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Prevent Grain Bin and Silo Accidents
All farmers must take steps to prevent grain bin and silo accidents. These types of accidents can cause severe injuries and death. Documented accidents in Grant Park, Illinois and North Manchester, Indiana, resulted in farm worker fatalities and brought attention…
Decorate Safely This Holiday Season
Learn to follow simple safety steps and decorate safely this holiday season. Are you one of the millions of Americans who decorates for the holidays? Holiday decorations bring beauty and pizzazz to homes, businesses, and gathering places, making the season…
Keep Exit Routes Clear
To protect customers and employees, businesses must keep exit routes clear. When businesses ignore safety guidelines and block exits, they face citations from OSHA and negative publicity. For example, WSFA-12 News reported that Dollar Tree received citations from OSHA for…
OSHA #7505 – Introduction to Incident (Accident) Investigation
What is OSHA #7505 – Introduction to Incident (Accident) Investigation? Paul Satti, the technical director of projects and research at the Construction Safety Council, a partner of NSEC, describes the in-person course here. Because students cannot safely attend in-person courses…
Prevent the Flu this Season
Prevent the flu this season by taking action to protect yourself and avoid exposure to sick people. Follow these simple steps to lower your chances of getting the flu this year, and learn best practices for your workplace. Get the…
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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.