ROI of Safety Training Depends on Employee Engagement
During a recent webinar, we discussed how to measure the return on your organization’s investment in customized safety training content in comparison to generic eLearning content.
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Agency responds to findings of weak regulations, inadequate pipeline oversight
In 2010, two dramatic events – a million-gallon crude oil spill near Marshall, Mich., and a natural gas explosion in a San Bruno, Calif., neighborhood – focused the nation’s attention on pipeline safety.
First GHS compliance deadline has passed; expect OSHA to check for training
By December 1 of this year, employers should have trained employees on the new safety data sheet format and label elements under the revised HazCom Standard (HCS).
Training in Native Language Improves Likelihood of Retention – and Helps Create Safer Workplaces
People learn, understand and retain information best if it is taught to them in their native language.
Millennials rank personal safety as top workplace issue
In this two-part feature, guest author Hannah Ubl, generational expert at BridgeWorks, explores how generational differences play out in the workplace.
Employers use eLearning to enhance traditional safety training methods
Earlier this year I wrote an article on three ways to improve instruction delivered via electronic means, or eLearning.
OSHA HazCom Standard: Employees must be trained on new label elements and safety data sheets by December
In 2012, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration revised its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to bring it into alignment with the United Nation’s Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).
Before history repeats, let’s apply safety lessons
UL Workplace Health and Safety’s evolution of safety timeline gives us a unique perspective into how catastrophic events and work-related deaths and injuries can be prevented when we make the effort to glean lessons from the past.
Attention adult learners – skipping tests diminishes retention
If you react in a visceral way (queasy stomach, rapid heart rate, sweaty palms) when you find out you have to take a test during safety training or any other professional course, you are not alone. Adult learners often experience test anxiety.
Safety for temporary employees: whose job is it?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in 2011 there were just over 2.8 million temporary workers in the U.S. — about 2.3 percent of the workforce that year. “Temps” are classified by BLS under Temporary Help Services (NAICS 56132).