A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety alert issued to ground crews following two incidents, one of them fatal, serves as a good reminder for all workers to slow down and be aware of their surroundings. The FAA alert was issued after: While the agency found that neither of these incidents were indications of systemic issues, […]
Sometimes overconfidence and poor training can become a fatal combination in the workplace, as a miner’s death in a January 2023 maintenance-related incident demonstrates. Mine Safety and Health Administration investigators found that the fatal incident was caused in part by a group of miners confident in thinking that they were safely performing maintenance on a […]
On January 24, 2020, an explosion at a spray-coating facility killed two workers and damaged hundreds of nearby buildings. Why did this happen? Investigators found that the workers didn’t receive proper safety training. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) found that the company failed to provide safety training to its employees regarding […]
Is it your company’s slow season? Are workers idly pushing brooms just because the production line is down for routine maintenance? Then it’s the perfect time for safety training. Why, you may ask? Because: most safety training is required by OSHA anyway and must be completed at some point safety training leads to fewer injuries, […]
The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) is holding the winter session of its SafetyFOCUS education experience in February 2023. SafetyFOCUS will take place Feb. 13-17 in Orlando. An online only version will take place Feb. 20-24. The semi-annual education event is meant to help workplace safety and health professionals: acquire and maintain certifications expand […]
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced a new crowdsourcing competition Jan. 10 called the Respirator Fit Evaluation Challenge. This prize challenge, which will consist of multiple phases, offers $350,000 in total prize money “for novel solutions to improve respirator fit testing practices.” The challenge is a joint collaboration between NIOSH, Capital […]
There are five generations represented in today’s workforce, each with their own values and attitudes – and they all need safety training. But why should you take each generation into consideration for your safety training? Making sure everyone is engaged is essential because an engaged environment is a safe environment. Research shows that 70% fewer safety […]
A 2021 natural gas explosion in Texas that killed two workers and injured two others could’ve been prevented if employees had received safety training preparing them for abnormal operating conditions. A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation found that the employees’ lack of proper safety training contributed to the severity of the explosion. No form […]
In-depth emergency safety training may have resulted in the prevention of a minor injury and $2.5 million in damages when a passenger ferry grounded in New York City in June 2021. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found that when a software flaw caused a loss of the ferry’s primary controls, the […]
