Safety Training Videos Reduce Workplace Accidents with Education

Entering the ranks of “accident free workplace” is often as simple as making sure your staff receives effective education on safety regulations and practices, and one of the most effective ways to accomplish this task is by utilizing safety training videos. There are several reasons why using safety training videos in the workplace can increase your chances of worker compliance and subsequently reduce workplace accidents:

Seeing AND hearing doubles your chances of retaining information: Studies on memory and information retention show that people retain more information when they both see and hear it. While a safety lecture alone may be somewhat effective, a safety training video or DVD combines two sensory elements that will double the chances that the information that is presented will be remembered by staff after they walk out the door and into the factory or industrial area.
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Virtual Instruction With Online Safety Training

Once upon a time, the Internet was considered “the way of the future.” Most people agree that the future has now arrived, and the Internet has changed the way society does business. You’d be hard-pressed to find an American home that doesn’t have at least one computer in it, and as a result, our vast world is smaller than ever before. Businesses and non-profit organizations alike have embraced the computer age and now routinely include a website as part of their business. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the United States is no exception. OSHA is the organization whose mandate it is to write and enforce policy regarding workplace safety and accident/illness prevention. Formed in 1970, OSHA protects nearly every worker in most every sector in the U.S.
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Safety Compliance Tests and Audits

Since the Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed in the United States in 1970, it has been the responsibility of OSHA (The Occupational Safety and Health Administration) to administrate the OSH Act and protect the working public in America from malady at work.

In partnership with national organizations, OSHA’s main responsibilities are to write policies regarding safety in the workplace, to educate employers and employees on these safety standards, and to ensure that companies understand and comply with these requirements. Nearly every industrialized country in the world has a similar governing body whose responsibility it is to protect its country’s workers and ensure safety compliance by employers, such as the Centre for Occupational Health and Safety in Canada.
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Improving Forklift Safety Training

Forklift safety is big industry concern for OSHA (The Occupational Safety and Health Administration), the governmental arm responsible for ensuring workplace safety for American workers. One of the reasons is that so many industries and businesses, even small ones, use forklifts, or “powered industrial trucks,” on the job.

Because there is so much potential for accident/injury on and around forklifts (OSHA estimates tens of thousands forklift injuries occur every year on the job), OSHA, its cooperative industry partners, and other workplace safety specialists, have produced a number of resources to help employers make sure that their forklifts are operated in a safe and secure manner.
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Safety Consultants Train To Reduce Accidents

There are many different ways in which safety consultants can improve health and safety standards in the workplace. Human resources are the most important resource of any nation. Unsafe practices in the workplace can lead to accidents causing injury and even death, so what can be done about it?

The mission of OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration – is to ensure that workers have a safe environment in which to perform their work. To this end, they have instigated certain workplace rules and regulations which, when adhered to will support their aim of protecting human resources. Grants of over 10 million dollars have been awarded to help train safety consultants and through them, workers.

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