NIEHS to Fund $36 Million in Worker Safety Training, Efforts to Reduce Hazard Exposure during Disaster Response
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is awarding $36 million in grants to 20 organizations that develop safety and health training for workers involved in hazardous waste operations and transportation, environmental restoration of contaminated facilities and chemical emergency response. These training programs can receive annual funding for up to 5 years...
GAO Report Calls for Improvements in OSHA’s Whistleblower Program
On Sept. 16, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report detailing weaknesses in OSHA’s whistleblower program and recommended several actions to improve the program’s effectiveness and efficiency...
OSHA Awards $8 million in Safety and Health Training Grants
OSHA recently awarded $8 million in Susan Harwood Capacity Building Grants to 45 organizations, including nonprofit and community/faith-based groups, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations and colleges and universities. The grants will assist these organizations in providing safety and health training and educational programs for workers and employers...
NSU Receives $1.6 Million Grant to Train Oil Rig Workers to Prepare for Spills
Nova Southeastern University (NSU) recently received a $1.6 million federal grant to help train oil industry workers and others in related industries to better prepare for and respond to oil spills and hazardous materials events...
Employee Training Top Concern for HR Managers
It’s back-to-school time, but teachers aren’t the only ones with lesson plans on their minds this fall. Human resources (HR) departments also are focused on continuing education for workers, suggests a new OfficeTeam survey...
Occupational Safety and Health: United by Best Practices (and Lots of Acronyms)
An affinity for acronyms may not be a prerequisite for a career as a safety and health professional – but it helps. Our day-to-day responsibilities require us to know dozens of abbreviations. And though we share the same fundamental mission – keeping employees safe, healthy and on the job – we use a surprising range of different phrases and acronyms to describe our job titles, departments, programs and even the industry itself...
Workplace Safety Training Protects Workers and the Bottom Line
Who is responsible for safety on the jobsite – the employer, the government, the safety director, the worker or all of the above...
OSHA Warns Gulf Coast Employers Against Withholding HAZWOPER Certificates
OSHA has received numerous complaints from workers taking part in the Gulf Coast oil spill cleanup whose employers are refusing to provide them with a certificate following their completion of training under the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, or HAZWOPER, standard...
OSHA Puts Grain Handling Operators on Notice; Fines Wisconsin Grain Cooperative $721,000
On Aug. 4, OSHA Administrator David Michaels announced that the agency will send letters to approximately 3,300 employers involved in grain handling and storage to warn them not to allow workers to enter grain storage facilities without proper equipment, precautions and training. This move comes on the heels of the agency issuing $721,000 in fines against a Wisconsin grain cooperative after a worker was engulfed in frozen soybeans...
Lights, Camera, Action, Safety Training!
Stunt persons and actors aren’t the only people risking their safety during movie shoots. The Studio Mechanics Union decided to take action to protect its workers from injury with proper training...
OSHA Publishes Cranes and Derricks Final Rule
It’s been in the works for years and has finally come to life: On July 28, OSHA announced it is issuing a new final rule for cranes and derricks in construction. The agency estimates the new rule will prevent 22 fatalities and 175 injuries each year...
En Masse Retirements Challenge U.S. Manufacturers
As millions of boomers prepare to retire, U.S. manufacturing companies, hit harder than other sectors by the recession, now face huge costs for training new employees in the forthcoming years, according to a report by the Sloan Center on Aging at Boston College...
OSHA’s Michaels Concerned Some Oil Spill Workers Not Receiving Proper Training
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels is concerned that many workers are not receiving the training they need to keep them safe during the Gulf Coast oil spill clean-up...
ASSE 2010: Stop Chasing Ghosts in Accident and Fatality Prevention
Larry Wilson of SafeStart had a message for hundreds of attendees at ASSE Safety 2010: Stop chasing the erroneous belief that other aspects of the EHS program must be addressed before turning to the behavioral side of safety. Instead, he explained, we should all take a hard look at our behavior now and consider how it affects our personal safety, both on and off the job, in order to prevent accidents and fatalities...
National Safety Month: What Can You Do to Protect Your Employees?
June is National Safety Month – the perfect time to think about ways you can best protect your employees and keep them safe...
OSHA Calls for Applications for $8 Million in Susan Harwood Training Grants
OSHA is soliciting applications for $8 million in Susan Harwood Safety and Health Capacity Building Training Grants. The grants are available to nonprofit, community and faith-based organizations to provide safety and health training educational programs for workers and employers. ...
AIHce 2010: Zombie Walkers: Safety Initiatives to Awaken Your Employees
They walk among us: zombie employees who have grown complacent and seem oblivious to safety procedures. At the 2010 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce), Steve Laughlin of CJ & K Training Services offered attendees tips to awaken these zombies and create a safer workplace...
Younger Drivers May Benefit From Training that Targets Hazard Anticipation
A new study finds that young drivers can be trained to recognize and avoid hazardous situations when driving, thereby reducing their risk of accidents...
OSHA Focuses on Safety of Oil Spill Responders
On May 3, OSHA Administrator David Michaels was on site in Louisiana with a team of hazardous materials professionals to lead an effort ensuring that cleanup workers responding to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico receive necessary protections...
Nurse Certification Linked to Job Satisfaction
Nurses certified in critical care indicate greater satisfaction with their jobs and careers and report higher perceptions of empowerment than their non-certified peers, reports the first national study to examine these issues in tandem...
Improving Your Safety Training
When employees have the knowledge and skills they need to do their jobs safely, the risk for workplace injuries and illnesses is reduced. Safety training is an important tool you use to help employees achieve safety performance...
Finding Greatness in Training
Noted playwright George Bernard Shaw once said, “Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.”...
MMWR: Younger Workers Experience Higher Injury Rates
From 1998-2007, younger workers experienced approximately twice as many nonfatal occupational injuries as older workers, and employers must make changes in workplace environments and practices to protect this population, according to the April 23 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...
OSHA Releases Workplace Toxic Chemical Exposure Data and Latino Worker Memo
On April 28, OSHA announced it is releasing 15 years of data providing details of workplace exposure to toxic chemicals. This data will offer insight into the levels of toxic chemicals commonly found in workplaces, as well as how chemical exposure levels to specific chemicals are distributed across industries, geographical areas and time...
Make Safety Training More Effective
Training is a critical part of workplace safety. It can help ensure employees are up to date on the latest safety practices, motivate employees to always work safely and bring new workers on board with the company’s safety practices and procedures...
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