Webinars / Seminars
Vista Safety Consulting’s School of Safety “S.O.S.” offers a wide array of training courses in-person and via webinar. Our new Learning Management System (LMS) is now available for self-driven employee training and education. The goal is to keep you and your employees up-to-date on current regulatory standards and health & safety information.
✶ Session 1 – OSHA 2021 – Update, Investigations, & Recordkeeping
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2021
Time: 11.30 am CST (60 minutes)
Description
- As we roll into a new presidential term, what can we expect from the new administration?
- Will this lead to more OSHA inspections? Understand the process of an OSHA inspection and if they knock on your door?
- This presentation will also provide an overview of OSHA Recordkeeping: when (and when not) to record an incident, OSHA Logs (300, 300A, and 301), as well as OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA) for electronic recordkeeping.
Cost: FREE
If you missed it: Download the PPT
✶ Session 2 – Workplace Violence: The World is Changing…Are You?
Date: Friday, March 26, 2021
Time 11.30 am CST (60 minutes)
Description:
You’re not going to want to miss this special Friday S.O.S. Webinar!
Unfortunately, over the last several years we have witnessed some high-profile, and even local events of workplace violence. Vista Safety Consulting’s strategic partner Dan Skoczylas of Hawkeye Security will bring his years of law enforcement and private investigation experience to this S.O.S. Webinar to review such topics as: Underlying causes of Workplace Violence, Illinois HB3653, Criminal Justice Reform, Company liability and OSHA exposure, and Moving forward with a Workplace Violence plan & strategy.
Cost: FREE
If you missed it: REPLAY WEBINAR
✶ Session 3 – Reasonable Suspicion
Date: THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021
Time: 11.30 am CST (60 minutes)
Description: With Illinois enacting laws lessening (or even removing) regulations around marijuana, there have been several areas of confusion. There is also the rising opioid epidemic in parts of the country. Vista Safety Consulting’s strategic partner Bill Heffernan, of ScreenSafe, Inc., brings years of addictions treatment background to discuss with you your options as well as areas to watch out for if you suspect someone at your workplace is under the influence or may have a problem.
Cost: FREE
If you missed it: REPLAY WEBINAR
✶ Session 4 – Best Practices in Claim Management
Date: THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2021
Time: 11.30 am CST (60 minutes)
Description: Workers’ Compensation claims can go sideways quickly along with escalating costs. While there is no way to completely prevent incidents, there are certain steps an organization can take to minimize the frequency and cost of such events.
In this webinar, we’ll review some best practices as: • Successfully navigating the claims process; • Effective communication and use of technology to help you manage operations and workflow; • Leverage your key advocates; • Optimizing existing infrastructure to identify and remediate claims leakage or fraud potential
Cost: FREE
Registration: REGISTER
✶ Session 5 – Sexual Harassment
Date: COMING SOON
Time: 11.30 am CST (60 minutes)
Description: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker mandated that all employers, regardless of size, train their employees (annually) in Sexual Harassment. Vista Safety Consulting is proud to strategically partner with Lisa Pinion of Pinion Solutions to bring you this presentation.
This presentation will cover: an explanation of sexual harassment consistent with the IHRA; examples of conduct that constitutes unlawful sexual harassment; a summary of relevant federal and State statutory provisions concerning sexual harassment, including remedies available to victims of sexual harassment; and a summary of responsibilities of employers in the prevention, investigation, and corrective measures of sexual harassment.
Registration: COMING SOON
✶ Session 6 – DOT Inspections and Maintenance
Date: COMING SOON
Time: 11.30 am CST (60 minutes)
Description: DOT regulations can be their own headache. If you have a fleet of delivery vehicles or similar, you know that keeping track of vehicle inspections, maintenance, and other DOT-regulated areas can be a full-time job. We are happy to have a strategic partnership with Whip Around to take a lot of the work and time out of the process, and help you safely manage your fleet.
Cost: FREE
Registration: COMING SOON
Online Training
Vista Safety Consulting, LLC is excited to share our collaborative partnership with ClickSafety, by providing a wide range of online/on-demand health and safety-related courses.
ClickSafety is the leader in online safety training solutions for the construction and general industries – delivering award-winning interactive safety training to more than 7,000 organizations worldwide.
ClickSafety offers more courses and industry expertise than any other provider in the market, delivering nearly 300 easily-accessible, 24/7 courses – including OSHA 10 & 30-hour courses as well as over 70 titles in Spanish.
Toolbox Talks
Our Health & Safety Toolbox Talks are designed to be an informal group discussion that focuses on a particular safety issue. These tools can be used regularly (i.e., weekly) to promote safety culture, serve as a reminder of workers’ duties and responsibilities, as well as to facilitate health and safety discussions.
Tips for an effective Safety Toolbox Talk:
- Encourage everyone to participate and discuss from their own experiences and knowledge
- Focus on only one safety and health subject per talk
- Be specific with the recommended actions for hazard controls and safe work behaviors – avoid general statements!
- Incorporate real work situations
- Allow sufficient time for questions and answers
Useful Links
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
The Occupations Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) website. The website offers the most recent regulatory standards, interpretations, and guidance. It also includes locations and phone numbers for OSHA offices around the country.
OSHA: Establishment Inspection Search
This page enables the user to search for OSHA enforcement inspections by the name of the establishment.
OSHA: Most Frequently Cited Standards
This page allows the user to list the most frequently cited Federal or State OSHA standards for a specified 6-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code. Also available is Industry Profile for OSHA Standard which lists NAICS classifications having the most occurrences of citations for a specified OSHA standard.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
The Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program produces a wide range of information about workplace injuries and illnesses. These data are collected and reported annually through the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Industry Incident Rates
See the latest industry incidence rates (OSHA recordable case rates).
Injury & Illness Incidence Rate Calculator and Comparison
Incidence rates can be used to show the relative level of injuries and illnesses among different industries, firms, or operations within a single firm. Because a common base and a specific period of time are involved, these rates can help determine both problem areas and progress in preventing work-related injuries and illnesses.
OSHA’s “$afety Pays”
OSHA’s “$afety Pays” program can help employers assess the impact of occupational injuries and illnesses on their profitability. This program uses a company’s profit margin, the average costs of an injury or illness, and an indirect cost multiplier to project the amount of sales a company would need to cover those costs. The program is intended as a tool to raise awareness of how occupational injuries and illnesses can impact a company’s profitability, not to provide a detailed analysis of a particular company’s occupational injury and illness costs.
Online Respirator Medical Evaluation
Powered by 3M, the Online Respirator Medical Evaluation provides immediate medical evaluation of respirator wearers for compliance with OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard — 29CFR1910.134. It can be used for all brands of respirators, and is available in English and Spanish. In addition, the 3M Online Respirator Medical Evaluation System’s data tracking capabilities will make it a valuable component of your Respiratory Protection Program.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Safety Measurement System
Check you Motor Carrier Safety and Performance Data. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) core mission is to prevent crashes, injuries, and fatalities related to large trucks and buses on our Nation’s roads. The Safety Measurement System (SMS) is FMCSA’s workload prioritization tool. FMCSA uses the SMS to identify carriers with potential safety problems for interventions as part of the Agency’s safety compliance and enforcement program called Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA).
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Established by the OSH Act of 1970, NIOSH is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
