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Strategies to train & outfit inexperienced workers

Coping with the labor shortage

October 1, 2019

At the start of September, the number of open jobs exceeded the number of active jobseekers for the 17th consecutive month—a record for the United States economy.

Humanistic behaviorism: The essence of effective behavior-based safety

E. Scott Geller

October 1, 2019

Weekly news round-up

September 21, 2019

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board reverses a controversial accident investigation report policy, the “five second rule” gets debunked and a safety and health management standard is revised. These were among the top articles featured on ISHN.com this week.

Study finds virtual reality training could improve employee safety

September 17, 2019

A new study suggests employee safety could be improved through use of Virtual Reality (VR) in Health and Safety training, such as fire evacuation drills. The Human Factors Research Group at the University of Nottingham in the U.K. developed an immersive VR system to stimulate participants' perception of temperature, and senses of smell, sight and hearing to explore how they behaved during two health and safety training scenarios.

J. J. Keller Partners with the National Floor Safety Institute to combat workplace falls worldwide

New solutions help employees and supervisors recognize hazards

September 10, 2019

With hundreds of thousands occurring each year, falls are the second leading cause of unintentional death, according to the World Health Organization. To help companies prevent costly falls on the same level, J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. has joined forces with the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) — a world leader in walkway safety standards and practice.

Honeywell, Dupont announce call for nominations

To send firefighters to FDIC advanced training event in 2020

September 6, 2019

20 exceptional firefighters to receive expenses-paid trip to the fire industry’s premier training and networking event and technology showcase.

The Human Side of Safety

Broaden your perspective of injury analysis & prevention

E. Scott Geller

September 4, 2019

You can’t deny the critical role of human dynamics when analyzing contributing factors to a workplace injury, or when developing interventions to prevent injuries and improve occupational safety and health.

Online training helps rural fire departments

August 12, 2019

All firefighters need a Basic Operation Firefighter Certification, but now the Illinois State Fire Marshal is looking to make completing it a little easier. "This is a game-changing opportunity," said Illinois Fire Service Institute Director Royal Mortenson. It’s an opportunity that could very well save your life.

Bringing mental health training to rural communities

August 12, 2019

The Do More Agriculture Foundation (DMA) and Farm Credit Canada (FCC) have announced they are extending and expanding their partnership to bring mental health awareness and training to rural Canada. Under the pilot project, FCC provided $50,000 in funding to facilitate mental health first aid training in 12 communities across Canada.

Online after-school training to come under govt scrutiny

August 12, 2019

China will carry out a comprehensive inspection on all online after-school training institutions and set up records on the institutions, their training content and teacher credentials by the end of this year as part of its oversight of the rapidly expanding industry, the Ministry of Education said. The country has carried out inspections on brick-and-mortar after-school training institutions since early 2018 to cut the excessive workload on primary and middle school students.