Why You Should Be Embracing Online Safety Training
eLearning courses can exist in a variety of forms, using a range of technologies. Commonly used in organizations like schools and corporations, eLearning can help learners complete education and training objectives with greater ease and flexibility than traditional classroom-based learning. eLearning courses can use a variety of techniques, including audio and video recordings, presentations, quizzes, surveys, games, and more. eLearning courses can be published online through a learning management system (LMS). An LMS allowsfor course creators to streamline eLearning content into one easy-to-access location. An LMS that is SCORM-compliant (shareable content object reference model) allows for easy integration of content [...]
Shifting Into Night Shift Safely
In many industries, falling asleep on the job for even 30 seconds can cause a serious mistake. Yet studies show that 30 to 50% of night shift workers report falling asleep at least once a week while on the job. Sleep issues affect truck and bus drivers, airline pilots, factory workers, police, emergency workers, healthcare providers, hotel employees and anyone else on night or changing shifts. The body has high and low points every 24-hour period. Body and brain functions slow down during the nighttime and early morning in a pattern known as circadian rhythms. Working while the body is [...]
Remind Workers to Pay Attention Around Flammables
If your workplace includes the use or handling of flammable substances, workers need special training to recognize and avoid the hazards that go along with them. Three main reasons to pay attention are that work areas contain flammable liquids like fuels, solvents and cleaning chemicals that can explode and burst into flames if something causes them to ignite, the things your workers do while working with or near flammable liquids can ignite fires and explosions and although you’ve taken steps to protect your workers—like installing ventilation and storing flammables in specially designed containers—workers also need to do their part by [...]
You Can’t Delegate Compliance with Environmental Laws to Your Workers
Many aspects of a company’s operations must comply with environmental laws. And naturally, most of these operations are carried out by workers. Company officials and supervisors oversee these operations, of course. But they can’t be everywhere at once. So what happens if a worker deliberately violates an environmental law? Don’t assume that the company is off the hook. Although workers can be liable for deliberate violations they commit, the responsibility for ensuring compliance with the law ultimately falls on the company. Getting workers to obey company policies is obviously critical to a company’s compliance efforts. But there’s more to environmental [...]
Checklist for Anti-Harassment Policy
An anti-harassment policy is a key component of a complete harassment prevention effort. Check the box below if your anti-harassment policy contains the following elements: An unequivocal statement that harassment based on any protected characteristic will not be tolerated An easy-to-understand description of prohibited conduct, including examples A description of a reporting system - available to employees who experience harassment as well as those who observe harassment - that provides multiple avenues to report, in a manner easily accessible to employees A statement that the reporting system will provide a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation A statement that the identity [...]
Workplace Stress – Getting Management to Take It Seriously
Getting Management to Take It Seriously Work-related stress has been around for as long as workplaces themselves. But recognition of stress as an occupational hazard is a product of modern times. Unfortunately, not all companies have gotten the message. That leaves it to safety directors and supervisors to persuade management that stress really is a problem to take seriously. The best way to do that is to relate the problem to dollars. Here’s how to educate your company’s “bigs” to the dangers of workplace stress and gain their support for programs to combat it. There’s also a Model Worksheet below [...]
How to Train Your Accident Investigators
Accidents are bound to happen no matter how hard you try to prevent them. Investigating those accidents and using the results to identify root causes and corrective action is key to an effective safety program. But if your safety program is like so many others, you probably don’t have anybody trained to perform these functions properly. Our organization stresses accident investigation training. We provide a one-day training program to our accident investigators, customizing the material to each facility. Here’s how it works and how to adapt the approach to your own organization. Why Is Training Necessary? You might think you [...]
Seven Steps to Implement Better Safety Training
How to Get the Best Returns From Your Safety Training Program. In addtion to their social costs, workplace injuries and illnessed have a major impact on an employer's bottom line. Its estimated that collectively employers pay almost $1 billion per week for direct workers' compensation costs alone. Safety training isn’t usually an employee’s favorite thing to do. In fact, employees might rather get a root canal than sit through one more hour-long lecture that is a repeat of the week/month/year before; or read yet another training manual that’s packed with technical jargon, old policies & procedures, and pictures with 80s [...]
Sweating and Job Hazards
Most people wouldn’t consider sweating to be an occupational hazard, but there are some serious safety and health issues involved with this natural process, which allows the human body to cool itself. Let’s look at some of the potential job hazards associated with sweating, and what workers can do to minimize those risks. Heat stress: When people exert themselves physically, they tend to start sweating, and this is particularly true if workers are toiling in hot and humid conditions. If people are not continually drinking water and taking periodic rest breaks in the shade, they can develop serious heat illness. [...]
Employee & Manager HR Course Catalogue
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General Safe Work Practices for Portable Powered Tools
Your company should have some established safe work practices for the safe use of portable powered tools based on your jurisdiction’s requirements. Safe work practices should address the following issues: Disconnection of Tools All tools should be disconnected when they’re not being used, during servicing and for repairs and maintenance like changing blades or tips. Most power tools are what are called “cord and plug” meaning they can be completely de-energized by unplugging them from the outlet. So, while you don’t need a LOTO program for this, you do need to ensure that the person working on the tool keeps [...]
How to Save Money on Workers’ Compensation
How to reduce your risks, liabilities and costs while still keeping employees safe. Responsible business owners want their employees to be happy, healthy, and safe on the job. However, we are all aware that accidents can sometimes occur. Workplace injuries and illnesses are costly. If you own a small business and have two or more employees, by law your business may have to carry Workers’ Compensation Insurance (It’s worth mentioning that in some states workers’ comp is mandatory and in others, it is not). In addition to their social costs, workplace injuries have a major impact on an employer's bottom [...]
