Battling Complacency Meeting Kit
COMPLACENCY DEFINITION Dictionary.com defines it as, “a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like”. The definition provided by Dictionary.com applies more to a less-experienced worker who is not trained to recognize hazards or an experienced worker who is totally unaware of a hazard in their area at a given moment. Many of the workers who are in fact complacent with the hazards of a task are experienced and are well aware that they exist. The workers are not unaware of the risk, but are more likely to accept the risks [...]
Re-Opening Food Services
How Re-Opening Will Happen Post-COVID-19 In part of reducing infection spread, governments are expecting businesses to take certain precautions as they begin to re-open. Governments want to speed up the pace of economic, educational, and community recovery while also protecting public health. As you come to understand best re-opening practices, it is important to keep in mind the following goals in re-opening. SAFETY FIRST: re-opening will be done safety and securely to protect vulnerable residents, continue physical distancing, and provide clear rules for businesses deemed safe to re-open. SCIENCE-DRIVEN: re-opening will rely on scientifically validated public health interventions. Testing, tracing, field studies, [...]
You Can Cut Costs With Safety
As you may know, SafetyNow started its life as Safe Foreman in 1919. Occasionally I like to sort through some of the old periodicals to find out what OHS was like in the past. Here is a great article from May 1963 about the cost savings of a well-rounded safety program; keep in mind this was the same month and year that Peter, Paul and Mary had a hit with "Puff the Magic Dragon", there was unrest in Birmingham Alabama when officials turned hoses on dogs and children during a protest (a turning point in the civil rights movement), and [...]
Re-Opening Hospitality
How Re-Opening Will Happen Post-COVID-19 In part of reducing infection spread, governments are expecting businesses to take certain precautions as they begin to re-open. Governments want to speed up the pace of economic, educational, and community recovery while also protecting public health. As you come to understand best re-opening practices, it is important to keep in mind the following goals in re-opening. SAFETY FIRST: re-opening will be done safety and securely to protect vulnerable residents, continue physical distancing, and provide clear rules for businesses deemed safe to re-open. SCIENCE-DRIVEN: re-opening will rely on scientifically validated public health interventions. Testing, tracing, field studies, [...]
James Bond, He Is Not
I grew up, like most males my age, watching Connery and Moore on the big screen as the ladies swooned and Britain's best secret agent used trickery, gadgets, and machismo seduction (if not harassment and assault) to save the world from the likes of SPECTRE or some other megalomaniacal billionaire with ambitions of space or using the media to misinform and bring down governments. (Of course the similarities to today's reality are not lost on me.) There was, and a case can be made for "is," nobody cooler than James Bond. The fanboy in me is excited for the latest [...]
Re-Opening Retail
How Re-Opening Will Happen Post-COVID-19 In part of reducing infection spread, governments are expecting businesses to take certain precautions as they begin to re-open. Governments want to speed up the pace of economic, educational, and community recovery while also protecting public health. As you come to understand best re-opening practices, it is important to keep in mind the following goals in re-opening. SAFETY FIRST: re-opening will be done safety and securely to protect vulnerable residents, continue physical distancing, and provide clear rules for businesses deemed safe to re-open. SCIENCE-DRIVEN: re-opening will rely on scientifically validated public health interventions. Testing, tracing, field studies, [...]
June is National Safety Month
Workplaces are becoming less safe! Workplace fatalities and injuries are up an average of 10% year over year across North America, and occupational injuries happen most often in the summer. This June, in honor of National Safety Month, we’re showing you the ways you can help your employees stay safe this season. For many people, summer brings carefree days of outdoor fun. But for workers, summer may also mean a higher risk of on-the-job injuries. And for employers, that means lost productivity and a seasonal spike in workers’ compensation claims. That’s definitely no one’s idea of fun. Summer should be a time [...]
What is Micro-Learning & Why It Works
“Microlearning is a way of teaching and delivering content to learners in small, very specific bursts. The learners are in control of what and when they’re learning.” - eLearning Industry The concept of delivering bite-size learning and following up with reinforcement activities has been around for a very long time. Micro-learning is a modern approach to delivering learning materials in small, bite-sized portions that target specific topics. The conciseness of these materials makes it easier to digest. Microlearning is performed in short time bursts. It requires little effort from individual sessions. It involves simple and/or narrow topics. Also, the industry [...]
8 Reasons Why Refresher Training Is a Good Idea
Refresher training helps keep important knowledge fresh and current. Whether your a student or a teacher, one thing we all know for personal experience is that knowledge fades over time. Our brains are very efficient at dumping information we don’t need, and the best way we have of showing our brain that that information is still useful is by using it. It’s a classic case of “use it or lose it.” What this means for learning is that most of us need a review of important concepts from time to time. And this is where refresher courses come into play. [...]
Close Calls are Wake-Up Calls
Hand Out PowerPoint Quiz Safety Talk What’s at Stake? Consider this scenario… nobody was injured and there was no property damage involving an incident in the workplace. Why should this kind of “incident” be relevant? Call these incidents in question close calls or near misses. What's the Danger? Why talk about incidents that didn't happen? The following example might make it a little easier to understand by bringing a close call incident a little closer to home. Example Your neighbor's son runs into your house in a panic because he has just come within a few inches of running over [...]
A Messy Workplace is Never Safe
Download Instructor-Led Material Hand Out PowerPoint Quiz Safety Talk What’s at Stake? What does housekeeping have to do with safety? Lots! A clean and orderly workplace is essential to avoid falls, fires and many other kinds of accidents and injuries. What’s the Danger? Whether it's an office, warehouse, workshop or construction site, there are serious reasons for not trying to function in a messy work environment. Here are some examples: Injury or death resulting from a trip or fall. Injury or death after being struck by an out-of-place object. Injury or death in a fire caused by improper storage or [...]
Sexual Harassment: Understanding Unwelcome and Unwanted Behavior
Download Instructor-Led Material Hand Out PowerPoint Quiz Safety Talk What’s at Stake? It is not uncommon to hear employees say things like this, “We can’t even give someone a compliment around here without being accused of sexual harassment.” Or, “I was just joking, she’s way too sensitive. There’s no way that was harassment.” No doubt you have several other phrases you could add to the list. But it’s not that hard to understand what is and what is not considered sexual harassment when you look at in terms of a behavior being unwelcome and unwanted. What You Should Know Supervisors [...]
