Category: Responsibility

Why Certify?

By: Allencia Ballard Did you know that individuals that held at least one safety certification typically earned $20,000 more per year than those with none. While the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) designation alone added $30,000 to the salary of a…

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pandemic fatigue

Pandemic Fatigue

Unless you lived under a rock for the last 10 months, you are probably experiencing pandemic fatigue. By now you understand the serious dangers of the novel coronavirus SARS- CoV-2, also known as COVID-19. However, everyone is growing tired of…

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Become an OSHA Outreach Trainer

Become an OSHA-Authorized Outreach Trainer

What is an Outreach Trainer? An OSHA-authorized outreach trainer is a person who already has some experience in safety roles, then volunteers to take a series of safety and health courses to increase their knowledge and learn how to teach…

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Joining a Safety Committee

The Safety Committee: To join or not to join? Safety and human resources employees often receive the opportunity to join a safety committee. What does joining a safety committee entail, and is it worth it? Why Join a Safety Committee?…

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Our Experts

Brent Bryden

OSHA-Authorized Outreach Trainer

Brent Bryden has 35 years of manufacturing safety and environmental health experience. Brent specializes in facilitating training for small, medium and large employers with a wide range of needs. He is passionate about using basic safety education and training to form strong safety foundations within an organization. Continuous improvement in safety training is his vision and providing results-oriented, quality products and services is his goal. Services: Training, Inspection Audits, Abatement Assistance, Safety Program Development, Implementation & Management.

Don Bartalone

OSHA-Authorized General Industry and Construction Outreach Trainer

Don Bartalone is the lead instructor at the National Safety Education Center. He has 35 years of transportation and warehouse industry experience, serving on the safety team and committee for 20 of those years. Don also spent five years as a facility manager/safety coordinator for an oil refinery and has recently traveled to Saudi Arabia to assist in safety program development for the world’s largest oil company. He holds National Safety Council certificates in Fork Lift Truck Operator Training, Incident Investigation, Safety Inspections and Advanced Safety. Services: 10- and 30-hour General Industry OSHA training, OSHA 511, 501 and 503 instruction.

John Newquist

OSHA-Authorized Outreach Trainer

John has over 30 years of experience as a safety trainer. Since 1987 John has trained over 50,000 people including OSHA compliance officers and Fortune 500 Clients. His areas of expertise include Incident Investigation, Confined Space, Excavation Safety, Cranes Signaling, Rigging Safety, Fall Protection, Scaffold Competent Person, Silica Competent Person, CHST Prep, Lockout, Machine Guarding, OSHA Recordkeeping, and Safety Management. Services: Mock OSHA Inspections, Site Safety Audits, Expert Witness 
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