HSI June Newsletter

Your monthly digest of EHS, Compliance, and Professional Development resources & news for you and your business, with something for everyone.

Featured

New Whitepaper: The Case for Online Safety Training.

Online training has grown tremendously over the past two decades, this whitepaper breaks down the benefits of online training and how to evaluate it for your organization.

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News

National Safety Month

June is National Safety Month. This year’s focus is on musculoskeletal disorders, workplace impairment, injury prevention, and slips, trips, and falls.

HSI at Industry Events!

If you are attending these industry events, be sure to visit HSI in the expo. We would love to meet you in person!

• SHRM ANNUAL. CONFERENCE & EXPO: June 12-15 in New Orleans
• APPA General Conference, Jun 13-14, Nashville, TN
• AREGC, Jun 13-15, St. Pete Beach, FL
• ASSP: June 27-29 in Chicago, IL

Product Updates

Gender Equality Series

A few years ago, Harvard Business Review published an article with data that showed there were more CEOs in large companies named John than there were women in the top job. Years later, we still have a lot of work to do supporting gender equality in the workplace at all levels. Our new series covers gender bias, advancement for women, conflict management, work-life balance, and more.

• Understanding Gender Bias in the Workplace
• Being an Only or Double Only
• Dealing With Microaggressions
• Recognizing and Reporting Gender Bias
• Allyship at Work
• Assertive Communication
• Recognizing and Reporting Pregnancy Discrimination
• Navigating the Broken Rung
• Salary Negotiation
• Mentoring Other Women
• Your Professional Appearance
• Giving Feedback to Managers
• Receiving Feedback from Managers
• Conflict Management
• Stress and Burnout
• Work-Life Balance

Safety Management System

Improving the hassle-free and efficient experience of the safety management system, we released enhanced signature functionality that means users can load and reuse their signatures. This feature and many other enhancements were posted recently; view release notes within the platform for details.

Chemical Management

Two platform improvements help take the guesswork out of meeting regulations; spill calculator (which gives you information on requirements for government notifications and how to contact them), and a new report for RTK users.

Distracted Driving

New course overview and updated full course, with a newly added 3D animated threaded story. These courses heighten drivers’ awareness of the many distractions they may encounter on the road and introduce the systems in place to keep them safe and provide practical strategies for staying focused and driving defensively.

Helpful Resources

AVERT Readiness Assessment

Acts of violence can happen anywhere at any time. Take the three-minute HSI Readiness Assessment survey to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of your emergency safety plan.  

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ICYMI: Transforming Safety in the Workplace: Successful Strategies and Statistics

Many construction companies have recognized the dire need to upgrade their safety programs from an ineffective paper-and-spreadsheet system to a true safety management system. Access this webinar to learn how one construction company successfully made the change - and vastly improved safety statistics. In this webinar, attendees will learn:

• Why safety, improved tracking, and incident rates are critical in construction.
• A successful strategy for leadership buy-in and company-wide rollout of a safety management system.
• What to do, and avoid, after implementation.

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Guess the Movie Quote Answer

Thanks for playing along!

Quote: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in”

Answer: Movie: Godfather III (1990), Character: Michael Corleone played by Al Pacino