Items Tagged with 'National Safety Council'

“Safety-related feedback is critical to support safe behavior and correct at-risk behavior,” says Krista S. Geller, president of GellerAC4P, who discusses the concept of “actively caring for people.”

Bonita Springs, FL — With workplace fatalities on the rise in the United States, a new research report from the Work to Zero initiative at the National Safety Council indicates employers “may not be doing enough to protect their workforce.”

“In our consulting work, we routinely see companies simply aiming programs at problems instead of developing strategy,” says Shawn M. Galloway, president of ProAct Safety. He identifies 10 common problems.

“What is safe? The answer may not be as simple as you think,” says Corrie Pitzer, CEO and founder of SAFEmap International, who explains why safety pros need to become “risk competent.”

Washington — The National Safety Council is the first organization to become an ambassador of OSHA’s Alliance Program.

“When a CAVE person becomes unruly, it’s simply a tactic to throw you off your game,” says J. Kevin Cobb, senior consultant with SafeStart, who offers tools you can use when “citizens against virtually everything” disrupt your meetings and training sessions.

Elk Grove Village, IL — The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is calling on Congress to make workplace safety “a primary consideration” when considering federal legislation that would legalize marijuana use.

“Taking safety and health to the next level can’t be done with intellectual intelligence alone,” says Eldeen Pozniak, director of Pozniak Safety Associates, who discusses why “the more we understand other people and their definitions of the world and safety, the stronger our empathy, self-regulation, motivation and social skills will be.”

Itasca, IL — The National Safety Council is calling on employers to restrict cannabis use among workers in safety-sensitive positions – regardless of whether cannabis consumption is allowed by their state, in a new policy position released Oct. 21.

NSC Emergency Preparedness training is now available in an online format. Employees can access the program from any internet-connected device.