Are You Providing Cold Weather Training to Avoid Winter Woes in Your Workplace?
Today’s Advisor reports on the costs and consequences of winter-related accidents in the workplace—and what steps you can take to avoid winter woes at work.
Tag: Workplace Safety
Strike Up Your Struck-By Safety Training with These 8 Tips
A regional emphasis program (REP) for Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska is under way and will continue until at least September 2015. What are the primary causes of vehicle struck-by accidents, and how can you prevent them at your site? In the past 5 years, 15 percent of all workplace fatalities investigated by OSHA’s Kansas […]
Warm Up Your Training This Winter
Space heaters are a quick way to heat things up in a drafty office or workspace, but they can increase the risks of fire and electric shock if not used properly. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does not specifically prohibit use of portable electric heaters, but the safety agency does require that any […]
Use These Budget-Friendly Resources to Get the Biggest Return on Your Training Bucks
To recap: Safety training is one of those areas where shaving service or quality can have a seriously negative impact. For one thing, training your workers is your duty under the law. What’s more, not keeping up with a regular safety training schedule exposes your employees to risk without giving them the tools they need […]
Are You Getting the Biggest Return for Your Training Bucks?
Safety training is one of those areas where shaving service or quality can have a seriously negative impact. For one thing, training your workers is your duty under the law. And whether you’re regulated by OSHA, MSHA, DOT, EPA, or state and local entities, the results of noncompliance can be significant. What’s more, not […]
Train Employees to Boost Their Productivity—Despite These Top 10 Technology Distractions!
Technology creates many efficiencies, but it can also lead to wasted time. In fact, half of the top 10 productivity killers at work involve technology, CareerBuilder found in a recent survey. The top 10 list includes: Cell phone/texting (cited by 50 percent of employers), Gossip (42 percent), The Internet (39 percent), Social media (38 percent), […]
Do Your Employees Know These 4 Techniques for Mindfully Expanding Productivity?
“Mindfulness isn’t anything that we think; it’s what we don’t think,” says Dr. Stephen McKenzie. “It is an ancient and natural life-enhancing and healing technique that can help us remember our natural state of happiness and health, even if we think we are too modern and too busy to prioritize what’s really important.” Dr. McKenzie, […]
Ongoing Training on Job Descriptions Keeps Employees Engaged
Ongoing training about job descriptions is “essential, since no job remains exactly the same from year to year,” say Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, business, marketing, and corporate training experts and coauthors of The Entrepreneurial Culture: 23 Ways to Engage and Empower Your People. In fact, since “job descriptions are typically out of date […]
Top 10 OSHA citations of 2014
by John E. Hall The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) most-violated standards for fiscal year (FY) 2014 were recently announced at the National Safety Council Congress and Expo in San Diego, California. Once again, there were few surprises. Employers would be wise to assess their efforts to comply with the 10 identified standards. In […]
Give New Hires the Right Safety Training Message
A new employee’s first few days on the job are a crucial time for conveying essential safety information and establishing a proper orientation to workplace safety. During that time, someone—either your safety staff, the new employee’s supervisor, or an experienced employee appointed by the supervisor—must: Reinforce the message about the organization’s commitment to safety. […]