Course Content:

·         Mandatory – 7 hours

·         Introduction to OSHA – 2 hours.

·         Covers workers’ rights, employer responsibilities and how to file a complaint. It includes helpful worker safety and health resources. It also provides a sample weekly fatality and catastrophe report, a safety data sheet and the OSHA Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (OSHA Form 300).

·         Materials include an Instructor Guide, PowerPoint slides, student handouts, and participatory activities.

·         OSHA Focus Four Hazards – 4 hours. Because most construction fatalities are caused by fall hazards, falls must be covered for a minimum of one hour and 15 minutes. The other Focus Four Hazards must be covered for a minimum of one-half hour each.

·         Falls (minimum 1 hour and 15 minutes)

·         Electrocution

·         Struck-By (e.g., falling objects, trucks, cranes)

·         Caught-In or Between (e.g., trench hazards, equipment)

·         Focus Four Hazards Training Requirements

·         All lessons for the Focus Four Hazards are required to use the following terminal (TO) and enabling (EO) objectives:

·         TO: Given current OSHA and industry information regarding construction worksite illnesses, injuries, and/or fatalities, the student will be able to recognize [fall, caught-in or between, struck-by, electrocution] hazards in construction.

·         Specifically for each of the focus four, the student will be able to:

·         EO 1: Identify major hazards
EO 2: Describe types of hazards
EO 3: Protect him/herself from these hazards
EO 4: Recognize employer requirements to protect workers from these hazards

·         Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment – 30 minutes.

·         Health Hazards in Construction – 30 minutes. May teach noise, hazard communication, and crystalline silica or any other construction health hazard.

·         Elective – 2 hours. Must present at least two hours of training on the following topics. At least two topics must be presented. The minimum length of any topic is one-half hour.

·         Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Elevators, & Conveyors

·         Excavations

·         Materials Handling, Storage, Use and Disposal

·         Scaffolds

·         Stairways and Ladders

·         Tools – Hand and Power