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Convergence Training / RedVector, a Vector Solutions brand and award-winning producer of online safety training and learning management tools with a specialization in delivering 3D modeling and course animation, has released 13 new driver safety courses to inform employees about driving hazards and train them in safe driving techniques.

Full article: Convergence Training / RedVector launches 3D driver safety training to help motorists identify and avoid hazards
Source: Safety Best Practices

Improving knowledge of regulatory changes and safety best practices has been a common theme among attendees of the nearly 60 complimentary seminars hosted by J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. during the first half of 2019. And that trend looks to continue with nearly 25 more events scheduled for the third quarter of this year.

Full article: J.J. Keller continues helping safety & compliance professionals with free educational events
Source: Safety Best Practices

To record or not to record? That is the question when an employee gets sick or injured at work. In most cases, injuries that occur at work are work-related and must be recorded to maintain compliance with OSHA regulation. That said, OSHA provides nine specific exceptions to this general rule.

Full article: 9 Exceptions to OSHA Injury Reporting
Source: Safety Best Practices

With auto manufacturers producing more vehicles with automated driving components, the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) has developed a technical report to help companies safely manage their high-tech fleets. The report identifies key factors that fleet managers should consider when selecting automated vehicles and outlines a plan to assist with their safe operation.

Full article: Ensuring fleet safety – when the fleet is automated
Source: Safety Best Practices

Why do so many workers and building occupants die from falling through plastic skylights? Why do we have a BLS.gov line item on falling through skylights, average about 16-20/year work deaths in the USA through 2017?

Full article: Skylights – will we ever solve the problem?
Source: Safety Best Practices

When it came to improving their safety and health management system, a California materials technology company found that getting employees actively involved in moving toward a safety culture was a challenge. “For us, progress started with making small changes, gradually adding more changes once prior changes had been successfully implemented,” said Angela Rayfield, Human Resources Manager of Luxfer Superform.

Full article: Starting with small changes gets Calif. manufacturer big safety improvements
Source: Safety Best Practices

Major new OSHA standards that cover millions of workers come few and far between. But in May, 2015, the agency published its long-awaited final rule on safety requirements for confined spaces in the construction industry.

Full article: OSHA’S Construction Confined Space Standard
Source: Safety Best Practices

Occupational health and safety professionals may not immediately see the link between employee engagement and safety, but it exists. If an employee doesn’t feel engaged with their work, they also may not be sufficiently motivated to stay safe.
Here’s a look at why safer employers are engaged workers and vice versa.

Full article: How employee engagement leads to better safety
Source: Safety Best Practices

In a quick and energetic discussion Tuesday morning, Albert Roth of BSI EHS Services & Solutions offered tips on ergonomics programs. He discussed how to simplify ergonomic safety concepts, fun training techniques and problem solving.
He stressed the idea of “keeping it simple.”

Full article: Fun with ergonomics
Source: Safety Best Practices

It’s National Forklift Safety Day, designated as such by The Industrial Truck Association (ITA), which uses it as an opportunity for the industry to educate customers, policymakers, and government officials about the safe use of forklifts and the importance of proper operator training.

Full article: It’s National Forklift Safety Day
Source: Safety Best Practices