Under OSHA regulations, employers are required to provide effective training and safety information in a language that employees understand. It has at least a dozen standards with training requirements, all reinforcing the same idea: the first step to a safe workplace is a well-trained workplace.
Topics: OSHA, Workplace Health and Safety, Training Management
When budget season comes knocking, your manager makes their annual demand: give me your safety ROI, which sometimes can translate to budget cuts.
Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Training Management, Safety Management
We talk a lot about your safety responsibilities as an employer. After all, under OSHA rules, the bulk of legal responsibility falls on you (barring a few extremely rare exemptions).
Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, Training Management, Incident Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture
It’s that time again: safety training. Companies spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on safety training each year, and yet, there are still a lot of misconceptions about what safety training entails.
Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Training Management, Safety Management, Human Resources
It’s that time of year again: budget season. Which means it’s time to do your least favorite thing: justifying your safety budget to your boss.
Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Training Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture
It should be a given that all companies should be working to improve workplace health and safety. However, companies need to get employees on board with their safety policies and practices, which can be easier said than done.
Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Training Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture, Human Resources
Occupational health and safety is rarely a one-size-fits-all situation, even within the same company. Different jobs require different approaches to safety.
Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, EHS Management, Safety Tips, Training Management, Incident Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture, Human Resources
The obvious goal of workplace safety training is to protect your employees and reduce the chance of an accident or injury. But safety training done the right way can do so much more than that, helping your business on a number of levels. How does employee safety training make a workplace better? Let’s take a look at several of the ways that you can strengthen your business by becoming more dedicated to health and safety training.
Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Training Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture, Human Resources
To some extent, creating a safe work environment for your employees is making it clear from the start that the company values workplace health and safety. Without that strong foundation, your business is destined to fight a constant uphill battle when it comes to workplace safety.
Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Training Management, Safety Management
As the saying goes, you get more flies with honey than vinegar. Sometimes, though, when employees take truly dangerous actions that put themselves and others at serious risk, you need a disciplinary response to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Training Management, Incident Management, Safety Management, Safety Culture
