Category: Training

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 […]

Yesterday, we reviewed the facts of a lawsuit in which an employee charged his employer with negligence due to failure to provide adequate safety training. Today, we reveal the court’s ruling. In the case of Freitick v. SMS Rail Lines, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania had to determine whether the […]

Failure to adequately train employees concerning job safety is a serious omission that can get an employer into a lot of trouble. Here’s a lawsuit that makes the point. A worker, who was not wearing work gloves when he was injured, sued his employer, claiming that the employer did not instruct him that wearing leather […]

If you have commercial truck drivers, make sure they know the rules regarding alcohol and drug use and testing. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) works to improve safety in commercial trucking. Regulations from FMCSA apply to safety-sensitive employees who operate commercial motor vehicles requiring a commercial driver’s license. Examples […]

Keeping track of cholesterol can be confusing—but it’s crucial enough to your workers’ health to be worth the effort. September is National Cholesterol Education Month, which makes it a good time to slip a bit of wellness training into your usual schedule of safety training. Helping workers learn how to monitor their cholesterol can help […]

If you’ve got respiratory hazards in your workplace, your workers should know about spirometry testing, which helps reduce or prevent worker exposure to respiratory hazards. What is spirometry? Spirometry is a common pulmonary function test that measures how well a person moves air in and out of the lungs. Workers who inhale some types of […]

Because most workplace emergencies happen with little or no warning, you need to ensure that workers know in advance what they should and should not do in case of an emergency. They may not have time during an emergency to read the company policy for the particular emergency they are facing. Late summer can bring […]

It’s a new world of communication these days, and to keep your training current, you need to find ways to use new social media technologies in your training program. In fact, social media tools can help promote retention of training content, according to Thomas Stone, product design architect with Element K®. As the use of […]

If you haven’t considered partnering with a local educational institution like a community college to meet specialized safety training needs, you might reconsider when you hear about the benefits. One of the major benefits of partnering with a community college is that these institutions have the ability to customize training to meet an employer’s specific […]

Train your trainers to deliver training that engages, captivates, and stays with employees when the session is over and they’re back on the job. So you’ve got great content for your training session, but how’s your delivery? Bob Pike, a well-known motivational speaker in the training profession, recommends 7 strategies for designing and delivering training […]