In this program, participants will be introduced to the basic industrial safety and health incorporating OSHA/WISHA rules and regulations, personal protective equipment, chemical safety, tool safety, material handling safety, machine safety, electrical safety, fire protection, health protection and safe working practices

COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course the participant should be able to:

• Being able to identify basic safety hazards
• Learning how to document and record incidents and accidents in the workplace
• Identifying basic methods of hazard control

DURATION

5 Days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Supervisors with safety and health responsibilities.
• Safety inspectors and safety officers
• Engineers
• Safety directors, managers.

COURSE CONTENT

Day 1

• Make Safety Work
• Responsibility for safety
• Accidents and injuries
• The accident chain
• Built in hazards
• Human influences on safety
• The accident prevention plan

Day 2

• Work Area Safety
• Safety where you work
• Safety around machinery
• Safety at heights – fall protection
• Safety in enclosed areas – confined space entry
• Chemical Safety

Day 3

• Safe Material Handling
• Proper lifting techniques
• Material handling injuries
• Material handling equipment and tools
• Powered industrial trucks and forklifts
• Hoist and cranes
• Rigging, wire, and nylon ropes and slings
• Material and chemical storage

Day 4

• Tool and Equipment Safety
• Hand tools
• Air and electric powered hand tools
• Explosive powder tools
• Certification for explosive powder tools
• Fixed and portable ladders and scaffolds

Day 5

• Machinery Safeguards
• Machinery guarding
• Lockout/tag out of machinery
• Barriers and enclosure guards
• Controls and operating safety