Environmental, Safety and Health Compliance—More than 40 Years of Progress

Environmental, Safety and Health Compliance—More than 40 Years of Progress

By Allison von Gruenigen, Compliance Solutions Consultant, Skillsoft

Did you know that in 1969 one of America’s rivers was so polluted with oil and trash that it caught fire?  That forty years ago on average, 38 U.S. workers died on the job each day? 
In 1970, Congress passed laws to protect both human health and the environment. These laws have greatly improved our lives and compliance training has played a major role in achieving the goals set by the agencies tasked with defining and upholding the laws. Skillsoft offers over 125 Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH) titles that support the laws and enhance a learner’s ability to help protect their self, their co-workers, the environment and their community.
Occupational safety and health
Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1970 to assure safe and healthful conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, outreach, education, and compliance assistance.  Under the OSHA law, employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their workers.
In four decades, OSHA and their state partners, coupled with the efforts of employers, safety and health professionals, unions and advocates, have had a dramatic effect on workplace safety.

• Since 1970, workplace fatalities have been reduced by more than 65 percent and occupational injury and illness rates have declined by 67 percent. At the same time, U.S. employment has almost doubled.
• Worker deaths in America are down — from about 38 worker deaths a day in 1970 to 13 a day in 2011.
• Worker injuries and illnesses are down — from 10.9 incidents per 100 workers in 1972 to fewer than 4 per 100 in 2010.

To learn more about OSHA, watch this short video of old and new footage that highlights key moments in the Nation's progress over the past forty years in occupational safety and health protection.
Environmental protection
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans [one in every ten Americans at the time] stood up to demand a cleaner and healthier environment. This first Earth Day was one of the largest grassroots demonstrations in our nation’s history and it worked. By the end of the year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created and tasked with both cleaning up the damage already done to the environment and establishing guidelines to help Americans make a cleaner and safer environment a reality. 
The vast environmental improvements made in the last 40 years have benefitted every single American.
Air quality

• In the 40 years since the Clean Air Act went into effect, America has reduced 60% of the dangerous air pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, lead poisoning and more.
• Today, new cars are 98 percent cleaner than in 1970 in terms of smog-forming pollutants.  This change has made Americans healthier.

Protecting America's water
Forty years ago the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so filled with oily waste and industrial pollution that it actually caught fire.  Today, the EPA is working to protect the water resources that keep our families healthy, our communities clean, and our country strong.

• Sixty-percent more Americans were served by publicly-owned wastewater treatment facilities from 1968 to 2008.
• In a study of lakes from the 1970s to 2007, water quality improved. Half the lakes saw less nutrient concentrations (forming green sludge) and a quarter saw improved trophic status.
• Today, more than 2,000 water bodies identified as impaired in 2002 now meet water quality standards.
• The number of Americans receiving drinking water that met health standards went from 79 percent, in 1993, to 92 percent, in 2008.

Recycling

• American families and businesses went from recycling about 10 percent of trash in 1980 to more than 33 percent in 2008.  America recycles 83 million tons of trash annually.  That’s like cutting green house gas emissions from more than 33 million automobiles.

EPA @ 40 video
Watch this video montage of archival and contemporary footage that captures some of the most pivotal and memorable events of past 40 years of the environmental protection movement.
Skillsoft’s ESH compliance solutions
Skillsoft offers over 125 ESH courses, with translated courses available in the following languages (not all courses are available in all languages):

• Latin American Spanish
• Chinese Mandarin
• Canadian English and French
• German

ESH compliance courseware can be delivered and tracked through the Skillsoft Academy or Skillport® platforms and has a proven track record with third-party learning management systems. The courseware and technology conform to standards including Section 508, AICC and SCORM. The Skillsoft Academy platform manages blended curricula of elearning compliance courses along with records of other types of training such as classroom, video or on-the-job training, so all training records can be managed in one system.


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Seminar4Success "The Role of Technology in Learning and Development"

Track Learning Solutions Successfully Launched Seminar4Success at Marina Hotel Kuwait

Track Learning Solutions Successfully launched Seminar4Success at Marina Hotel Kuwait and Announced Innovative Learning Award 2013, As part of its continues efforts in helping organizations achieve their training and business objectives, Track Learning Solutions held a full day Seminar in Marina hotel Kuwait titled “The Role of Technology in Learning & Development” as part of a series of events that will take place around the MENA region.

The event showcased case studies from Kuwait around the utilization and integration of Technology Based Learning into corporate training initiatives shared by Kuwait Investment Company (KIC)  , Al-Sayer Group (Kuwait) and Guest speaker, Mr. Ammar Safar from Kuwait University and George P. Abbs eLearning Specialist  Dexway.

During the event, TRACK Learning Solutions, the leading provider of e-learning services, announced their strategic partnership with dexway to provide English language learning solution within MENA Region. Mr. George from dexway demonstrated  new tools and services offered by dexway language learning solution that included 24x7 live conversational classes,one2one consultation in virtual classroom, study groups “ unlimited classes to practice with other students”

The event showcased case studies from Kuwait around the utilization and integration of Technology Based Learning into corporate training initiatives shared by Kuwait Investment Company (KIC)  , Al-Sayer Group (Kuwait) and Guest speaker, Mr. Ammar Safar from Kuwait University and George P. Abbs eLearning Specialist  Dexway.

TRACK as part of the “Achievement Recognition Awards program, awarded Innovative learning award to Kuwait Investment Company (KIC), Kuwait Finance House (KFH), Diyar United Co, Al-Sayer Goup, IBS, Heisco & GD and Kharafi National. TLS also awarded appreciation award to the event speakers, Mr. Ammar Safar (Kuwait University), Asmaa Al-Tabtabaee, Rania Chouiery (Al-Sayer Group) and George P. Abbs eLearning Specialist Dexway.

Mr. Fouad Mohsen AGM inaugurated the event by addressing the importance of Technology based Learning and Understanding the Rate of Change, He highlighted how Track can support organizations in building their own learning culture by taking an advantage of technology, empowering employees to take charge of their own learning, and getting the buy in from top managers and leaderships. He further explained how technology based learning can play an important role in keeping professionals updated with accurate information.

About Track learning solutions With more than 10 years’ experience in the e-learning industry, Tack Learning Solution provide the latest Technology Based Learning Solutions in the MENA region, with presence in Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria and other countries. Track Learning Solution partners with SkillSoft, Dexway, Jzero and IBTA delivers innovative learning solutions using latest technologies that is re-shaping the Training Delivery which in return has direct impact on development of human resource within organizations.

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