Compliance Safety Training

Free webinar on Preventing Arc Flash Injuries in the Workplace

Up to 10 times per day, a worker in the United States is severely injured or killed in an electrical arc flash accident or other electrical incident involving accidental contact with energized parts that cause shock and electrocution.

In this webinar you will learn important steps to take to reduce these risks and better protect your company from the physical, financial and legal consequences of electrical accidents. In addition you will take away the importance of providing tools, training and programs that will help reduce the chances of injury.

This intermediate webinar will be valuable for a range of safety, health, and risk management professionals, with particular emphasis on the challenges faced by organizations in the industrial and healthcare sectors.

In this webinar you will learn:

• What causes arc flash incidents
• Safety procedures to reduce/prevent arc flash risks
• Industry standards that govern arc flash prevention

Shipping November 2010

• Only handbook that covers all information CMV interstate truck and bus drivers need to operate successfully under CSA 2010
• Provides fingertip access to explanations of the seven BASICs, severity tables, and tips for avoiding most common violations
• Explains how to prepare for roadside inspections, rights during inspection, what not to do, and steps to take after inspection
• Ideal in-cab reference for helping drivers improve their — and their company’s — compliance scores
• Based on version 2.0 of FMCSA’s Safety Measurement System (SMS) Methodology – Aug. 2010
• Spiral bound, 192 pages

For more information visit the CSA Handbook Page

Please join JJ Keller for the upcoming complimentary webcast, General Industry fall protection: Avoiding common pitfalls.

In 2009, OSHA issued over $1.5 million in initial penalties to general industry employers for fall protection violations. While the OSHA standard prescribes a number of fall protection requirements, the regulations are silent on a number of issues. This causes confusion and leads to non-compliance. This webcast is intended to help employers avoid common fall protection pitfalls. We’ll address: Read the rest of this entry »

Compressed gases and cylinders can be hazardous if it is not used, handled or stored properly. Special precautions have to be taken while working or transporting compressed gases and cylinders. Compressed gases cylinders pose a big threat as it can contain dangerous gases that are Flammable, Explosive, Corrosive and Poisonous. To prevent injuries and accidents, the Industrial Compressed Gas cylinders must be clearly identified and color coded depends on what type of gas it contains. Details of type of gas have to be mentioned on the cylinder and it have to be easy in identify, don’t rely only on color. Also, it is necessary that the gases have to be stored separately, mixture of gases can sometimes result in big blasts or poisonous air. Always shut the regulators/cylinder valves or keep it is sealed when it is not in use. Also, do regular inspection in order to safe operation. Read the rest of this entry »

Explains how severity weighting and time weighting impact carriers’ and drivers’ scores

Bridges the gap between general CSA 2010 awareness and understanding the BASICs used to score drivers and carriers

Details each of the seven BASICs:

1. Unsafe Driving,
2. Fatigued Driving (includes HOS),
3. Driver Fitness,
4. Controlled Substances and Alcohol,
5. Vehicle Maintenance,
6. Cargo Related,
7. Crash Indicator

Covers how violations are tracked and measured to determine a BASIC Score, as well as how BASIC measures and scores are calculated
Explores what drivers can do to keep their (and their carriers’) BASIC Scores low and ensure CSA 2010 compliance
Outlines what FMCSA interventions could result if a carrier has a BASIC Score above the threshold
Ready-to-use training program includes several components
Coming Soon – Available in Interactive Online/CD-ROM formats
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
For more information visit our CSA Training Video Page

Workplace Stress tends to peak during the Summer months due to excessive heat and higher substance abuse by employees. As seen in the news lately, there has been a rash of Workplace violence incidents which can and have, end up fatal. One out of every six violent crimes occurs in the workplace. And while workplace homicides grab the headlines as they have done recently… (homicide is the second leading cause of death on the job and the number one killer of women in the workplace)… other forms of workplace violence happen much more frequently. No organization, regardless of size or type of business, is immune to workplace violence.

There are several warning signs that tend to get overlooked. For example: If an employee begins to complain more and more excessively each day and doesn’t appear to working as a team, there is a chance there is an underlying stress that needs to be dealt with. Perhaps its an employee that turns their shoulder to safety or supervisors requests.  Some other obvious tell tale signs are: threats, abusive behavior both inside and outside the workplace, discrimination, harassment or even employees that excessively discuss their weapon collections.  In some cases it could be the complete opposite where an employee is often left out or kept to themselves.

In most cases the signs are evident and employee & supervisor training is mandatory. Help keep your staff alert for any incidents by properly training them on:

• The various forms of violence
• Warning Signs
• How to handle a potentially violent situation
• and the benefits of a hostile free work environment.

For more information and training videos please visit our Workplace Violence page .

Grand Rapids, MI – The National Safety Council today announced it has partnered with summit training Source to deliver interactive online training curriculum. NSC will offer Summit’s Online OSHA accepted 10 & 30 Hour training for general industry and construction, along with Summit’s entire library of interactive online compliance training courses.

“The online curriculum offered by Summit complements our existing classroom and print content, enabling us to now offer a full range of courses, delivered through different methods, that better meet the needs of our members and customers,” said Janet Froetscher, NSC president and CEO.

Summit also will develop new online training curriculum for NSC, as well as convert current NSC training content to a web-based format. Benefits of online training includes 24/7 global availability, self-paced learning and cost savings through a reduction in travel expense and training time.

“We are very excited to have this opportunity to work with the National Safety Council; combining the knowledge and skill sets of Summit and the National Safety Council will have a very beneficial effect on the future of safety advocacy,” said Valerie Overheul, Summit president and CEO. Read the rest of this entry »