We’ve all thought it before…“it won’t happen to me”. While this confidence may come in many variations, it’s often the cause of us arrogantly brushing off common safety initiatives. Every time our confidence fuels the decision to not take even minor safety precautions, we’re actively choosing the option with the most risk associated with it. …
Omaha, Neb.- Fortunately for her sexual assault safety training, Sherri Hinkel knew exactly what to do the moment that impending feeling of discomfort came over her. During a private home showing between Hinkel and 26-year-old Michael Beat, the red flags repeatedly reared their uncomfortable faces. It was her sexual assault training that allowed her to spot …
We recently sent out a survey to thousands of safety professionals all over the United States, and we managed to gain responses from over six hundred of them. We wanted to know more about their safety training methods, the biggest challenges they face with safety training, and how their organization views safety training in general. …
One of the biggest challenges that small businesses face is ensuring the safety and health of their employees. Limited budgets and resources restrict the amount of time and devotion that small businesses can spend maintaining workplace safety compliance. Because of this, workplace safety is a growing concern among small business owners. Specifically, 35 percent of the …
Good ‘ol fashion manual labor can certainly be tough on the body of the working man (and woman!). In fact, the National Bureau of Economic Research States that “The rate at which health deteriorates with age is faster in manual occupations than in non-manual occupations. For many people, work wears out their health” [3]. Now, this doesn’t …
Is it less expensive than traditional training methods like safety training DVD’s? Yes, online safety training is typically less expensive than traditional methods like DVDs for a variety of reasons. Here’s why: Online safety training gets less expensive the more people you have taking the training You do not have to buy a new DVD …
Wonder what it looks like when you fail to carry through with proper safety measures? These 10 GIF’s accurately sum it up. 1. Lack of Fall Protection via GIPHY 2. The riskiness of not wearing EYE Protection via GIPHY 3. Your Safety Manager When You Goof Around via GIPHY 4. When you don’t know what to do during a …
Workplace safety shouldn’t be taboo. In fact, it’s a legal requirement to protect workers and to abide by the regulations of OSHA and other risk management companies. That being said, the average safety training course can take at least one hour to conduct and can take even longer to retain. Though this time away from …
I’ve personally wondered for quite some time now if fear-based safety is actually effective. In my opinion, nothing good has ever come out of anything “fear-based”. “Fear-based” logic is almost always inaccurate, heightened, chaotic, and ultimately ineffective and even harmful. It almost seems counter-productive to the cause it’s trying to secure, and to me almost seems …
