As the safety coordinator of Uline’s Chicago-based distribution warehouse, Scott Barthuly takes employee emergency training very seriously.
Every other year, all first responders on staff in the large shipping and industrial supplies distributor for the Midwest receive training in First Aid, CPR and AED use. The training for the 80 employees is then followed up with two types of refreshers. In one, all employees are notified in advance when the refresher will be held and what skills it will burnish. In the other, the trainers spring an unannounced faux “emergency” on the staff.