OSHA Training
When was the last time you took a safety class? There are a lot of different sources available, with both for-profit companies and the not-for-profit organizations. Three not-for-profit associations,...
View ArticleSafety and The Economy
During the past few months the country has focused most of its attention on our economy. As the economy worsens certain parts of business and manufacturing are affected first. Training and safety...
View ArticleDefensive Driving
What do these numbers have in common? 41,059…..2.49 million…..230.6 billion? Ok, your best guess. As a DDC-4 instructor I talk about these number in my classes. The 41,059 are the number of...
View ArticleDistracted Driving
Since statistics prove more than 90 percent of all collisions are a direct result of driver error, and an increasingly large number of people choose to drive distracted, it shouldn’t be surprising that...
View ArticleTexting Study: University of Utah
18 states and Washington DC have now passed laws prohibiting drivers of a moving vehicle to text while driving. Yet over 10% of all drivers still continue to text. Many of these drivers are under the...
View ArticleNew safety group launched for distracted driving
A new safety group called FocusDriven hopes to do for distracted driving what MADD has done for drunken driving and that is to increase awareness about the problem and influence action against it....
View ArticleNational Distracted Driving Month
April is National Distracted Driving Month Each day, more than 16 people are killed and more than 1,300 people are injured in crashes involving a distracted driver. Distracted driving is driving while...
View ArticleHave You Ever Heard of NETS?
What do think NETS is? A tennis game, Part of the NBA, a new reality show? Not really, NETS stands for Network of Employers for Traffic Safety. So, have you ever heard of NETS? Probably not. Do you...
View ArticleSafety 24/7
Safety 24/7 Often, as part of a complete safety program, companies are stressing Safety 24/7. We know from the Bureau of Labor Statics and the National Safety Council’s Injury Facts that the number of...
View ArticleBST White Paper on Distracted Driving
Distracted driving is an organizational safety issue that requires the same attention and resources as other workplace safety concerns, according to a white paper released today by global safety firm...
View ArticleCan You Walk, Talk and Chew Gum all at the Same Time
The National Safety Council recently added Distracted Walking injuries into the new Injury Facts publication going out to members. 52% of cell phone distracted walking injuries happen at home •68% of...
View ArticleLabor Day Driving
Today is Labor Day and the highways are filled with people traveling from 1 place to another. The National Safety Council estimates 38,300 people were killed and 4.4 million injured on U.S. roads in...
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