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Three major transportation construction contractors are challenging their peers to reach a goal that could save lives: have at least 25 of their employees each year earn a Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals™ (SCTPP) credential
Nearly 50,000 people are killed or injured annually while working on transportation infrastructure construction projects in the U.S.

Full article: Highway construction workers urged to get certified in safety
Source: Safety Best Practices

OSHA will hold its annual Safe + Sound Week this year from August 12th to the 18th. The event encourages employers to implement workplace safety initiatives, and highlight workers’ contributions to improving safety. Businesses that incorporate safety and health programs can help prevent injuries and illnesses, reduce workers’ compensation costs, and improve productivity.

Full article: Safe + Sound week is up ahead
Source: Safety Best Practices

Next to the real thing, virtual reality training is the best way to learn. VR training has been around for many years and in many forms, but generally was limited to people with deep pockets such as the military, NASA and the airline industry with use of flight simulators, for example.

Full article: Use virtual reality with caution — it’s not child’s play
Source: Safety Best Practices

Two Susan Harwood Training Grant Program recipients have developed free training programs to help protect construction workers from fall hazards.
The University of Tennessee training program offers three modules on OSHA’s role in workplace safety, health and safety standards affecting construction workers, and preventing common types of falls at construction sites.

Full article: OSHA grantees offer online training programs on fall prevention
Source: Safety Best Practices

The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) has launched Think and Act Fire Smart, a one-stop information center for wildfire preparedness and recovery. The resource center aims to raise awareness about the hidden dangers in the cleanup process that follows a devastating wildfire, especially in urban areas.

Full article: AIHA offers info for safe cleanup after wildfires
Source: Safety Best Practices

Regardless of where you work and how many employees the company has, the environment almost certainly has visual cues that help people spot and avoid dangerous things. That’s because OSHA provides approved colors to use around workplaces to designate hazards. Learning about them could help you bring more visual organization to an area and keep workers safer.

Full article: Using safety painting for OSHA visual organization recommendations
Source: Safety Best Practices

The Four Seasons Hotel Houston is not just a luxury hotel that includes premiere restaurants, a health club and spa and, of course, guest rooms. It is also the first hotel to be federally certified VPP Star – a milestone in the hospitality industry. It accomplished that status through a combination of creative activities (i.e. “VPP Jeopardy,” an improved Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2), and the creation of an Injury Prevention Committee.

Full article: Four Seasons in Houston becomes first VPP Star hotel
Source: Safety Best Practices

Convergence Training / RedVector, a Vector Solutions brand and award-winning producer of online safety training and learning management tools with a specialization in delivering 3D modeling and course animation, has released 13 new driver safety courses to inform employees about driving hazards and train them in safe driving techniques.

Full article: Convergence Training / RedVector launches 3D driver safety training to help motorists identify and avoid hazards
Source: Safety Best Practices

Improving knowledge of regulatory changes and safety best practices has been a common theme among attendees of the nearly 60 complimentary seminars hosted by J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. during the first half of 2019. And that trend looks to continue with nearly 25 more events scheduled for the third quarter of this year.

Full article: J.J. Keller continues helping safety & compliance professionals with free educational events
Source: Safety Best Practices

To record or not to record? That is the question when an employee gets sick or injured at work. In most cases, injuries that occur at work are work-related and must be recorded to maintain compliance with OSHA regulation. That said, OSHA provides nine specific exceptions to this general rule.

Full article: 9 Exceptions to OSHA Injury Reporting
Source: Safety Best Practices