Improving safety often means changing worker behavior. And to do that successfully, there’s one question every supervisor should ask before a training session: “What do I want this safety training session to change?” Why? Because it sets up a goal for the session. Having a clear, targeted goal for each session will improve your safety […]
For safety professionals in the mining industry, or for those with a creative bent looking for a new idea to help spread safety information, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) developed safety pocket cards. MSHA designed these cards in a format that’s “easily printed, carried and shared” with Best Practice (BP) cards that […]
A ship crew’s successful efforts to stop an engine fire from spreading throughout the vessel was the result of realistic scenario-based training, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). An investigation into an April 28, 2021, fire aboard the containership President Eisenhower demonstrates the importance of such training, the NTSB states in its report […]
You hear it all the time: “Why do we have to do this safety training? I’ve done this job for years. I know how to be safe.” Sometimes workers, and even management, see regular safety training as a waste of time, but safety pros know better. Those who complain don’t understand that: there’s value in […]
A Feb. 7, 2019, fatal railyard incident in Baltimore shows why it’s important to make sure procedures and training materials are clear and consistent. The incident occurred when a Norfolk Southern Corporation railroad conductor was killed when he became pinned between two railcars while performing switching operations. Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) […]
One of the many lessons safety pros learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is the value of good online safety training. The ability to keep essential workers up to date on safety requirements while social distancing or remaining completely remote proved to be an invaluable tool. Pandemic forces creativity “On March 11, 2020, we were working […]
Many safety pros had been using online training for several years. It’s easier, cheaper, and when it’s live there’s instant feedback. But the COVID-19 pandemic forced many employers into using online safety training that hadn’t done so previously. The negatives became apparent, too: If it’s prerecorded its not as engaging as being face-to-face. There are […]
If the employees under your watch ever ask why they need to wear a high visibility vest this recent OSHA citation may help drive your point home. Workers Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez died when a dump truck struck them both, pushing them into a nine-foot deep trench at a sewer […]
The Texas Department of Insurance has collected a large list of links to safety videos from a variety of different government, educational and safety organizations. The videos cover everything from agricultural safety to young worker safety and hundreds of other topics in between. The first page of results alone covers: batteries chemicals ergonomics pallet jacks, […]
