Northern Illinois University is starting 2026 with a renewed commitment to workplace safety thanks to a significant . This is the seventh year that NIU has received the Susan Harwood Federal Safety and Health Training Grant and is offering free…
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CTA Employees Complete OSHA Safety Program
With the support of the National Safety Education Center, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) recently celebrated a significant achievement in improving workforce safety with the successful completion of the Safety and Health Fundamentals Certificate Training Program. This comprehensive program is…
NIU receives $158,531 from U.S. Department of Labor grant for Workplace Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Training
Northern Illinois University received $158,531 in U.S. Department of Labor funding to promote workplace safety, health training and education. With this grant, employers and employees without high amounts of funding can receive free mental health and suicide prevention training. This…
What Documents will OSHA look at during an inspection?
Getting an OSHA inspection is a rare event. It would be roughly one in an 400 years if the 30 million businesses get one of OSHA 80,000 annual inspections. Having a complaint, hospitalization or an amputation would be a common…
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…
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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.