Tag: safety training

OSHA Offers $21M in Training Grants for Workplace Hazards, Infectious Diseases

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced funding opportunities for more than $21 million in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training grants for nonprofit organizations. The first availability will provide $10 million under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 for Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, including the Coronavirus grants. To be eligible […]

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Safety Training Should Actually Make the Workplace Safer

When we look at the safety training our organizations deliver, we ask if we are compliant. We ask if we are going to get citations. We may even ask if the attendees liked the training. But there is one uncomfortable question that is not asked: Are we wasting everyone’s time?

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Safety Training: Revisiting Your Program

Is your safety training ready for a post-pandemic return to normality? Do you have employees returning to on-site work who need refresher training or new hires who need initial safety training as part of the onboarding process?

Faces of EHS: Rocco Martini Embraces His Role as Both Safety Rookie and Veteran

For Rocco Martini, a career in environment, health, and safety (EHS) was a calling to help others, and his passion for continual learning has led him to follow this calling to ever-higher levels in his work as a safety specialist at Shell Polymers. For our latest “Faces of EHS” profile, we sat down with Rocco […]

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Faces of EHS: Andy Stevenson on the Value of New Experiences

There are those who almost intuitively know what career path they will follow from a young age. Others find their way by getting out in the world and forging their own path, gathering a breadth of experience along the way. In this installment of Faces of EHS, we spoke with Andy Stevenson, an environment, health, […]

Workplace Health and Safety: Choosing the Right Online Training Course

Health and safety are extremely important considerations for organizations. When employees work at an organization for 8 or more hours, it is the organization’s responsibility to take care of them. An employee’s health can be affected by various factors, such as stress, poor hygiene in the workplace, or poor quality of drinking water, not to […]

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Warm Up Your Workers with Portable Heater Safety Training

If you allow workers to use portable heaters in their workspaces, you need to train those workers on how to safely use their heaters. But even if you don’t, providing them with the brief tips in today’s Advisor will let them know you care about their safety on and off the job.