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Train the Trainer
Today’s issue of SafetyXChange looks at some of the challenges safety trainers face every day.
Do you or your supervisors need help with safety training? On August 4, SafetyXChange contributor Pamela (Ferrante) Walaski, President, JC Safety & Environmental, Inc., will present a special 2 hour webinar – Safe Supervisor Boot Camp: How to Deliver a Safety [...]
10 Reasons Your Trainees Aren’t Listening to You
A few years ago, I took a step toward fulfilling a lifelong dream. I took my very first sailing lesson. It was a disaster. I was all alone when my boat capsized. As I hit the lake, I remembered the advice my trainer gave me as I pulled from the dock: “Don’t panic.” So I [...]
July 6, 1944
Today marks the anniversary of a terrible tragedy that took place in Hartford, Connecticut, 20 minutes into a matinee show of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
About 7,500 people were enjoying the performance of the famous trapeze artists, the Great Wallendas, when the band suddenly began to play the “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Most [...]
An Avoidable Tragedy: The Tale of Anthony Dalton
Heat illness is dangerous. But it doesn’t strike without warning. It’s usually preceded by signs and symptoms. But because supervisors and workers aren’t always attuned to these signs, they lose the chance to help themselves or their co-workers. Or, they actually do something to make the situation worse—like drink a couple of cans of beer [...]
25 Signs You Might Be a Safety Geek
One of the wonderful things about the Internet is that your email inbox can suddenly fill up with funny messages. My favorites are the “You might be a” lists. And recently, I got to thinking about the many geeky things that we safety practitioners do. I started to write them down, and it turns out [...]
Comments on “How to Use Safety’s Magic Metre”
Here’s a note received in response to Bill Dickerson’s training tip for working with young workers shared in last week’s How to Use Safety’s Magic Metre
Hi Bill!
Nice article – congrats! Anything that helps our working youth stay safe is a good thing. I see that you are from Canada – we have the same [...]
How to Use Safety’s Magic Metre
I’ve been teaching safety to young workers for 20 years, and I’d like to share with you one of the more successful tips I’ve developed: The Magic Metre.
The “Magic Metre” (or “Magic Yardstick”) is a visual image new workers can use to protect themselves from all kinds of hazards. A “Magic [...]
Showing How Safety Coordinator Training Improves Compliance
Convincing senior management to invest in training workers and supervisors is a relatively easy task because such training is often expressly required by OHS laws. But the same can’t be said of training for safety coordinators like you. Why, senior management might ask, should the company divert scarce training resources to you if it’s not [...]
Why It Pays to Protect Your Workers
There’s no debate that our eyesight is invaluable: vision is a primary way humans experience the world, and without it, many jobs would prove impossible. The government has recognized the value of sight by passing legislation for workplace eye safety, and employers institute safety measures of their own to protect workers’ vision. While these combined [...]
Show Don’t Tell
“Words! Words! Words! I’m so sick of words!
~ Eliza Doolittle (My Fair Lady, 1964)
“Don’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I’ll tell you what they are.”
~ James W. Frick
Show me the money!
~ Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire, 1996)
