Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Looking for a Great Safety Conference?

Check out this website and call for speakers for the Georgia Safety, Health, and Environmental Conference for 2012.



I am scheduled to present a 1 day session on "How to Develop an Effective Safety Culture, to be defined." Come and join me!

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Is your company interested in receiving or providing SAFETY, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL information at no cost to you?

Savannah Marriott Riverfront
If you would like to be considered as a speaker or have other suggestions as we move forward in the planning stages, please contact Jimmy Mize. The speaker application is available in Microsoft Word format. The deadline to apply is February 14, 2012.
Read more at www.georgiaconference.org
 

Monday, November 21, 2011

Great Powerpoint Search Page

In a response to my post yesterday on PowerPoint presentations, John Maynard posted this one of the EHS groups. He stated that he stumbled across this search engine that specializes in finding PowerPoints on any topic. http://www.pptsearch365.com



Thanks John. I agree that this is a great find and can benefit everyone. I just search for presentation for a project that I am working on and found Powerpoints that I had not seen before.



Try it out and provide me feedback.

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Search:



PPTsearch365.com is a Powerful PPT Search Engine which will help you to search for PowerPoint Presentations all over the world whether you need them for your assignment or business.

Read more at www.pptsearch365.com
 

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

New Safety Videos from OSHA

These videos from OSHA are a great resources for safety training.

Amplify’d from www.osha.gov
Prevention Videos (v-Tools): Construction Hazards

Every year in the U.S. more than 800 construction workers die and nearly 137,000 are seriously injured while on the job. Construction workers engage in many activities that may expose them to serious hazards, such as falling from rooftops, unguarded machinery, being struck by heavy construction equipment, electrocutions, silica dust, and asbestos.

Falls in Construction

Sprains and Strains in Construction

Struck-by Accidents in Construction

Carbon Monoxide in Construction

Excavations in Construction

Read more at www.osha.gov
 

Friday, November 11, 2011

Tons of Safety Presentations

This site has many downloadable presentations about various safety subjects. I only provide resources that I find and have not verified the content, so the user must verify the content to ensure that it is accurate before use.

Amplify’d from www.safetyawakenings.com

Power Points

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) offers 110 free Power Point presentations that can be downloaded  here.  
SlideShare.com is a searchable data base that has thousands of Power Point presentations.  I did a search using the word OSHA and got 5,448 hits!
The following are links to my favorite, free, workplace safety Power Point presentations.  You won’t find any of them on the above two websites.
Read more at www.safetyawakenings.com
 

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Safety Third

Check out this video on Safety Third from Mike Rowe of "Dirty Jobs." Looking for your honest opinion. Is this a true Safety Culture??


Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Generic Safety Programs

If you are new to safety and looking for some generic safety programs to start with, check out Wyoming’s safety material. These basic program that will help and can be used to support your safety culture. Please make sure that you modify these program to fit your need.

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Safety and Health Programs
 The four major elements of an effective health and safety program are:


  • Management Commitment and Employee Involvement

  • Worksite Analysis

  • Hazard Prevention and Control

  • Safety and Health Training
Read more at doe.wyo.gov
 

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Selected Training Material

I am not sure of the quality of these training programs, but I think that it is worth while to take a look.

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How to develop effective Safety training? 
Read more at www.saferplace.info