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One of the big safety challenges for those of you who operate construction equipment is to maintain constant awareness of your blind spot...

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is critical when you're working on a job site - especially if you're working with machinery where thi...

What are work site injuries costing your company? Way more than you may think! If you look at the bigger picture, a single debilitating w...

For the third consecutive year, fall protection took the gold medal last month in OSHA's 2013 list of the top 10 safety violations. Here ...

Haul truck tires are one of the largest expenses for most mines. This means that improving their lifespan can not only save your mine mil...

The chances that workers take on the job sometimes astound us. VISTA's first #HazardSpotting blog post highlights two steelworkers who ar...

A key part of VISTA Training's mission is to educate workers on key safety principles and practices to increase the odds that they will...

VISTA instructor kits include everything you need to conduct comprehensive and consistent operator training sessions - everything but the...

It’s usually more economical and effective to buy mine training programs and have them adapted to needs than to develop them internally. ...

Are your haul truck operators guilty of distracted driving? Several recent stories in the media illustrate the dangers of this growing pr...

Large haul trucks tend to be unforgiving of mistakes. That's why it's critically important to provide your operators with comprehensive t...

One of the deeply embedded myths of the safety profession is Herbert William Heinrich's "safety pyramid." However, recent research shows...

What's wrong with this photo of an aerial work platform? More than meets the eye.

Mining equipment simulators need be integrated into a blended curriculum in order for them to be effective training tools.

New data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) says that approximately 5 construction workers a week are killed by falls ...

McGraw-Hill's new Safety Management in the Construction Industry SmartMarket Report reveals that contractors are seeing significant posit...

VISTA Training Inc. (June 25, 2013) – VISTA Training has released 9 new equipment training programs in its affordable Silver Series,...

How deep does a trench need to be in order to be considered a confined space? Not as deep as you think, say members of the ASSE LinkedIn...

Here at VISTA, we have just launched the biggest expansion of our Silver Series to date: 9 new training programs focused on various types...

Blended learning is a powerful tool for training new equipment operators, because it helps them to better retain key machine knowledge th...