Workplace Training Strategies - Articles - Page 105

Follow the Plan-Do-Study-Act process for safety improvement

Managing & mitigating risk

March 14, 2017

Cutting your food at dinner, driving to the store to get milk, walking through puddles on the floor from your shower, and navigating around a dog toy at 2 a.m. have all caused someone varying degrees of pain at some point.

When the stress beast is a risk

Overwhelmed and unnerved workers need your help

Mary Padron

March 9, 2017

It is a universal truth that almost everyone has experienced stress in their lives. The stress beast can dig its claws into people at work, at home, in their social lives and in their relationships, or while watching headline news about the latest terrorist attack.

Make your confined space training healthy & robust

Demonstrate classroom learning in the field

Chris Irwin

March 7, 2017

When it comes to confined space training, most workers who participate in entry teams have likely been through a class where they have been taught their specific roles and responsibilities under the General Industry 1910.146 or Construction 1926.1200 regulations.

Follow the Plan-Do-Study-Act process for safety improvement

Managing & mitigating risk

Tara Bachy

March 1, 2017

Cutting your food at dinner, driving to the store to get milk, walking through puddles on the floor from your shower, and navigating around a dog toy at 2 a.m. have all caused someone varying degrees of pain at some point.

How experienced workers underestimate risk

Dr. John Kello

March 1, 2017

One of the real head-scratchers in the realm of workplace safety is the reality that such a large percentage of accidents, especially serious ones, happen to experienced workers.

Reducing serious injuries and fatalities

You must advance from the reactive OSHA approach

Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP

March 1, 2017

Recently one of our potential customers asked this question: For a firm that has a DART rate of 0.5, and would like to get to a DART rate of 0.2, to help make the compelling case for change, what is the likelihood that you’re more likely to experience an SIF event having a DART rate of 0.5, thus the need for change?

MSHA to award $1M in mine safety training grants

‘Brookwood-Sago’ grants honor 25 fallen Alabama, West Virginia miners

February 22, 2017

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced the availability of up to $1 million in grants for education and training programs to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around the nation’s mines.

Airport traffic enforcement employees complain of lack of safety training

February 21, 2017

Airport traffic enforcement employees at the Palm Springs (CA) International Airport are concerned because they haven’t received training in handling emergencies or disasters. Take, for example, workplace violence. A gunman opened fire in the baggage claim area of Fort Lauderdale International Airport, leaving five people dead.

“Upskill” training is essential for fast-changing job roles

February 21, 2017

There are many things about the workplace that we think are current but are, in fact, already grossly outdated. Gone are the days when decisions were bellowed from the top of the ladder, subjecting those of us languishing on the lower rungs to simply accept whatever a superior inflicts upon us.

A better metric for the value of a worker training program

February 21, 2017

The United States has thousands of workforce development and training programs, run by the public, social, and private sectors. Some are excellent; others, not so much. The problem is that we don’t know which are which.