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How to Train Shift Workers: 3 Ideas
Many of us know the importance of corporate training but struggle to get our employees to make the time to... More →
Retail Training Videos
Equip your retail workers to face the modern challenges that come with dealing with the public. Offer training on conflict... More →
How to Reduce Time Consumption in Employee Training
Have you ever heard complaints from your employees about how much time is spent on training? They may express the... More →
Working to Protect Temporary Workers
OSHA recently issued a press release concerning their new alliance with the American Staffing Association as they “work together to... More →
MSHA Final Rule on Examination of Working Places in Mines
Last month, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published a final rule regarding the examinations of working places in... More →
Rules for Proper Secondary Container Labeling
When transferring a chemical from its original container to another, the second storage device is known as a "secondary container,"... More →
Tackling OSHA’s Top 10 Citations: Q & A: Safety Data Sheet Availability
The following is an excerpt from Tackle OSHA’s Top 10. Hosted by Chief Safety Officer Jill James, you can listen... 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 →
Q & A: Two Hands on a Ladder? 1910.21 - 1910.30—Walking Working Surfaces
Question: “Can you work on a ladder that is above the height required for fall protection? If yes, can you... More →
The Future of Training and Development is in Reshaping Mindsets
What does the future hold for training and development? What are the trends, and how should you prepare? Those are... More →
10 Ways To Use Safety Data Sheets
As a safety professional, Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) have always been a close, professional friend. They are scientific, clear, help... More →
How to Give Effective Toolbox Talks, Part 1: The Basics
Toolbox talks play an important role in workplace health and safety programs. They provide an important balance between lengthy formal... More →
Spanish-language OSHA 10-hour Online Course Now Available in Both General Industry and Construction!
The Spanish-language version of Summit’s OSHA 10-hour online course is now available. Summit’s Online OSHA 10 (and 30) hour general... More →
Road Construction Season is Here
You may have already noticed that your state’s department of transportation has been dispatching construction crews to your local roads... More →
HSI March Newsletter
Your monthly digest of EHS, Compliance, and Professional Development resources & news for you and your business, with something for everyone.... More →
How to Give Effective Toolbox Talks, Part 3: The Delivery
Toolbox talks are a powerful teaching method that can have far-reaching effects on the health and safety of your workforce... More →
Trick Out Your Tech and Your Training for National Technology Day
If 2020 taught us anything it’s that technology has fundamentally changed our daily lives. When a deadly pandemic swept the... More →
The Benefits of a Manufacturing Training Program
Manufacturing jobs are all about making, building, and assembling— actively doing tasks that produce the company’s goods. When success... More →
False Fall Protection
What’s the hazard here? Fall hazard. When employees are exposed to falls of greater than 4-feet in general industry settings... More →
Why Your Best Employees Aren’t Always Your Best Leaders
When promotion time comes around, it makes sense to look to your best employees for potential leaders. Theoretically if someone... More →
How is Compliance Training Different from Other Training?
Compliance training is a fact of life in most U.S. businesses today. Beyond the mere fact that it is mandated... More →
Workplace Drug Testing — Helping Stop Accidents Before They Happen
Many people who have made it to the final stages of the job application process are familiar with pre-employment drug... More →
Workplace Safety Training Videos
Our safety training video courses for employees help you meet training requirements and teach your employees how to avoid on-the-job... More →
Roadside Worker Safety
Workers on roadway construction sites are exposed to low visibility, severe weather, and traffic from the road and heavy construction... More →
When Workplace Learning Moves to the Kitchen Table
If you have a family, a lot of learning already has moved to the kitchen table. This past spring, students... More →
Moving Your Workforce Home
Your workforce is the lifeblood of your business. Reassure them. Make sure they know you are doing everything you can... More →
A Day’s Work
I’ll Do Anything. I just need a job. How many of us have said, "I’ll do anything; I just need... More →
Why Offer Workplace Safety Training?
From compliance obligations to preventing injuries and saving lives, there are a lot of good reasons to offer safety training... 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 →
Drug Testing in the Workplace and Medical Marijuana – the Controversy
Safety + Health Magazine took an in-depth look last summer at an issue that many safety professionals across the country... More →
Embracing Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Ask any HR person or business owner, and they’ll tell you it’s hard to find good people. Nowadays, there are... More →
Training Challenges in the Workplace, 2020 Edition
I think it’s safe to say that every organization has had to make some adjustments and deal with a fair... More →
Succession Planning With a Remote Workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic brought many managers and HR professionals to two important realizations. First, the importance of having a succession... More →
Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Workplaces
Many businesses and individuals are returning to in-person settings after over a year of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations across... More →
Helping Employees with Disabilities Advance in the Workplace
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives call for fairness for all employees including employees with disabilities in the workplace. One... More →
How to Break the Mental Health Stigma in the Workplace
These days, discussions about mental health, its challenges, and its importance, are more prevalent than ever. Yet, despite that, the... More →
Blue Ocean Brain, an HSI Company Launches DEI Advisory Council to Advance Inclusion and Engagement in Workplaces
Frisco, Texas – June 7, 2022 — Today, Blue Ocean Brain, an HSI company, announced the formation of its DEI... More →
JSA Benefits
Join HSI Chief Safety Officer Jill James as she visits environmental health and safety professionals in their workplaces to explore... More →
Emergency Pre-Planning
Join HSI Chief Safety Officer Jill James as she visits environmental health and safety professionals in their workplaces to explore... More →
Conflict De-Escalation Techniques
Certain occupations are more at-risk of exposure to violence; it’s a fact. For example, employees working alone, working late at... More →
Hazard Construction - Improved Safety Training
Hazard Construction is one of San Diego's largest general engineering contracting firms, with more than 150 employees across multiple work... More →
Unsafe Behaviors
What’s the hazard here? The employee is working from an unprotected side or edge without benefit of a fall protection... More →
Don’t Forget the Human Element of Your Safety Program
As the landscape of construction, manufacturing, and utility sectors evolves, this eBook underscores the importance of whole-person safety in addressing... More →
Ladder Safety Tips
With spring officially arriving this weekend, many of us will begin planning the annual maintenance for our houses and yards... More →
Safety Leadership Orientation
It’s a simple question... How do you demonstrate leadership in safety across your organization? That’s an incredibly intelligent question for... More →
Foot Safety on the Job
Keeping our feet safe and healthy both at work or at play is a key component in living a healthy... More →
Making Safety Stick
As an employer you’ve just sent several employees through a day and a half of hazard recognition training. Upon their... More →
What Is Micro-Learning?
I’ve been in the learning space for so long that I find these conversations about “microlearning” humorous. Because, in the... More →