News from the Safety Industry
How Virtual Reality Tools Are Helping with Soft Skills Training Part 2: How to Use VR
Published: Monday March 20th 2023
Source: OHS Online Magazine
What soft skills can be practiced using virtual reality?
AIHA Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Institute of Hazardous Materials Management
Published: Monday March 20th 2023
Source: OHS Online Magazine
Under the MoU, the organizations will work on education programs together.
Investigations by Department of Labor, Vernon Police lead to first-degree manslaughter charges in Connecticut trench fatality
Published: Friday March 17th 2023
Source: OSHA News
March 17, 2023
How Virtual Reality Tools Are Helping with Soft Skills Training Part 1: Benefits of VR
Published: Friday March 17th 2023
Source: OHS Online Magazine
VR may be the future of training for on-the-job skills, but it may also benefit soft skills. Learn more about how virtual reality is changing the job-training game.
A Leader in Worker Safety: A Case Study on a New Jersey Environmental Cleanup Project
Published: Friday March 17th 2023
Source: OHS Online Magazine
The team, which achieved one million man-hours without a lost time accident, shares their best safety practices.
Federal investigators find operating, training deficiencies contributed to fatal BP Products refinery explosion that claimed two workers’ lives
Published: Thursday March 16th 2023
Source: OSHA News
March 16, 2023
Federal investigation orders church to pay back wages, reinstate employee fired for raising concerns about rodents, insects in childcare center
Published: Thursday March 16th 2023
Source: OSHA News
March 16, 2023
OSHA Proposes Over $500K in Penalties for Nebraska Company After Worker Asphyxiation
Published: Thursday March 16th 2023
Source: OHS Online Magazine
The grain-handling company was also issued citations for 16 violations—including two willful—following the September 2022 incident.
More Than 46,000 People May Have Died from Vehicle Crashes in 2022, NSC Preliminary Estimate Shows
Published: Thursday March 16th 2023
Source: OHS Online Magazine
The estimate is only down slightly from the actual number of lives lost in 2021.
US Department of Labor, National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter sign alliance to train employers, workers on common hazards
Published: Wednesday March 15th 2023
Source: OSHA News
March 15, 2023