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Confined Spaces
Each year, an average of 92 fatalities occurs from confined spaces locations due to asphyxiation, acute or chronic poisoning, or... More →
Confined Spaces
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Q & A: Building Confined Spaces
Question: “Confined space: working in construction, when does the space your are building become a confined space? It starts out... More →
Options for Confined Space Training Online or Onsite
A lot of things can go wrong when working in tight spaces, and not just bumping your head on a... More →
Online Safety Training: What Customers Say They Want, But Don’t Have (and where to find it)
One recent survey of customer’s across the online training industry revealed a wish list of specific training desires, course titles... More →
How to Protect Against the Dangers of High Concentrations of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)
Safety professionals stress the importance of a plan for protecting workers from high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (H2S). Many industries... More →
How OSHA Inspectors Think: 300A Annual Summary
OSHA 300 Logs February 1st will be here sooner than you know, which means now is the time to start... More →
Oil and Gas Industry Safety Concerns
Workers in the petroleum and energy sectors know that oil and gas work can be dangerous business. According to an... More →
New OSHA Fact Sheet Demonstrates the Wide Range of Workplace EH&S Concerns
If you don’t work in a shipyard, you might not have heard about a recently released fact sheet from the... More →
Keeping It Safe in Manufacturing
The construction industry is usually top of mind when it comes to accidents in the workplace, but the equipment and... More →
Health & Safety Program Templates
Looking for written Health & Safety Program Templates? Do you know what written health and safety programs and policies you... More →
Confined Space Entry
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Help! My Organization Wants to Nearly Eliminate Safety Training
Making the Connection A lot of employers want to know if there is a specific, minimum amount of time that... More →
What Does OSHA Say About Online Safety Training? - Part 3
Before deciding to invest in online safety training, management types often ask a similar question… “Is this stuff OSHA certified?”... More →
Special Work Conditions and Safe Material Handling for Electrical Workers
Electric utility work is among the most dangerous types of jobs. Every year, 13,000 electrical workers are injured so severely... More →
OSHA 2021 Outlook
With a new administration entering the White House, 2021 could be very interesting for OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)... More →
Create A Safer Workplace This Year By Trying Something New
“If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got.” HSI’s resident safety pro, Jill James... More →
Situational Awareness Training for Employees
Situational awareness for employees has relevance across many of our training topics. Safety training brings your attention to emergency... More →
A Decade with OSHA’s Outreach Training Program
Eight million, eight hundred forty-six thousand, three hundred and eighty-two (8,846,382) That is how many workers have been trained in... More →
HSI April Newsletter
Your monthly digest of EHS, Compliance, and Professional Development resources & news for you and your business, with something for everyone.... More →
OSHA’s Required Training Frequencies
OSHA Required Training for Most Workplaces EMERGENCY RESPONSE OSHA REQUIRED: YES OSHA REGULATION: 1917; 1910.35 – 1019.38; 1926.159 This is... More →
All OSHA - Required Written Safety Programs
Standard Section Required Description Emergency Action Plans – 1910.38 38(b) Yes, if more than 10 employees Written and oral... More →
Manufacturing Safety: Learning from Expensive Lessons in American Industry
An examination of recent OSHA violations at three American manufacturing facilities, with recommendations for improving safety conditions in your organization... More →
Empower Your Employees with Crisis Management Training
Crisis management training should not be limited to crisis planning, disaster readiness, or risk management teams. A crisis can hit... More →
How to Conduct the “Ideal” Safety Audit
A safety audit is like peeling back the roof of your facility and peering down at the maze of activity... More →
AED Placement and Management in Your Facility
The old real estate adage also applies to an important consideration for your company’s automated external defibrillator (AED): it’s all... More →
Violence Prevention: Part One
When you think of violence prevention, who are you thinking of protecting? What sort of violence is top of mind... More →
Warehousing
Safe keeping is your world. Organizations across the globe trust you with their precious commodities for hours, weeks and months... More →
Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Devices
Join HSI Chief Safety Officer Jill James as she visits environmental health and safety professionals in their workplaces to explore... More →
JSA Benefits
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Seize the Season of Safety
My neighbor told me she and her dog have been watching a chipmunk-scurry from one neighbor’s bird feeder, across her... More →
Accident Prevention on Surface Mines
When Roy Mullins went to work on May 28, 2015 at a surface mine in Kentucky, he had no idea... More →
Violence Prevention: Part Two
Sitting around a table in November conjures up all sorts of idyllic images of what a “perfect” Thanksgiving is expected... More →
Why Training Is One of the Essential Elements of EHS
"It's common sense." You may have heard this phrase used to explain why employee training isn't necessary. Unfortunately, you don't... More →
Transportation
Your industry is the backbone of progress. Without you, everything grinds to a halt. We understand the pace of your... More →
The Role of HR in Safety and Compliance
To date, there are 180 federal laws that mandate what companies must do to ensure the health and safety of... More →
Home and Office Heating Safety
When the temperatures drop, the space heaters come out. Before plugging in or otherwise firing up your supplemental indoor heating... More →
Lockout/Tagout
Join HSI Chief Safety Officer Jill James as she visits environmental health and safety professionals in their workplaces to explore... More →
Safety Climb: 5 Milestones of Safety Culture
The Safety Climb is a safety program assessment and development tool designed for safety professionals and company management. The model... More →
Answers From The Expert
Q Who is this? A My name is Jill. I work for HSI Learning Systems as Chief Safety Officer. We... More →
Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Safety
Hydrogen sulfide is the topic of this episode of our safety training series. That’s the rotten-egg-smelling odor that’s produced as... More →
EPA-Registered Disinfectants & Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
Many of our SDS Online customers are scrambling this week to secure new chemical approvals for EPA-Registered Disinfectants being deployed... More →
Chemical Safety: What Not To Do
When I was little, one of my favorite games to play with my cousin Erica was something we made up... More →
Lessons from a Life in Safety: #2
Do More With Less After 12 years working for OSHA, I left for the private sector. I had convinced a... More →
How to Motivate Employees: Leadership vs. Impedership
Ever wonder how to motivate employees so they are more engaged with their work, and better at it? Of course... More →
HSI Highly Ranked in Independent Research Firm 2021 EHS Brand Perceptions Survey
HSI is in the Top 3 for brand awareness in this year’s Verdantix Global Corporate Survey on EHS Software Brand... More →
Mitigating Warehouse Safety Hazards During High Demand
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of warehouse employees — reaching more than 1.... More →
Holiday Safety Tips – Griswold Style!
For many of us, the holiday season is rich with nostalgia. As a safety professional, my nostalgia starts and stops... More →
EHS Trends Accelerated in a Post-Pandemic World
Much has been written regarding the impact COVID-19 has had on the world population and economy. As we move from... More →
Fire Emergencies: Older Adults are at Increased Risk
A fire department in the U.S. responds to a fire event every 24 seconds, according to the National Fire Protection... More →