A federal court in Texas addressed safety training claims raised by a Home Depot worker who was injured while using a ladder to retrieve a bag of firewood. Notably, the court rejected a claim that the store did not provide proper training or safety instruction on how to complete the task. Here’s what happened. Ice […]
A new training program from the National Safety Council (NSC) seeks to address the leading cause of work-related deaths in the U.S. every year: driving. Federal data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that more than 2,000 people died from occupational transportation incidents in 2022 – that’s 37.7% of the total occupational fatalities for […]
Failure to provide proper training and block equipment against hazardous motion resulted in the death of a contractor mechanic who was struck by the counterweight of a hydraulic excavator. The U.S. Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) found that the contractor didn’t task train the mechanic on how to disassemble the major components of […]
Controls of all kinds are great tools to use for mitigating hazards, but sometimes their use as the sole solution to a safety problem can still leave employees exposed. A combination of employee safety training along with suitable controls is always the best bet. That’s because controls alone may only address one aspect of a […]
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety alert issued to ground crews following two incidents, one of them fatal, serves as a good reminder for all workers to slow down and be aware of their surroundings. The FAA alert was issued after: While the agency found that neither of these incidents were indications of systemic issues, […]
Sometimes overconfidence and poor training can become a fatal combination in the workplace, as a miner’s death in a January 2023 maintenance-related incident demonstrates. Mine Safety and Health Administration investigators found that the fatal incident was caused in part by a group of miners confident in thinking that they were safely performing maintenance on a […]
On January 24, 2020, an explosion at a spray-coating facility killed two workers and damaged hundreds of nearby buildings. Why did this happen? Investigators found that the workers didn’t receive proper safety training. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) found that the company failed to provide safety training to its employees regarding […]
Is it your company’s slow season? Are workers idly pushing brooms just because the production line is down for routine maintenance? Then it’s the perfect time for safety training. Why, you may ask? Because: most safety training is required by OSHA anyway and must be completed at some point safety training leads to fewer injuries, […]
The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) is holding the winter session of its SafetyFOCUS education experience in February 2023. SafetyFOCUS will take place Feb. 13-17 in Orlando. An online only version will take place Feb. 20-24. The semi-annual education event is meant to help workplace safety and health professionals: acquire and maintain certifications expand […]
