NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2006--PureSafety, the leading provider of online safety training and risk management solutions announces the availability of their comprehensive Spanish Course Library, containing over 100 online courses that have been developed to provide safety training to Hispanic employees. More and more Hispanic workers are joining the U.S. workforce, especially in the construction and agricultural industries. Regardless of a worker's native language, companies are required, by law, to provide all workers with the necessary safety training. Because the need for safety training in Spanish is so great, and is certain to increase over the years, PureSafety set a goal to translate the most commonly requested EH&S courses, covering both general industry and construction. In addition, PureSafety has translated 14 Driver Safety, and eight Human Resources courses. "A large percentage of our customers have Spanish-speaking workers and they sincerely want these individuals to receive the same level of safety training as their English-speaking employees," stated Mike Kroll, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for PureSafety. "Many companies have translated safety manuals and pamphlets, but these will never take the place of good interactive training. By having a full catalogue of safety courses in Spanish, we are able to easily and efficiently solve the Spanish safety training needs of our customers." Ron A. Kirsch, Ph.D., Vice President of Business Development for PureSafety had this to add, "According to OSHA, while overall workplace fatalities have dropped 20 percent in the last decade, workplace fatalities among Hispanic workers, especially those working in the construction industry, have risen almost 35 percent in the same period. And last year, 917 Hispanic workers were fatally injured while at work. These statistics are unacceptable and the primary reason PureSafety chose to develop the most comprehensive online Spanish Course Library available." As with all PureSafety online courses, each Spanish course is engaging and interactive and based on proven adult learning principals. They also include a test at the end of every course to help supervisors gage information retention.
