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Owner involvement fosters a healthy safety climate part 2

Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / April 30, 2021 / Owenrs, Safety, safety climate, Safety Culture, safety leadership

The previous safety blog discussed the importance of owner involvement. Without it, fostering a strong safety climate is nearly impossible. What steps can owners and top management take? Active Presence Owners and top management presence on-site demonstrate safety buy-in and provides the foundation for a strong safety climate: Participate and lead employee orientation; site orientations […]

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Hazwoper

Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / April 24, 2021 / Hazerdous Waste, Hazwoper, Safety, Safety training

In the beginning of 2020, our company was contracted to provide several English and Spanish 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) classes required for some construction crews to work on site. I began the first class in Newark, Delaware. Just before heading out, I had been following the news on the fast-spreading coronavirus.

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Owner involvement fosters a strong safety climate part 1

Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / April 4, 2021 / Owner Involvement, Safety, safety climate, Safety Culture

I have had many conversations with frustrated safety people. They were hired for the wrong reason. I often hear a focus on “legal compliance” with OSHA® standards instead of best practices to keep people safe. Many companies know that they need compliance to avoid OSHA fines. Therefore, they create a safety department, and hire one

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Minority Business Delay

Interpreting, Safety, Translation / Jeffrey Alfonso / March 6, 2021 / interpreting, language services, Minority Business, Safety, Translation

Every year, I meet with my co-owner Emily to review our past year and plan our next year. Two thousand twenty prime goal was to become an 8A certified minority business. We were making slow steady progress. I believe we would have reached that goal within the year. However, the coronavirus pandemic stunned our business.

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Fall Prevention and Protection

Safety, Translation / Jeffrey Alfonso / February 20, 2021 / fall prevention, Safety, Safety training, Translation

Last year, we had the opportunity to collaborate with Greenville Technical College in the development of a fall prevention/fall protection class. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA®) offers a grant to create and deliver safety training material. The Susan Harwood grant is typically available to schools and other organizations. OSHA® provides a list of

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Effective Training for a Powerful Safety Culture Part 3: Workers

Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / February 8, 2021 / Communication, interpreting, language, Safety, safety climate, Safety Culture, safety leadership, Safety training

Workers must receive ongoing training to promote a consistent message that safety is as important as productivity. This message should be reinforced in all safety meetings, such as daily toolbox talks and by posted visual reminders. Safety Training All workers should have at least training in an OSHA 10-hour class; preferably OSHA 30-hour class They

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A life of learning

Ethics, Interpreting, Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / January 16, 2021 / ethics, interpreting, Medical interpretation, Safety, Safety training

I was twenty years old when my journey of learning began. As a volunteer minister, I took a vow of poverty and served at the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society. Not only did I learn many of my life lessons there, but I also learned about working safely on a scaffold. A few years later,

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Effective training for a powerful safety culture part 2 (Supervisors)

Safety / Jeffrey Alfonso / January 9, 2021 / Safety, safety climate, Safety Culture, safety leadership

Part one of this blog discussed the importance of effective safety training. We will discuss what steps need to be taken to train supervisors. Supervisors are key for safety on the jobsite. They are the intermediary between the worker and management. The way they lead, act as role models, and communicate are important factors in

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Effective training for a powerful safety culture part 1

Safety, Uncategorized / Jeffrey Alfonso / January 8, 2021 / OSHA, Safety, Safety Culture, Safety tips, Safety training

This blog was originally published in February, 2020. Corona Virus hit and so did a tornado and I stopped blogging. This is being republished so that Part two can make sense. We have already talked about the importance of clear communication for a healthy safety climate. Regular consistent safety training in the language’s employees understand

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Owner involvement fosters a healthy safety climate part 2

Hazwoper

Owner involvement fosters a strong safety climate part 1

Minority Business Delay

Fall Prevention and Protection

Effective Training for a Powerful Safety Culture Part 3: Workers

A life of learning

Effective training for a powerful safety culture part 2 (Supervisors)

Effective training for a powerful safety culture part 1

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