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Worker dies in NC zoo during safety drill

July 23, 2019

A worker participating in an “aerial rescue drill” at the North Carolina Zoo died last week in a fall. News reports say 38-year-old Branson Joe Langley was killed when he fell 20-30 feet from a tree. The drill involved two arborists – one playing the role of a person trapped in a tree and the other performing a rescue.

NJ med center loses appeal over OSHA citations

July 19, 2019

The 2016 case of a worker killed by an electric shock while repairing a ceiling light fixture came to a close recently, with an administrative law judge affirming OSHA citations issued to the man’s employer. The fatality involved a worker who was untrained in electrical safety work practices. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) judge ruled that Jersey City Medical Center willfully failed to train the employee for the hazardous electrical work he was directed to perform.

OSHA grantees offer online training programs on fall prevention

July 18, 2019

Two Susan Harwood Training Grant Program recipients have developed free training programs to help protect construction workers from fall hazards. The University of Tennessee training program offers three modules on OSHA's role in workplace safety, health and safety standards affecting construction workers, and preventing common types of falls at construction sites.

From NIOSH:

Curriculum improves adolescents’ workplace safety knowledge, attitudes, and intention to engage in safety activities

July 18, 2019

U.S. adolescents (< 18 years) experience a higher rate of job-related injuries compared with adults. Safety education is considered critical to the prevention of these incidents. To prepare middle- and high-school students for safe and healthy employment, NIOSH and its partners developed a free curriculum, Youth@Work—Talking Safety, built on a theoretical framework of foundational workplace safety and health competencies that are fundamental to all jobs.

Protecting workers at height from gravity’s pull is never-ending

Formal training is not enough

Pat Furr

July 18, 2019

Gravity doesn’t need to go to school. She is a master at pulling all objects toward the center of our blue planet and has been doing so since the dawn of time. So, yep, she is the grand master. Whereas we mere mortals are still learning how to counter her effects.

Oregon OSHA offers employers new online fall protection training

July 17, 2019

Oregon OSHA has launched a free online course to help employers and workers across the state meet the agency’s requirements to eliminate fall hazards, prevent falls, and ensure that workers who do fall do not die. The two-hour course, “Fundamentals of Fall Protection,” includes six parts with 28 videos and is designed to supplement employers’ fall protection training programs.

Online, mobile, micro-learning, podcasts and more

ISHN’s Guide to Breakthrough training resources

July 17, 2019

Training companies include cloud-based training, eLearning, streaming video, classroom lectures, blended learning, behavioral observation training, coaching, comprehensive training processes for teams and workforce materials.

VelocityEHS’ Humantech announces its fall ergonomics seminar schedule

July 9, 2019

VelocityEHS, the global leader in cloud-based environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability solutions, is excited to announce that its Humantech office is hosting Industrial Ergonomics, a two-day public seminar held on September 18-19 and November 6-7 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Convergence Training / RedVector launches 3D driver safety training to help motorists identify and avoid hazards

Convergence Training / RedVector will seek to help commercial vehicle operators and the general public stay safe on the roads with 3D driver safety video courses

July 9, 2019

Convergence Training / RedVector, a Vector Solutions brand and award-winning producer of online safety training and learning management tools with a specialization in delivering 3D modeling and course animation, has released 13 new driver safety courses to inform employees about driving hazards and train them in safe driving techniques.

increase self-motivated employee behavior

How can we increase self-motivated behavior?

When no one is watching

E. Scott Geller

June 25, 2019

We do what we do to obtain, avoid, or escape certain consequences. Consequences we work to obtain are termed "positive reinforcers." Consequences we attempt to avoid are "negative reinforcers."