Environmental Health and Safety Update

SafetySkills Offers Police Departments $1300 of free safety training

As a token of appreciation for police officers, SafetySkills is offering 100 free training credits to Police Department nationwide that signs up to use SafetySkills™ Direct online training in August, 2009. 

SafetySkills offers Bloodborne Pathogens, Basic First Aid and a Basic CPR Refresher course.  Each of these courses has a printable completion certificate for each police officer that successfully completes an online course. 

All SafetySkills courses satisfy OSHA training requirements.  The complete SafetySkills course catalog has over 100 pre-packaged courses that can be assigned immediately after registering for a SafetySkills Direct account.

Go to http://safetyskills.com/registration/ to sign up.  Please mention that you heard about SafetySkills from a Law Enforcement Magazine before August 30, 2009 to receive 100 training credits for your police department.   These credits will not expire and can be used immediately, or a year from now.

Training programs are a necessary part of any organization to ensure employee safety. Unfortunately, this training can sometimes be costly and for nonprofit organizations it may interfere with the funds needed to support their mission. For nonprofits in this situation the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program is here.

This grant program was set in place to honor Susan Harwood, a woman who spent 17 years of her life as the director of Office of Risk Assessment in OSHA’s Health Standards Directorate.  She spent her career developing OSHA standards that consequently saved the lives and reduced injuries of employees across the United States.

Any nonprofit organization that is not an agency of State or local government is eligible to receive funding, including community and faith-based organizations. But all applications are due Friday, July 24^th, 2009 by 4:30 p.m. E.T.

This grant will cover safety training in:

Concrete Products

Construction

Emergency Preparedness

Excavation

General Industry

Landscaping

Lead

Safety and Health Management

Workplace Violence

To add bang to your buck – all recipients of the Susan Harwood Training Grant will also receive 20% off on all SafetySkills courses and have unlimited access to our free Basic Awareness Series to any number of employees. To receive these discounts use coupon code: shtgrant or contact us at (888) 844-3549.

Go to http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/ote/sharwood.html to learn more about the grant and apply!

The summer temperature is rising by the day and so are the rates of heat-induced illness and death. The first report of heat-induced illness took place in Memphis, TN on June 24, 2009, but deaths have been occurring all season and are sure to continue. These incidents remind us to provide employees with the proper training to ensure their safety when working in these conditions.

“Working in extreme temperatures is not only uncomfortable, it can be life-threatening,” said acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Jordan Barab. “It is important for workers and their employers to minimize the chances of heat-induced illnesses, and imperative that they recognize the signs of heat stress and take the proper precautions to reduce the chances of illness or death.”

Many employers who spend the majority of their time indoors tend to lose sight of the risks that dramatic weather conditions can have on their outdoor workers. By simply taking the time to administer safety training on this issue can save everyone involved from getting burned.

“This heat is taking a toll on everyone, but especially to those who have to work in it day in and day out. We wanted to help these employees stay safe by creating a SafetySkills™ Heat Stress course that tackles this issue and what preventative measures should be taken,” said Trey Greene, CEO of noodleStream.com.

Each day approximately 1,000 eye injuries occur in the U.S. and 90 percent of these are preventable. During the month of July, people throughout the country are encouraged to become aware of the protective measures they should take in order to keep their eyes safe and SafetySkills™ wants to help spread this message to employers.

“It is much easier to prevent an eye injury rather than healing from one,” said Trey Greene, CEO of noodleStream.com. “Our SafetySkills™ Personal Protective Equipment course is a quick and informative way to ensure the safety of your workers.”

The eye is the one of the most easily damaged parts of the body, yet 78 percent of eye injuries are due to a lack of protective eye wear. To show how strongly SafetySkills™ feels about this specific type of injury, the company is providing their Personal Protective Equipment course at discounted price all month long.

“Employee safety training is very important for businesses of any size and we want to help make it as affordable as possible for them. For National Eye Injury Prevention Month, SafetySkills™ will offer 20 percent off to those who purchase and complete our Personal Protective Equipment course and send them a free Personal Protection Against Industrial Hazards Quick Series Guidebook” said Greene.

For more information about noodleStream.com or our SafetySkills™ products, contact us at safetyskills.com.