend more time thinking about how they’re going to teach than what they are going to teach, says Vicki Halsey, Ph.D. (www.vickyhalsey.com), author of Brilliance by Design: […]
Refresher training on stationary machinery is a good way to remind workers of the risks inherent in this hazardous equipment as well as the precautions they need to take. OSHA requires protective safety features, such as guards, to serve as a barrier between workers and the machine’s feeds, points of operation, and sharp edges. Employees […]
Two recent fatalities highlight the risk of entanglements involving hazardous equipment. No one knows for certain why Michael Smith was trying to go up the down escalator at the Powell Street BART station in San Francisco on April 19, just as no one knows what caused him to fall. But once his hair and clothing […]
Talking about violence in the workplace can be an uncomfortable process. But it is also unavoidable if you want to do all you can to eliminate the threat of violence from your establishment. In a recent BLR webinar, Michael D. Lawrence, principal consultant and founder of the firm Summit Safety Technologies in Long Beach, California, […]
No matter what their job, all industrial employees need to know seven essential things about safely performing their work. 1. Hazards. Employees need to know what could go wrong in their job and injure or make them ill. They need to be able to identify hazards, and they must know the steps they need to […]
If it’s time for an employee safety attitude checkup, you don’t need to send your workers to the doctor. You can make your own diagnosis with a safety attitude survey. Safety is largely about actions. But it’s also about attitude. You can observe actions objectively. But it’s harder to see into employees’ heads and hearts […]
Lockout/tagout accidents are common, and citations are featured on OSHA’s Top 10 Violation list nearly every year. Is your LOTO program designed to prevent accidents and citations? OSHA has cited a Cleveland company for 27 violations, including a willful for failing to report two amputations. The workers were injured while operating mechanical power presses before […]
Three fatality reports from NIOSH illustrate the importance of emphasizing lockout/tagout rules. Reason 1 A 25-year-old worker at a concrete pipe manufacturing facility died from injuries received while cleaning a ribbon-type concrete mixer. The victim’s daily tasks included cleaning out the concrete mixer at the end of the shift. The clean-out procedure was to shut […]
Talking about violence in the workplace can be an uncomfortable process. But it is also unavoidable if you want to do all you can to eliminate the threat of violence from your establishment. Why not approach employee reluctance to talk about violence head-on? Here are seven common expressions of resistance—along with reasons why the discussion […]
Read about a geographically diverse company that’s surmounted the challenge of maintaining a consistent, effective safety and health program. Progress Energy, headquartered in Raleigh, NC, operates coal and gas facilities, plus nuclear, fossil, and hydroelectric plants in geographically dispersed areas. This diversity presents challenges to the company’s safety and health program, says Executive Director of […]