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Safety Training for OSHA's 2018 Top Ten Violations

While you can't prevent OSHA inspectors from showing up at your door, you can be prepared for them.

Training Presentation Do's and Don'ts

Whether you're a novice or an experienced trainer, it's helpful to periodically review some tips for making training programs impressive as well as effective.

Engaging the Adult Learner

For many adults, sitting in a training classroom is something to be avoided at all costs. However, training is a necessary part of today's workplace.

Training Records: Going Beyond the Class Sign-In Sheet

It's hard enough to prepare and present training programs, but a trainer's job is not complete until the training is documented.

A haphazard approach to training can leave workers confused about what they were supposed to have learned; and more importantly, they won’t be comfortable with or capable of putting training content to use on the job.

Consider Other Obligations When You Schedule Training

When employers schedule training, they should be aware that they may have to meet certain other obligations that might not be so obvious.

What is OSHA?

More than 90 million Americans spend their days on the job. Yet, until 1970, no uniform and comprehensive provisions existed for their protection against workplace safety and health hazards.

Adult Learning

In general, adults take responsibility for their own learning. There are several characteristics of adult learners:

New Employee Orientation

Whenever a new employee comes on board, there is a period of training and learning in which the new employee learns about the company’s safety and health programs, emergency action plans, fire protection policy, and any other safety-related issues that the employee must know.

Record of Hazmat Training

A record of current training, inclusive of the preceding three years, must be created and retained by each hazmat employer for each hazmat employee for as long as that employee is employed by the employer as a hazmat employee and for 90 days there after.

An Overview of Training for OSHA-related Topics

Training is one of the most important elements in an OSHA compliance program. Providing your workers with complete information as to the processes they are involved in, the equipment they might need to use, the protection available, and potential effects of exposure to chemicals is extremely important to OSHA. More than 100 of OSHA's current standards contain specific training requirements.

Hazmat Driver Training

The driver of a motor vehicle transporting hazardous materials must receive hazmat training on the applicable requirements specified in §172.704 of the federal Hazardous Materials Regulations. This includes General Awareness/Familiarization, Function- Specific, Safety, Security Awareness, and In-Depth Security training. In addition, the driver must receive modal-specific (driver) training on applicable requirements specified in §177.816 — Driver Training.

Hazmat Training Requirements

The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) require every hazmat employer to train, test, and certify every hazmat employee before the employee performs any function subject to the HMR. Recurrent/refresher training is required at least once every three years. Hazmat training must include, unless excepted, general awareness/familiarization training, safety training, security awareness training, in-depth security training, function-specific training, and modal-specific training.

Materials Handling & Storage Training for Drivers

Handling and storing materials involves diverse operations such as hoisting tons of steel with a crane, driving a truck loaded with concrete blocks, manually carrying bags or materials, and stacking drums, barrels, kegs, lumber, or loose bricks.

OSHA Training Requirements at a Glance

A list of required training by OSHA, including who needs to be training, when training needs to happen, and if recordkeeping is required.