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Solis Testifies Before House Subcommittee on FY 2011 DOL Budget
On March 10, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies to highlight the department's fiscal year 2011 budget request and explain why the funding is vital to the nation's ongoing economic recovery...
Is Cal-OSHA Violating Employees’ Constitutional Rights?
All professional staff inside the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health have been directed by Len Welsh, chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the state’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), to report any outside “teaching, presentations and training” performed while working for Cal-OSHA...
How Supervisors Can Promote and Manage Safety in Operations
By understanding two fundamental questions and leading by example, supervisors can encourage their employees to work safely, according to Paul D. Balmert, a consultant with years of experience as a line manager in the chemical industry. In an interview with EHS Today, Balmert discussed managing safety in operations and offered some practical tips for supervisors...
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OSHA Directorate of Training and Education Training Resources
Many OSHA standards have a training component. The OSHA Directorate of Training and Education (DTE) develops, directs, oversees, manages and ensures implementation of OSHA’s national training and education policies and procedures.
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Dresser-Rand selected the Coastal eLearning System because of its total value.
Coastal's ClarityNet solution has provided us with the freedom to create and upload required training quickly and easily - while decreasing training costs, including travel expenses and lost work time. Dresser-Rand will benefit from a cost avoidance of approximately $1 million this year.
E. Scott Geller, Ph.D. shares some thoughts on safety
Dr. Scott Geller answers questions about building a strong safety culture. Have a look and see what he thinks about safety teams, safety incentives, observation and feedback programs and much more. His answer to the question "What do you think of safety incentives?" may surprise you! Click here to see his answers to this and other questions.
Coastal Training Technologies is now offering STOP™ (Safety Training Observation Program), DuPont's premier safety product.
By offering DuPont STOP™, Coastal adds another world-class product to its already impressive training line.
STOP™ uses a three-part instructional design to impart the information, maximize retention and apply learning to the real world.
• In Individual Self-Study, participants learn basic concepts and begin safety skill development.
• In Field or Application Activities, participants turn abstract concepts into concrete realities as they practice what they are learning.
•In Group Meetings, participants watch a video and exchange ideas, comments and feedback about the program.
The STOP™ family of products includes STOP™ For Supervision, STOP™ For Each Other, STOP™ For Ergonomics, STOP™ For Supervision For Oil & Gas and STOP™ For Each Other For Oil & Gas.
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Avoid the perils of aggressive driving behavior!
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In this edition, consultant Jonathan Klane provides some tips on what not to do in your next safety training session; we discuss some of the latest developments in the BP Texas City aftermath; and Dr. Nancy Collop of the American College of Chest Physicians' Sleep Institute details some recommendations for the screening and management of sleep apnea among commercial drivers.
