Fun Fall Prevention Game

Need to make your safety training more fun? Want to introduce a little game element to your safety meetings? Need a quick and easy way to deliver a quick safety refresher to workers?

Or maybe you just want to kill a few minutes testing your own safety knowledge?

If so, we’ve got a fun fall prevention training game for you here. It’s kind of like the TV show Wheel of Fortune, except it’s based on fall prevention & protection terms and ideas. You’ll fall for it! Ha!

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Fun Hazard Communication Game

How well do you know your Haz-Com?

Are you a novice, an intermediate, or an advanced expert?

Well, here’s a quick and easy way to find out.

You might also use this game with your employees. It can make your safety training a little more fun. And who doesn’t like that?

As you’ll see, the game is like the TV show Wheel of Fortune, except it’s based on hazard communication. Why don’t they make more safety training word games like this? Well, now they do. Or at least, we do.

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Fun Respiratory Protection Training Game

Respirators. Respiratory protection. Respiratory protection safety training.

Important stuff in some workplaces. Lifesaving, even.

But, to be honest, not exactly fun stuff. At least not usually.

And that’s why we’ve put together this respiratory protection training game for you.

It puts at least a little more fun into respiratory protection training. Give it a shot and see what you think.

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Fun Machine Guarding Game

Need to train your workers on machine guarding?

If so, are you looking for a way to add a little touch of fun to the proceedings?

This fun machine guarding training game may be just what you’re looking for, then.

It’s kind of like the word games you see on the TV show Wheel of Fortune, except it’s all about machine guarding. If you’re a safety manager, you’ve got to love that!

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Fun Forklift Training Game

A good forklift training program should have a lot of elements.

Obviously, the operating demonstration and evaluation is critical, but you can do more than that.

For example, a fun little word game like this one might be a good way to introduce some terms to new employees, or to test their knowledge after some instructor-training, or as a quick refresher six months down the road.

Whatever you choose to do with this–hey, maybe it would be fun during a safety meeting or a toolbox talk?–we hope you enjoy it.

Stay safe, friends!

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Fun Scaffolds Training Game

Scaffolds are hazardous and workers get hurt on them–or worse, get hurt when falling from them.

Given that, it makes sense to train employees to work on, with, and near scaffolds safely. And it makes sense to train them in a variety of ways.

One thing you can do to add a little fun to the training is to let your employees play this scaffolds training game. You may even give it a shot yourself!

It’s basically the same thing as the games on TV’s Wheel of Fortune, except (1) there’s no Vanna White and (2) it’s about scaffolds.

Have a fun time with this!

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7 Ways Online Safety Training Helps New Employees Work More Safely

Getting hired and starting a new gig is exciting. We’ve all been there. New opportunities open. New, exciting challenges present themselves.

But it can also be stressful, intimidating, and even a bit overwhelming. There’s a lot to learn in a hurry, and some new hires are starting at ground zero.

Fortunately, there’s a lot that managers, supervisors, bosses, and coworkers can do to help the new employee. Frankly, just saying “hi” and “welcome,” introducing yourself, and offering any help if needed are good places to start.

In addition, a comprehensive new employee onboarding program is a great start. This can include explaining the company mission statement, values, and culture; explaining general policies, like vacation time and sick days; getting the new employee together with his or her new manager; setting expectations with the employee and learning more about his or her own career goals; and more.

Part of that onboarding can begin the process of teaching the new worker his or her new job, including the tasks and responsibiities he or she will have to perform.

And part of that will be providing new employee safety onboarding to keep the new worker, and everyone else, safe on the job. In an earlier article, we looked at how a learning management system, or LMS, can help with that new employee safety onboarding process. In this article, we’ll look at how online safety training courses can help, too.

 

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How to Use Online Safety Training: 11 Easy Ideas

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Curious about online safety training but not sure how you can use it at your workplace?

That’s not unusual.

In this article, we’ve listed eleven easy ways for you to take advantage of online safety training as part of your overall safety training program at work. And it wasn’t hard to make the list! Plus, there are more reasons, too–we invite you to add your own ideas at the bottom of this article. What’s worked well for you?

Click to read the list below.

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Effective Safety Training: Check Out Our Article In ASSE’s “Professional Safety” Magazine

We’re always excited to work together with a professional safety organization like the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), and so we’re excited and honored to have written an article for their Professional Safety magazine (gated-must be an ASSE member).

Thanks to Tim Fisher, Standards Development and Technical Services, for recommending us to the Professional Safety staff, and to Sue Trebswether, Editor/Manager at Professional Safety, for all the hard work and good cheer.

Go here to read the magazine and our article. Remember, you’ve got to be an ASSE member, but that starts at only $150/year, and that $150 pays for many, many benefits. It’s a safety bargain to be sure.

But don’t rush away too quickly! We’ve got a series of ASSE-related materials that we’ve created for you below, plus a free 60-page Guide to Effective Safety Training you can download and some more cool safety training stuff.

It’s all below the MORE button, just waiting for you.

And stay tuned to Professional Safety, as this is the first in a multi-article series on safety training that we’re writing for the magazine. Our next article will appear in their January, 2017 issue, and we’ll have articles in their March, May, July, September, November, and January (2018) issues as well. So get in here, at the ground floor, and settle in for the long haul with us! 🙂

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Come See Us At The Western Pulp, Paper and Forest Products Safety & Health Conference – Portland, OR – Nov 29-Dec 2, 2016

We’ll be exhibiting at this year’s Western Pulp, Paper and Forest Products Safety & Health conference this year. And as a bonus, we’ll also be leading a presentation on Effective Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Training.

The conference begins on Tuesday, November 29 and runs through Friday, December 2.

Brian Andrewjeski will be at the booth saying hi, demonstrating our products, and answering any questions. You can send Brian emails in advance here.

Jeff Dalto will be giving a presentation Effective Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Training. You can send send Jeff emails in advance here.

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Blended Learning for Forklift Safety

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Have you ever wondered how to add an online training element to your forklift safety training program? Been curious about online forklift safety training and how to use it?

Or have you maybe ever wondered if it’s even allowed? Hint: it is.

In this article, we’re going to give a quick overview of the OSHA training requirements for forklift operators, and then we’ll give you some tips for using online forklift safety training materials as part of a blended learning program.

Let us know if you have any questions–the comments section is at the bottom.

Also, just an FYI–we’ll be focusing on the 1910/General Industry Powered Industrial Trucks training regulations.

And if this blog post isn’t enough for you, check out our Powered Industrial Trucks Training Materials post, which has free word games, an interactive PIT glossary, an extensive PIT FAQ, and more! Wow!

Or maybe some of these articles will interest you:

But let’s get on with how to create a forklift operator training program that includes online forklift safety training.

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