Expectations drive both the leader and follower. Various forms of research suggest that when leaders have higher types of expectations for their followers, those followers often live up to the expectations.
Although some incidents cannot be avoided, many can easily be prevented with proper and continuous training. Here are five important traits of an effective employee safety training program.
Exposure to respirable crystalline silica is nothing new for employees on construction sites. However, this exposure can cause serious health issues. In response to these concerns, OSHA issued a new rule on exposure to silica in construction.
By registering early, attendees can save $100 on their full in-person or virtual registration. But the advance rate is only available through March 18, 2018! A full registration includes access to: General Sessions, all AIHce EXP 2018 educational sessions (Monday through Wednesday), OnDemand for all authorized educational sessions (through December 2018), the CareerAdvantage Development Fair, the Expo Hall, numerous networking opportunities, and more.
A best practice is often not what everyone else is doing, but is what is possible to achieve. Convincing someone of what is possible to achieve requires persuasive techniques that rely more on appeals rather than force.
We live, we love, we learn, and we leave a legacy.” This profound quotation from Stephen R. Covey has fueled my motivation to keep teaching at Virginia Tech well beyond retirement age and a comfortable pension.
Cooling products (yes- hot weather is coming), portable lighting that provides both spot and beam coverage and equipment that allows for safe manual drum handling were among the top products featured this week on ISHN.com.
Distracted walking injures Apple employees, the NFPA works on a standard to address active shooter response and black lung disease comes roaring back. These were among the top occupational safety and health stories featured on ISHN.com this week.
Safety is a responsibility. A well-run safety program or safety culture really isn't possible unless management takes on safety as a job, and maintenance and quality and production and shipping and HR and all other departments are prepped to assume their particular responsibilities for safety.
Signage is often posted to make everyone aware of a hazard, but when signage is overwhelming, unclear, vague, improperly placed or poorly maintained it’s true purpose can become minimized or defeated.
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