Safety professionals rely on regular, routine training to help keep workers safe from hazards they face on the job. But training only on the normal, everyday hazards isn’t enough. As a safety professional, how can you possibly prepare employees for hazards that may occur outside of their regular training? The answer is actually simple: training. […]
A new safety training app from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) focuses on the 2005 BP Texas City explosion and fire and how it relates to OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) standard. The PSM standard outlines requirements for managing hazards associated with hazardous chemicals and the training app covers all 14 […]
A North Carolina city’s reliance on warning stickers rather than safety policies for its sanitation crews contributed to the death of a worker who was struck by a sanitation truck, according to an investigation report. The city had an extensive safety program, but it failed to have a written policy for sanitation workers riding on […]
Just having a safety procedure in place is not enough. Procedures have to be followed to be effective and failing to do so can result in fatal consequences, as a recent Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) investigation illustrates. MSHA investigators were called to the Freeport-McMoRan Morenci mine in Greenlee County, Arizona, on Sept. 15, […]
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) […]
