Put Your Finger on Hand Hazards in the Workplace
Here’s a handy checklist to help you identify and control hand hazards in your workplace.
Tag: safety training
Help Workers Make the Connection Between Housekeeping and Their Health and Safety
Is your workplace a mess? If so, it’s time to get employees to clean up their act, for the sake of their safety and health. A messy workplace is more than just unsightly. It has the potential to create hazards, including: Fire! Paper garbage, wood shavings, combustible dusts, rags soaked with flammable chemicals—if not disposed […]
Defensive Driving Tips for Your Employees
Your defensive driving program should stress how to avoid collisions and how to drive safely in the dark. Collisions are a major cause of injury and death in traffic accidents. The main types of collisions are: Head-on collisions Hit from behind Hitting the driver in front Side collisions Two-car collisions are among the most common […]
Electrical Safety Training Requirements for Each Employee Group
May is National Electrical Safety Training Month, which makes it a good time to review your electrical safety training program. Today’s Advisor gives you a refresher on the requirements for each employee group. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) delineates the different types of employees who work with or around electricity and what their […]
OSHA’s Position on Temps and Safety
Yesterday, we provided tips for keeping temporary employees safe. Today, we look at OSHA’s view on host employer vs. temp agency responsibility for the safety of temps. “Host employers need to treat temporary workers as they treat existing employees,” says OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels. “Temporary staffing agencies and host employers share control over the […]
5 Tips for Keeping Temporary Employees Safe
Temporary workers offer many advantages, enabling employers to identify promising workers before offering them permanent positions and alleviating short-term staffing shortages—but they can also pose a significant safety risk.
How Do You Train Employees to Stay Focused on Safety When Their Work Becomes Routine?
It’s well known that workers who perform the same tasks day after day tend to lose focus on the hazards because the work becomes routine. In today’s Advisor, Marc Gomez has some innovative ideas about how to turn that around by training employees to become more conscious about the attendant risks of what they’re doing. […]
Are Your Employees On Board with PPE Requirements?
Here’s one employer that takes personal protective equipment (PPE) very seriously and does everything possible to encourage employees to do likewise. CSX is one of the nation’s leading transportation suppliers. Its transportation network encompasses about 21,000 miles of track in 23 states, the District of Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec. Barry Morton is the former head […]
Flammable Liquids Safety Training: Who and What
When flammable liquids are involved, the risks are high, and everyone needs to be trained to follow required safety procedures. According to the hazard communication standard (29 CFR 1910.1200), you must train employees who are or may be exposed to flammable liquids to work safely with these substances. Supervisors should also be trained to maintain […]
Can Hand Gestures Help Your Training? As Long as They’re Appropriate!
During classroom training, trainers need to be as engaging as possible and that involves moving in a dynamic way, including hand gestures. But in today’s Advisor, we hear from an expert on how to ensure that your hand gestures are enhancing—and not distracting—from your safety message. Hand gestures can build trainers’ credibility during training—or damage […]