"As a safety consultant, I see a lot of education and training videos. The tools developed by GEAPS have by far been the best tools available to me and the industry."
The Grain Industry Safety & Health Center, known as GISHC, offers you the most comprehensive and effective training and educational programs available to the grain operations industry. Programs are focused on subjects that matter to you: fire and explosion hazards, operational hazards, emergency action planning, loss prevention, chemical hazards, transportation hazards, contractor safety. Click on a price to order online or contact Amy at GEAPS (amy@geaps.com or (952)928-4640).
Guidebooks Support Policy, Program Development
Safety and health programs -- whether for large corporations or single facilities -- are no longer optional. But where do you begin? And how do you check your progress?
"Contractor Safety Orientation"
This 30-page guidebook covers potential on-the-job hazards; along with safety procedures and equipment use. Each guidebook order comes complete with 25 copies of "Contractor Employee Safety Guidelines," a 10-page handout for you to distribute to contractors.
Member discount price: $25
Non-member price: $40
Pack of 25 copies of "Contractor Employee Safety Guidelines."
Member discount price: $15
Non-member price: $25
"Country Elevator Safety and Health"
Most concerns applying to the largest grain handling and processing facilities apply in some specialized fashion at the smallest country elevator, too. This 68-page book outlines implementation of a country elevator safety and health program and provides detailed appendices and helpful forms to help you put the program into action.
Member discount price: $15
Non-member price: $20
"Emergency Action Planning"
Fires. Accidents. Chemical spills. Potential for disaster is always present in any grain operation. Don't be caught unprepared. This 90-page guidebook takes you step-by-step in developing an effective emergency action plan for your facility. One that delegates duties and responsibilities to ensure a calm and safe response to any emergency.
Member discount price: $30
Non-member price: $45
Video Programs Train Employees For You
Employee orientation and training are the law. GISHC has packaged employee training modules that keep you in compliance and make your workplace safe. Training packages include video program and trainer's guide. Prices do not include shipping and handling.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
"Respiratory Protection -- Breathing Easier"
Employees will learn to recognize and protect themselves from potential respiratory hazards on the job. This program discusses the delicate respiratory system and potential threats to it, along with the selection, use and maintenance of equipment designed to prevent harm. Also included are safety guidelines on a basic respiratory protection program; atmospheric problems and testing; selection, use and maintenance of equipment; and overview of air purifying and air supplying respirators, and self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
Available in VHS format only
Member discount price: $80
Non-member price: $115
OPERATIONS/MAINTENANCE SAFETY
"The Fall Guy"
This video, an updated version of "Walkways and Work Surfaces," focuses on the hazards of falling that could be encountered at grain-handling and processing operations. It takes a mildly humorous approach and incorporates some pratfalls, but the message -- stressing workplace safety and hazard-recognition -- is serious. Topics covered in the video include fall-hazard statistics; railings, stairs, catwalks, platforms, ladders; railcars, barges; incidental hazards (such as electrical hazards; engineering for fall-hazard elimination; and fall-hazard equipment such as harnesses and lifelines.
Available in VHS format only
Member discount price: $80
Non-member price: $115
"Nightmare on Mill Street"
In true horror-film style, this video is a riveting parody that not only entertains, but helps protect employees from potential hazards when entering confined spaces. It focuses on ensuring safe entry into "permit-required" confined spaces as well as entry into grain storage bins, silos and tanks.
Available in DVD format only