How we learn is as important as what we learn. Some recent research may provide a method to help workers remember their safety training. [Read more…]
Does some safety training send the wrong message?
May 22, 2014 Comments (1)
Federal officials have had some harsh words for General Motors following the company’s settlement of a safety recall. Some of those harsh words have to do with what GM told its employees about safety communication. [Read more…]
Exclusive SNA poll: Top challenges for safety managers
February 25, 2014 Comments (1)
We sent a survey to a national sample of safety managers asking them what their biggest challenge is. Was it employees, senior management or safety training? [Read more…]
Does training help workers identify ergonomic risks?
January 27, 2014 Comments (0)
Many companies provide ergonomics training to employees to help them identify risk factors for injuries. Until recently, there had only been one study on the effectiveness of this type of safety training. [Read more…]
How do you make sure non-English speakers understand safety training?
December 16, 2013 3 Comments
Periodically, we ask safety pros how they’d handle a difficult situation at work. Today’s issue: An injury has a safety manager wondering whether non-English speaking employees understand the translations being provided for safety training. [Read more…]
How do you freshen safety training when you don’t have a lot of time?
December 6, 2013 Comments (1)
Periodically, we ask safety pros how they’d handle a difficult situation at work. Today’s issue: A safety manager has to do mandatory training, but he’s bogged down with work. [Read more…]
OSHA fines company $550K after worker trapped up to chest in soybeans
October 10, 2011 Comments (1)
OSHA has ordered a farmer-owned cooperative to increase safety training for grain bin employees and pay a $550,000 fine. [Read more…]
Are safety programs measuring the wrong things?
August 29, 2011 Comments (0)
A new report suggests that at best, companies are only getting half the job done when it comes to measuring their employees’ safety. [Read more…]
Most of penalty goes to victim’s family, not OSHA
August 11, 2011 5 Comments
Should the federal government use a plea agreement reached in connection with a Colorado worker’s death as a template for similar cases involving fatalities? [Read more…]
Company faces criminal charges in teen worker’s death
July 28, 2011 Comments (0)
A Colorado grain elevator company is scheduled to plead guilty and be sentenced Aug. 5 in connection with the death of a 17-year-old worker who was buried alive in a grain bin in 2009. [Read more…]
