By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Mick Anderson calls the Nebraska Safety Center one of the state’s best-kept secrets. The center provides safety training and classes for 2,000-plus Nebraskans each year, yet it remains a bit of a mystery to people who haven’t stepped foot on the Kearney campus. That’s something he’s working to change. “We make such an impact that we really need to let people know what we’re about,” said Anderson, who’s been involved with the Safety … [Read more...]
Nebraska Safety Center $86K grant helps train Nebraska’s miners
By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – The Nebraska Safety Center has received a $86,168 grant to train new workers and contractors in Nebraska’s mining industry. The grant from the Mine Safety and Health Administration helps the Safety Center offer training that focuses on electrical safety, lockout/tagout, proper handling of machinery and materials, hazard communication chemical safety, and first aid. The Safety Center has administered statewide safety training for miners … [Read more...]
Safety Center renews $5.8 million grant to train transit drivers
By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – The Nebraska Safety Center received a $5.8 million grant to train transit drivers from transportation, bus and transit companies across Nebraska. The grant, from the Nebraska Department of Roads, follows a three-year collaboration between the Nebraska Safety Center at the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s College of Business and Technology and Center for Public Affairs Research at University of Nebraska at Omaha. The partnership … [Read more...]
Mick Anderson honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for safety
Mick Anderson, director of the Nebraska Safety Center at UNK, was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in promoting health and safety in Nebraska. Anderson was recognized along with Governor’s Wellness Award winners Sept. 24 in Kearney, where employers and communities were honored for developing and implementing successful workplace wellness programs. Anderson said safety means doing "the right thing at the right time" and doing so "before something happens." He … [Read more...]
Nebraska Safety Center receives $2,000 from Farm Credit Services of America
KEARNEY – The Nebraska Safety Center at the University of Nebraska at Kearney received a $2,000 grant to provide 4-H ATV Rider Safety Training. The grant is provided through Farm Credit Services of America’s Working Here Fund for Agriculture Education. The Nebraska Safety Center will use the money to provide safety training for youth in agriculture and purchase age appropriate ATVs and safety helmets for training youth. Classes soon will be scheduled for groups at the Safety Center’s … [Read more...]
