Tag: Workplace Safety

Train Employees to Boost Their Productivity—Despite These Top 10 Technology Distractions!

Technology creates many efficiencies, but it can also lead to wasted time. In fact, half of the top 10 productivity killers at work involve technology, CareerBuilder found in a recent survey. The top 10 list includes: Cell phone/texting (cited by 50 percent of employers), Gossip (42 percent), The Internet (39 percent), Social media (38 percent), […]

Do Your Employees Know These 4 Techniques for Mindfully Expanding Productivity?

“Mindfulness isn’t anything that we think; it’s what we don’t think,” says Dr. Stephen McKenzie. “It is an ancient and natural life-enhancing and healing technique that can help us remember our natural state of happiness and health, even if we think we are too modern and too busy to prioritize what’s really important.” Dr. McKenzie, […]

Ongoing Training on Job Descriptions Keeps Employees Engaged

  Ongoing training about job descriptions is “essential, since no job remains exactly the same from year to year,” say Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, business, marketing, and corporate training experts and coauthors of The Entrepreneurial Culture: 23 Ways to Engage and Empower Your People. In fact, since “job descriptions are typically out of date […]

Top 10 OSHA citations of 2014

by John E. Hall The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) most-violated standards for fiscal year (FY) 2014 were recently announced at the National Safety Council Congress and Expo in San Diego, California. Once again, there were few surprises. Employers would be wise to assess their efforts to comply with the 10 identified standards.  In […]

Give New Hires the Right Safety Training Message

  A new employee’s first few days on the job are a crucial time for conveying essential safety information and establishing a proper orientation to workplace safety. During that time, someone—either your safety staff, the new employee’s supervisor, or an experienced employee appointed by the supervisor—must: Reinforce the message about the organization’s commitment to safety. […]

Are You Training New Hires to Get Off to the Right Start?

  Your organization has recently filled some open positions, and it’s time to put new employees to work. First, though, you need to make sure they understand your facility’s safety ins and outs. This checklist can help you ensure that you cover all of your new employee safety orientation bases. Before they start working on […]

New Red Cross Research Shows 4 Benefits of Blended Learning

  The most effective safety training method has long been a subject of debate. Is classroom training best? On-the-job learning? Computer-based training? A new white paper from the American Red Cross makes the case for a blended approach that combines online scenario-based simulation learning with in-person classroom training. This blended approach is represented in a […]

Warm Up Your Workers with Portable Heater Safety Training

  Consider also that many of your workers may be taking time off around the holidays with homes full of out-of-town guests and/or children home from school and college. These extra folks may be using rooms that are not usually heated, such as attic or basement spaces. And they may be using portable space heaters […]

Train Workers to Handle Crowds Safely

  To recap: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is encouraging retail employers to implement safety measures to prevent such incidents. According to OSHA, crowd management planning should begin in advance of events that are likely to draw large numbers of people. The agency recommends a two-part plan: Planning Pre-event setup Think you have […]

Are Your Workers Trained to Handle Large Crowds?

  In 2008, a retail worker was trampled to death when shoppers rushed through a store on Black Friday to take advantage of holiday discounts. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is encouraging retail employers to implement safety measures to prevent such incidents. The agency has sent letters to major retailers to remind them […]