The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presents new challenges in the workplace. Businesses can get ready to respond to the crisis by creating a multi-faceted plan and by being able to adapt to an ever-changing situation in a way that supports the entire organization.
NTT Training helps America maintain a highly safe and proficient skilled workforce. For nearly three decades, NTT has successfully trained over 1,000,000 employees at thousands of companies and government agencies around the world.
The 2012 death of an employee of North American Quarry and Construction Services, LLC has resulted in a $360,000 settlement with the contractor, which has withdrawn its contest of the violations leveled against it by U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. debuts new Walking-Working Surfaces training resources
April 5, 2017
With nearly every U.S. business affected by OSHA’s Walking-Working Surfaces Final Rule, pressure is mounting to train employees on new requirements ahead of the May 17, 2017 deadline.
Ergodyne is proud to announce its partnership with Bosch Power Tools and Simpson Strong-Tie® on the Bosch Power Tour 2017. More specifically, Ergodyne will be lending its industry-leading expertise to a tour that will make 120 stops throughout North America over the course of six months.
Honeywell Fluorine Products in Claymont, Del. recently received a visit from OSHA – but not for having an unsafe workplace.
The company’s management and employees received a Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) plaque and flag from Regional Administrator Richard Mendelson, in recognition of its safety achievements.
To help companies understand and comply with complex government regulations, J. J. Keller will host over 30 complimentary educational events between April and June.
Road workers in Georgia will get some much needed safety training next week, thanks to state-level participation in National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week, April 3-7. The Federal Highway Administration, the state of Georgia, local government organizations and employers are partnering with OSHA to sponsor one-hour events to train road workers on the dangers of distracted drivers, flying debris and other objects and activities that endanger those who toil in highway work zones.
While regulations are being rolled back at the federal level, the state of California is implementing new ones, including a regulation aimed at protecting the state’s health care workers from on-the-job violence that takes effect on April 1, 2017.
With a fatality rate of 25.1 per 100,000 workers compared to 3.8 for all industries, the landscaping industry’s dangers are obvious – even more so when the numbers are broken down by tasks: landscaping/groundskeeping workers (10.1 per 100,000 workers), pesticide handlers (15.4) and tree trimmer/pruners (an astounding 179.9).