Tag: safety culture

Well-trained employees are safe employees—especially when they are facing a major hazard like accidental equipment start up. Make sure your workers understand and practice lockout/tagout (LO/TO) rules. Preventing LO/TO accidents begins with training three groups of employees: Authorized employees generally include your electricians, maintenance personnel, and some machine operators. These workers are the only ones […]

All new employees need to receive safety training soon after they start the job. Today our Safety Training Tips editor reviews some common types of training and how often you need to train on them. General training needs to include: Emergency information, e.g., two evacuation routes, location of fire extinguishers, first aid kits, and eyewash […]

Asbestos was, and still is, a widely used substance. Today our Safety Training Tips editor provides some tips to help your employees avoid potentially dangerous exposures. Asbestos fibers are tough, flexible, heat- and fire-resistant, and they provide effective insulation and soundproofing. That’s why asbestos may be found in ceiling and floor tiles, insulation materials, in […]

OSHA doesn’t want your confined spaces entrants going in without the knowledge and experience they need for protecting their safety—and neither do you. The best way to keep your entrants safe is to train them well. OSHA’s permit-required confined spaces standard for general industry (29 CFR 1910.146) requires you to train entrants so that they […]

Our Safety Training Tips editor is no fan of summer television repeats, but repeat accidents in the workplace are a much more serious matter. Just consider how much even one accident can affect your workplace by: Lowering morale about employer commitment to safety Creating fear about working in unsafe conditions Adding stress from worrying about […]

September is Farm Safety and Health Month, and our Safety Training Tips editor says that while you may think of farming as peaceful, bucolic work, it is actually one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States. Farm work injuries affect all demographics. Many seniors, women, and teens work on family farms and are […]

If you want to maintain a safe workplace, you can’t stop training, even in a down economy. But you can improve training effectiveness and efficiency to keep costs down so that you get the best ROI for each training dollar you spend. In response to the economic downturn, the American Society for Training and Development […]

Our Safety Training Tips editor says that in order for your safety training to be effective, you need to have clear communication with trainees. That’s an obvious goal, but it may be hard to achieve with workers who speak English as a second language (ESL). However, OSHA says that an employer’s responsibility to provide employees […]