If you’re looking to add some online manufacturing training to your current training program at work, you’ve found the right article. We’re preparing to lead a webinar in February on the topic (more on that below), and so we thought we’d write up the material in this form as well. We’ll cover a lot of […]
In earlier posts, we’ve described how to determine if an injury or illness at the workplace is work-related and recordable, and, if it is, how to complete OSHA’s Form 301, Injury and Illness Incident Report, and OSHA’s Form 300, Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses. If you want to review those issues, click the links […]
In an earlier post, we explained how you can determine if an injury or illness is “work-related” and “recordable.” In this post, we’ll explain one of the first steps to take if you do have a work-related, recordable injury or illness at the workplace: complete OSHA’s Form 301, Injury and Illness Report. If you want to get […]
In this article we’ll explain to you what online safety training is, taking a particular look at online safety training courses and LMSs; we’ll discuss some benefits of online safety training from the perspective of the organization and also the employees; we’ll look at OSHA safety training requirements and opinions on online safety training as […]
In a recent discussion with learning researcher Dr. Will Thalheimer, we discussed four common learning evaluations models and mentioned that, in addition, Dr. Thalheimer had recently created his own called LTEM (which he “workshopped” with other leaders in the field and which he’s now iterated 12 times). In the discussion below, Dr. Thalheimer explains his […]
We always enjoy an opportunity to talk about learning and developing materials to help people learn. And we always enjoy the opportunity to talk about using storytelling and scenarios to do that. And of course we always enjoy talking with our friend Anna Sabramowicz, an elearning developer who excels at all of this and who […]
In this article, we’re going to introduce three special issues for women in occupational safety and health: PPE, getting women into leadership roles, and violence at the workplace. We’ll give a general introduction to both (thanks to work from the ASSP’s Women in Safety Excellence, or WISE, common interest group) and we’ll zero in on […]
We’ve written before about what a learning organization is and what are some of their traits, and we’ve even talked about how to integrate safety departments into learning organization efforts (see this Safety & Learning Organizations article or this recorded Integrating Safety into Learning Organizations ASSP webinar). But we thought we’d shoot big and talk […]
Hello and welcome, friend! In this article, we’re going to give you an introduction to how safety departments, safety managers, and/or safety professionals can contribute to the creation of a learning organization at work. In doing so, we’ll introduce you to or touch on learning organization theory, new safety/safety differently/safety 2/human and organization performance (HOP), […]
Want to find the best online safety training courses for your company? If so, we’ve got some great tips to help you make you decision below. Once you’ve read this article, if you want to continue your research, let us recommend our Evaluating Online Safety Training recorded webinar (it’s free!), our Evaluating Online Safety Training […]
If you’ve had your ear to the ground for the past 10-15 years, you’ll know there’s been a bit of a seismic shift in occupational safety and health that involves a movement toward risk management, safety management systems, and systems thinking. We wanted to learn more and pull together a nice introduction to all this, […]
From time to time, we like to highlight customers who are experiencing success with their workforce training while using our products, such as our learning management systems (LMS) and online training courses. In this article, we’re going to look at Westway Feed Products, and their HSE Regional Specialist Amy Myers. Westway uses our Enterprise learning […]