Employees will be able to recognize different types of tools, including manual, electric, pneumatic, hydraulic, liquid-fueled, powder-actuated, and abrasive wheel tools, identify hazards of use, and recall safe work procedures for each type of tool.
The hands are involved in almost everything a worker does. To prevent injuries workers must be able to identify hand hazards, understand how to prevent hand injuries, and know the different types of hand protection and when to use them.
In this course, employees learn how to identify noise hazards that could damage hearing, factors that determine the extent of hearing loss, when hearing protection is required, and steps to take to reduce potential hearing damage.
After completing this course learners will be able to identify heat related hazards, types of heat illnesses (heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat rash, etc.), symptoms and treatment of heat related illnesses and how to protect against heat stress.
This course covers the hazards of hot work, requirements for performing hot work, equipment and precautions to ensure the safety of hot work employees, and safety practices for arc welding and cutting and oxygen-fuel gas cutting and welding.
This course covers the hazards and health effects of hydrogen sulfide exposure, methods used to detect, monitor and warn of hydrogen sulfide, and ways to protect against exposure, as well as responses to hydrogen sulfide exposures and emergencies.
Poor ergonomics can cause pain and injury. This course covers the purpose of ergonomics, common ergonomic problems and their signs and symptoms, and how changes in habits and workspace arrangement can reduce ergo related problems.
Upon completion of the course learners will understand common hazards of ladder use, recognize types of ladders, requirements for use, fall prevention techniques, and how to inspect ladders before and after use to ensure safe use.
Aprender sobre ergonomía puede prevenir lesiones. Este curso explica por qué la ergonomía ayuda a prevenir las lesiones en la oficina, proporciona ideas y procedimientos para prevenir el dolor o las lesiones, y describe estrategias para que la oficina sea más ergonómica.
The goal of this course is to enable learners to recognize the hazards of falling, components of personal fall arrest systems and how they work together to arrest a fall, and how to inspect, don, and properly attach the system to an anchorage point.
Wearing PPE is sometimes the only control for specific hazards. The focus of this course is to help employees identify types of foot protection and the hazards they protect against, explain characteristics of PPE and worker and employer PPE responsibilities.
Wearing PPE is sometimes the only control for specific hazards. The focus of this course is to help employees identify types of PPE and the hazards they protect against, explain characteristics of PPE and worker and employer PPE responsibilities.