Southern California's Go-To for AEDs
Southern California's Go-To for AEDs
Course Overview:
Protect your high-risk workforce from this notorious airborne health hazard. Asbestos is a natural, fibrous silicate mineral. Exposure has proved extremely dangerous; microscopic asbestos fibers, when inhaled, can cause certain types of often fatal lung disease, making asbestos hazard awareness an essential training topic.
Because asbestos was used in countless construction products before 1980, many buildings built before that year are considered to have incorporated asbestos materials (any material containing more that 1% asbestos) over the course of construction.
Today, industrial activity involving salvage, demolition, and construction, commonly present exposure risks to workers. But, even work like performing brake and clutch repairs or building maintenance and cleaning, can present exposure risks—it really depends on what you’re working with and where.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 25 Minutes
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Course Overview
There's a very good reason to have the back of your workforce by giving them the proper personal protective equipment (PPE) to avoid injuries, and training them in safe lifting techniques.
Back pain is one of the most common health complaints in the United States and around the world. Back pain affects 8 out of 10 people at some point in their lives. Risks are higher for manufacturing, warehouse, hospitality and trades workers, as well as others with physically demanding jobs.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 35 Minutes
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Course Overview
Only properly trained personnel with the appropriate personal protective equipment should handle compressed gas cylinders because the release of these gases could result in injury or death from fire, explosion or exposure. If you are using compressed gases, you must be trained in the safe use of pressurized systems and the materials they contain. You should also be trained in all elements of your company's Hazard Communication Program and in the hazards and precautions associated with the materials you are using.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 29 Minutes
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Course Overview
Many workplaces contain spaces that are considered “confined” because of their configurations. A confined space is large enough and configured in such a way that you can enter and perform assigned work. A confined space has a limited or restricted means of entrance or exit, and a configuration that can make first aid, rescue, evacuation, or other emergency response activities difficult. They are not designed or intended for continuous occupancy.
Examples include storage tanks or bins, mixing tanks, railroad tank cars, silos, vaults, and pits. Confined spaces create the ideal conditions for the onset of claustrophobia. Confined spaces can be large or small and above or below ground.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 20 Minutes
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Course Overview
This course will familiarize you with the consequences of making unsafe decisions when driving as well as the safe driving practices and vehicle technologies that will protect you from potential driving incidents and accidents. This course is not intended to cover driving requirements associated with commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) or the use of a commercial driver's license (CDL). This course does not address safety concerns associated with the use of off-road (ATV) vehicles, motorcycles, towing a trailer, or load securement while hauling equipment such as in the bed of a pickup truck.
Target Audience:
The primary audience for this course is workers who routinely or incidentally drive passenger vehicles as part of their work.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 35 Minutes
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Course Overview
Electrical accidents can cause burns, shocks and electrocution, and without the proper electrical safety can lead to fatal accidents in a worst case scenario.
Approximately 230 electrical related fatalities occur each year. In one study, National Institute for Occupation Safety & Health (NIOSH) found that, “61% of electrocutions occur in two occupation divisions: 46% among craftsmen and 15% among laborers. These two groups also had the highest rates of electrocution death: 1.4 per 100,000 workers each.”
Electricity is everywhere, so reliable and useful these days that it is often taken for granted, and it is somewhat shocking how little is actually understood about its properties by the general public, another reason why electrical safety training is important.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 23 Minutes
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Course Overview
Employers are required to provide a safe working environment for employees and that responsibility means having an emergency plan for responding positively to natural disasters. Readiness, through understanding of evacuation plans or drilling for regionally specific scenarios, is the key to keeping your workforce out of harm’s way.
Working safely and following proper procedures for emergency preparedness can prevent many emergency situations. However, some emergencies are out of your control. Covers fire protection, fire emergency plans, emergency action plans, and emergency preparedness.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 30 Minutes
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Course Overview
Fire extinguishers are one of the most reliable ways to put out fires in the workplace. Fire extinguishers are not a requirement, but if employers choose to provide them they must train workers in general fire extinguisher use to comply with OSHA standards. OSHA states that if employers expect workers to use the fire extinguishers themselves, hands-on training must be provided.
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Why Train for Portable Fire Extinguisher Safety?
In August of 2012, four workers were hospitalized following a machine fire when a flammable solvent used for cleaning machines ignited. The employer, a Connecticut urethane coating and laminate fabric manufacturer, was cited for alleged serious and repeat violations of workplace safety standards, and assessed $74,000 in proposed penalties.
OSHA found that the employer had not taken adequate precautions to eliminate potential ignition sources. Violations related to the incident involved an inoperable fire alarm system, no assurance that fire precaution procedures were in place, improperly grounded machinery, a lack of hazard inspections, a lack of personal protective equipment for workers, and failure to provide and record adequate fire extinguisher training.
Time: 36 Minutes
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Course Overview
This lesson provides an introduction to the hazards associated with hand and power tool use and describes the actions workers can take to reduce their risks of hand and power tool-related accidents and injuries. Completing this lesson does not on its own qualify or authorize a worker to operate a specific tool.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 27 Minutes
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Course Overview
According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) covers over 43 million workers who produce or handle hazardous chemicals in more than 5 million workplaces across the country. The GHS is estimated to prevent over 500 workplace injuries and illnesses and 43 fatalities annually, and result in cost savings to American businesses of more than $475 million in productivity improvements, fewer safety data sheet and label updates, and simpler new hazard communication training.
