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Electrical contractor reaches 1-million hours without an injury

September 12, 2018

An electrical contractor recently celebrated reaching the milestone of one-million safe working hours. Wayland, Michigan-based Windemuller said in August, 2018 it hit the mark without any recordable OSHA injuries as of July. The company’s streak started in May 2016.

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Safety directions need to be explicit

Your words really matter

Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.

August 3, 2018

With more experience traveling the real world seeing safety programs in action (or inaction) I realized that words matter. They not only communicate, but they can shape the very approach you take to your safety programming. They can get you stuck or they can liberate your safety culture.

A NIOSH Science Blog post

The Powerhouse: Students’ contributions towards expanding and improving occupational safety and health content in Wikipedia

Thais Morata PhD John P. Sadowski Max Lum Tania Carreón-Valencia Diana Ceballos Mary Beth Genter Emily Wakefield Deanna Meinke

August 1, 2018

The history and motivation behind the efforts NIOSH is putting into expanding and improving occupational safety and health in Wikipedia was discussed in earlier NIOSH Science Blogs (May 19,2015 and July 25, 2018) and thru the NIOSH January 2017 eNews.

Add fun & creativity to your training program

Stop preaching & lecturing

M.B. Sutherland

July 24, 2018

Standard teaching techniques apply to all types of learning. But safety training exists on a level of its own given the life and death stakes involved. While safety professionals need to find teaching ideas that work, many find themselves falling back on the same tired slide presentations.

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It’s not a matter of training, training & more training

Safety’s learning moment

July 23, 2018

Safety training has been around forever. There are also safety orientations, safety coaching, safety mentoring, safety education, safety feedback. These staples of safety programs have one thing in common: showing employees how to recognize risks, know the rules, and avoid injury or illness.

New forklift training from J. J. Keller helps companies satisfy OSHA requirements, prevent injuries

July 10, 2018

Though widespread throughout industry, forklifts are four tons of rolling steel that can cause serious injury or even death when not maintained and used properly. In fact, forklifts and similar powered industrial trucks resulted in 11,000 injuries involving days away from work in 2016 (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

What you need to know about micro-learning

Transforming Safety training

Don Leonard

July 9, 2018

Micro-learning has the potential to transform the way companies do their safety and regulatory compliance training -- and save hundreds-of-thousands, even millions of dollars in the process.

ISHN’s Guide to Leading Edge Training Resources

ISHN’s Guide to Breakthrough Training Resources

Online, mobile, micro-learning, podcasts and more

July 1, 2018

Training companies include cloud-based training, eLearning, streaming video, and much more. To keep the focus on specialized training companies and associations, we did not include college-degree programs offered by universities.

From Safety 2018

15-minute training sessions

Benita Mehta

June 3, 2018

Flash sessions began Sunday afternoon at Safety 2018. These quick, 15-minute presentations are meant to grab attendees’ attention as they browse the expo floor. They’re held in different booths, whose companies have sponsored the sessions.