Safety Resources
Join Us for a Safety Workshop on March 19
SWANA Safety Workshop: Making Lasting Changes to Improve Organizational Safety
Date & Time: Thursday, March 19, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET
Location: 801 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC
Go beyond compliance and get to the root of prevention at SWANA's interactive, hands‑on workshop offering real‑world tools to integrate safety across your organization and strengthen safety leadership at every level. What you will take away:
- Practical approaches that move safety from policies to daily behaviors.
- Tools to diagnose root causes and prevent incidents.
- Leadership practices that embed safety into operations and culture.
- Techniques to prepare and empower teams for safer decisions in real time.
This workshop will feature interactive exercises and presentations from industry safety experts and from US OSHA.
Come with your challenges; leave with a plan, momentum, and a network of peers who are pushing safety forward.
This workshop is worth 5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs).
Pricing: $545 for SWANA members and $795 for non-members.
Spread the word with this Marketing Toolkit with flyers, graphics, and copy for social media and emails.
New Safety Training Course
Collaborative Just Culture® Program
SWANA is meeting this safety challenge head-on by partnering with SG Collaborative Solutions to adopt the Collaborative Just Culture® Program standard as a first step toward Collaborative High Reliability®.
Originally developed in the airline industry in 1994, this training program contributed to a 95% reduction in the US fatal accident rate in commercial aviation and has evolved into a universal standard adopted by hospitals, EMS operators, and other high-consequence industries. Our goal at SWANA is to demonstrate the evidence-based success of this program throughout the waste and resource management industry.
SWANA members receive a 20% discount on all registrations. The first course available to SWANA members begins on March 2, 2026, and will be a cohort comprised of leaders from a variety of industries. Sign up for the cohort to get started.
Key Resources
SWANA Safety Tips And Tricks: Keeping You and Your Teams Safe
This book is designed to provide you with safety reminders for your team throughout the year. Inside, you’ll find concise, actionable safety tips organized by key areas of risk. Focusing on areas such as driving safety, safe equipment use, proper use of PPE, and workplace safety culture, these tips are about real-world application and reminders to help safety stick.
Pricing: $0 for SWANA members and $99 for non-members.
Five to Stay Alive and SWANA Safety Pledge
Print this card with Five to Stay Alive tips and the SWANA Safety Pledge to distribute to your teams and at your safety events.
Guide for Developing Lithium Battery Management Practices at Materials Recovery Facilities
To lower the risk of potential fires caused by lithium batteries, this guide has been written to assist materials recovery facilities (MRFs) in developing management practices to properly manage and dispose of lithium batteries when spotted, to take precaution in case of a fire, and to manage a fire if one does break out. Guidelines to help better educate consumers are also provided.
View the Guide for Developing Lithium Battery Management Practices
Natural Gas Vehicle Safety
SWANA, along with NGVAmerica, is proud to promote natural gas vehicle (NGV) safety initiatives to increase the commitment to workplace safety throughout the solid-waste industry and continue to keep these clean and affordable vehicles safely on the road.
View the U.S. DOE Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Maintenance Facility Modification Handbook
View the Transportation Project "Recommended Practices for CNG PoweredRefuseTrucks"
Preventing Needlesticks Tip Sheet
Learn tips you can take to reduce the risk of needlesticks. These tips are adapted from the groundbreaking Household Needles in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Report produced by the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) and SWANA. This joint research project for the first time quantified the number of needlesticks that occur at MRFs with the goal to improve worker safety.
Backing Best Management Practices Guide
According to industry and OSHA data, backing represents approximately 25 percent of all injuries and accidents in the solid waste collection industry. Use our guide and poster covering the industry’s best backing practices to educate employees to stay safe on the job.
Additional Safety Resources
- Workplace & Occupational Safety
- OSHA Publications by Search
- OSHA Fall Prevention
- OSHA Personal Protective Equipment
- OSHA Workplace Stress Guidance & Tips
- OSHA Compliant Safety Manuals
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA - USA)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | NIOSH | CDC
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety | CCOHS (Canada)
- Manufacturing Safety Resources in Six Languages | Workplace Safety & Prevention Services
- Manufacturing - Free Multi-language Safety Resources Poster | Workplace Safety & Prevention Services
- WorkSafeNB
- Creating a Workplace Emergency Evacuation Guide
- Manufacturing & Industrial Safety
- Forklift Safety
- Safety Practices Once Tractor Trailer Drivers Arrive at a Destination
- Safe Needle Disposal Resources
- Household Needles in Municipal Solid Waste | Policy, Controls, and Material Recovery Facility (MRF) Safety
- Tips for Managing Personal Protective Equipment in Your Stockpile: Understanding Respirator Shelf Life | CDC
- Transportation & Road Safety
- Vision Zero Network
- Drowsy Driving Prevention 2025 - National Sleep Foundation
- A Comprehensive Guide to Bicycle Safety | partsgeek.com
- Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts | FMCSA
- Tips for Truck and Bus Drivers | FMCSA
- Operation Life Saver: Safety Tips and Facts
- Rail Safety Matters
- Road Safety at Work
- Traffic Injury Research Foundation
- Distracted Driving Laws
- Environmental & Recycling Safety
- Health & Environmental Conditions
- Data & Awareness Resources
- Workplace Security
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