The purpose of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) is to standardize how we communicate about chemical hazards in the workplace. OSHA has adapted its Hazard Communication Standard to align with the globally harmonized system.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 21 Minutes
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Course Overview
This lesson will help you recognize the impact of noise on your hearing, the warning signs of hearing loss, and the noise exposure limits that necessitate hearing protection. In addition, this lesson will introduce you to the types, benefits, and proper use of hearing protectors and address your responsibilities in supporting your employer's hearing conservation program.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 25 Minutes
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Course Overview
This lesson will help you become aware of the hazards inherent to working in hot environments. Additionally, you will learn the nature, symptoms, and treatment of heat stresses, as well as the precautions you should take to protect yourself against these stresses. You will hear some general first aid guidelines; however, any treatment-related information provided in this lesson does not constitute medical advice and is not a substitute for evaluation by a qualified healthcare professional.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 19 Minutes
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Course Overview
Poor ergonomics can lead to cumulative traumatic musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) that put strain on our bodies. There are very good reasons for accounting for the ergonomic health of your workforce, because musculoskeletal injuries, once developed, can keep people off of the job for life.
Statistics: According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), industries with the highest musculoskeletal disorders rates include health care, transportation, warehousing, retail, and wholesale trade and construction.
The term “ergonomics” refers to making the workplace conducive to the comfort and productivity of the employee. Applying ergonomic principles helps workers avoid on-the-job illness and injury and improves worker job satisfaction through measures that provide a greater comfort, helping people to perform assigned tasks more naturally.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 25 Minutes
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Course Overview
As simple as using a ladder seems to be, the injury statistics indicate that it is one of the most abused tools we have. Accidents, particularly in the domestic setting, are frequently caused by overreaching or overextending from ladders to complete certain tasks, rather than doing the safe thing—climbing down and moving to a better access point. OSHA studies have shown that 100% of ladder related accidents could have been prevented using proper safety.
Ladders are used in many jobs for cleaning, painting, changing light bulbs, accessing storage areas, reaching platforms, and more. Because going up and down a ladder all day can cause fatigue, when performing these tasks workers will naturally want to maximize the effort they’ve spent to climb the ladder and will occasionally stretch themselves or their tools to accomplish little jobs a little faster, which is when an inherently risky situation may become even more dangerous.
Safety hazards associated with ladder use include slips and falls, tip-overs, electric shocks, failure due to defects and damage, and failure from overloading. Examples of improper safety include using one that is too short, using the wrong type of ladder, not using a ladder when one should be used, reaching too far to the side, and using not as intended.
If an employee gets injured at work, on a ladder, and the company did not properly train on Ladder Safety, the employer can be found liable.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 20 Minutes
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Course Overview
The goal of this lesson is to provide awareness level training for all employees about the existence of hazardous energy sources; the isolation of those energy sources during certain maintenance and repair activities; and the communication and control procedures that limit access to those energy sources through the use of tags and locks.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 25 Minutes
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Course Overview
Machines that are not properly safeguarded can cause serious injury, such as crushed or severed fingers, hands and arms, eye injuries, and even blindness.
If you’ve ever seen the gruesome result of a complex machinery accident, then you will appreciate the need for machine safeguards. When we talk about safeguards, we’re talking about simple devices or methods that protect make it difficult for workers from to inuring themselves while working on a machine, like a shield or guard to protect from sparks, or a grate that keeps them away from the churning part of a rotary blade.
Shortcuts around machine safety features are a frequently cited cause for many machine related accidents, occurring when workers decide to forego the normal protocol of working with a safeguard and bypass it altogether, leaving them with considerable risk of harm and injury. Workers should never ignore the engineered controls or safety features of machinery—these devices exist for a reason.
OSHA requires that one or more methods of machine guarding be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards created by moving parts, as well as preventing contact with other hazards such as heat, non-ionizing radiation, sharp edges, etc. Additionally, safeguards must remain securely in place, protect against falling objects, create no new hazards or interference, and allow for safe maintenance and lubrication of the machinery. Maintenance of machinery is a situation commonly related to machine accidents, so awareness in those situations is critical to personal safety, as is recognition of safeguards and proper protocol, like shutting down equipment, and locking out operation.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 25 Minutes
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Course Overview
According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), industries with the highest cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) rates include health care, transportation, warehousing, retail, and wholesale trade and construction. Each year, cumulative trauma disorder (CTD) cases account for around 33% of all worker injury and illness.
CTDs comes from physical demands that exceed our maximum capacity; that put strain on tendons, muscles, nerves, joints, ligaments, cartilage or the spine; or that disregard environmental factors like heat, humidity, noise and glare which can cause stress. CTDs are the result of an accumulation of stress factors involving repetitive, forceful, or prolonged exertions; frequent or heavy lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying of heavy objects; or prolonged awkward postures. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a commonly cited issue alleviated by a bit of attention to ergonomics.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 29 Minutes
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Course Overview
Immediate bystander intervention can make a lifesaving difference in opioid overdoses. This online course presents an overview of the opioid crisis and training on how to recognize an overdose and use three different naloxone delivery devices.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 40 Minutes
OSHA/ Regulation(s) Reference to Learning:
Course Overview
Where employees are exposed to serious fall hazards, and protection by other means such as guard rails or nets are not used, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to establish a personal fall arrest program for fall protection. These programs typically identify common hazards and offer solutions for mitigating them, usually by instructing the use of fall protection systems, outlining situations where fall arrest devices are appropriate for use.
It is important to understand how personal fall arrest systems work and what behaviors are required to use them safely. It is of course good practice to visually inspect these systems and physically test them prior to use.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 30 Minutes
OSHA/ Regulation(s) Reference to Learning:
Course Overview
The purpose of this lesson is to provide workers with high level knowledge and skills regarding general PPE, as commonly required by regulatory agencies.
Learning Objectives:
Time: 14 Minutes
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