Work should be where everyone is treated with respect and support and given opportunities to grow. Unfortunately, harassment and bullying can create a toxic work environment that harms individuals emotionally and professionally. Companies must have strict policies to prevent and address such behaviors. Through this training, you will learn about harassment and bullying in the workplace, understand what actions should be taken when you witness such behavior, and learn how to prevent it from happening.
Safe work, home, and play practices can prevent many injuries, illnesses, and deaths. However, once an injury or sudden illness has occurred, effective first aid can be the difference between a rapid or prolonged recovery, a temporary or permanent disability, and even life or death. This course will teach you the necessary skills to provide first aid.
Defensive driving is a proactive approach to driving that focuses on anticipating potential hazards and taking appropriate actions to avoid them. By actively assessing risks and staying alert, drivers can significantly reduce the chances of accidents. It's important to remember that defensive driving is not about being overly cautious but proactive and prepared for any possible dangers on the road. After this course, you can define defensive driving and list behaviors identifying defensive and poor driving behaviors.
Confined spaces pose significant risks if proper precautions are not taken. Addressing and understanding these potential hazards is crucial to ensure the safety and well-being of anyone entering a confined space. At the completion of this course, you will be able to recognize a confined space and identify if there is a need for a permit. You will be able to identify possible hazards found in confined spaces and the necessary precautions to take when entering a confined space.
Trenching and Excavation work is the starting point of most projects. Before digging, you should know the hazards and safety practices. The most common hazard encountered in trenching and excavation is cave-ins. However, some risks, such as hazardous atmospheres and falling objects, are unknown. After this course, you will understand soil types, soil testing, types of trench collapses, trench protection, and safe working practices when working in a trench.
This session explores the vital role of prompt injury reporting in cultivating workplace safety. Beginning with an introduction to the broader context of safety, the presentation defines and details the critical elements of a First Report of Injury (FROI), emphasizing the responsibilities of both employers and employees. It highlights the benefits of timely reporting, such as efficient medical treatment and reduced financial impact, and underscores the implications for insurance and organizational reputation. The presentation concludes with insights into reporting best practices, emphasizing ongoing training and commitment to continuous improvement in workplace safety. Through informative content and visuals, the presentation aims to enlighten the audience on the pivotal role prompt reporting plays in ensuring employee well-being and organizational success.
Upon completing this course, you will know about the commonly used drugs found in the workplace. The effects these drugs have on individuals, how drugs affect the workplace, and a basic understanding of the factors that contribute to substance disorders.
Asbestos Awareness: In compliance with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1001 regulations, Asbestos Awareness training is required for individuals having a role working with Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) or exposure to them. This training provides a basic overview of asbestos and its associated hazards in addition to satisfying the employee training requirements under OSHA regulations.
Office and customer premise safety refers to the collective efforts and measures to ensure a secure and risk-free environment within office spaces and locations where businesses interact with their customers. This includes safeguarding against physical hazards, preventing accidents, and promoting well-being. It entails maintaining safe infrastructure, implementing safety protocols, conducting employee training, and raising customer awareness. By prioritizing office and customer premise safety, businesses aim to protect the health and welfare of employees, customers, and visitors while reducing the risk of accidents or incidents that could lead to liability issues.
Our hearing ability is a precious gift that enriches our lives in countless ways. However, exposure to loud noises at work or recreational activities can permanently damage our hearing. This can lead to difficulties in communication, reduced quality of life, and even social isolation. After this online course, you will be able to recognize the sources that cause hearing loss and how to prevent it from happening. You will also know the responsibilities of your employer and yourself in preventing hearing loss.
Training in workplace fire safety provides a sense of preparedness to employees and employers, which, in turn, can add value to the organization's overall health. Fire hazards can have a significant impact on your business. With this training, employees will learn how to assess the situation and decide the best course of action. They will know Exit Route requirements, Emergency Action Plans for Fire, and Fire Prevention Plans.
Do you know what to do if an active shooter should arrive at your workplace? Do your employees know how to stay safe? Training and practice are critical in being prepared for nearly any crisis. You have plans and practice drills for what to do in the case of fire and tornados. An active shooter event is another crisis for which employers should also prepare. This training will teach you the critical responses for dealing with an active shooter event.
Ergonomics is designing a job to fit the worker, making the work safer and more efficient. Implementing ergonomic solutions can make employees more comfortable and increase productivity. This training will make you aware of ergonomic hazards and solutions to fix those hazards for reaching, awkward posture, grip, contact stress, lifting, repeated movement, and vibration. Your body may begin to have symptoms such as fatigue, discomfort, and pain, which can be the first signs of a musculoskeletal disorder.
From minor challenges to major crises, stress is part of life. And while you can't always control your circumstances, you can control how you respond to them. When stress becomes overwhelming or chronic, it can affect your well-being. That's why it's essential to have effective stress relievers that can calm your mind and body. This course will examine stress in the workplace, discuss how stress affects our health and well-being, and discuss what steps we can take to decrease stress in our lives.
This online course on Hazard Communication/Right to Know provides a comprehensive understanding of the vital principles and practices for promoting workplace safety through effective communication of chemical hazards. Key takeaways include knowledge of Safety Data Sheets (SDS), hazard labels and pictograms, the importance of personal protective equipment (PPE), employee rights under the Hazard Communication Standard, recordkeeping, and the critical processes of workplace hazard assessments. This presentation equips learners with the tools to enhance chemical safety awareness, contribute to a culture of accountability, and foster a safer and more informed work environment.
Upon completing this training course, participants will be more aware of their rights and their employer’s responsibilities under OSHA for fall protection, the working conditions that prompt the use of fall protection, and the options available to protect workers from falls.
Pre-trip inspections allow truck drivers to ensure their tractor and trailer are safe to operate before hitting the road. Failure to take the time to complete a pre-trip could result in dangerous situations for you, the driver, and others on the road. After the online course, you will understand the importance of completing a pre-trip inspection and know the items that should be checked.
This course will look at hazards found with small trenches, safety steps to be taken when dealing with small trenches, and how to close up or backfill a small trench.
About every 40 seconds, a person has a heart attack, and around 250,000 people die yearly from sudden cardiac arrest. Knowing CPR and how to use an AED can save a life. In this course, the learner gains the necessary skills of CPR. These skills include chest compressions, rescue breaths, and using an AED. Through videos, hands-on demonstrations, and discussion, the learner will be equipped to provide CPR to adults, children, and infants.
Work zones are some of the busiest and potentially most hazardous work environments you can find, as workers perform tasks close to vehicles that are often traveling at high speeds. From distracted driving to a lack of awareness of the work being performed to motorists traveling at excessive speeds, work zone incidents are caused by various reasons. This course will give you an understanding of the regulations that pertain to protective safety measures (traffic control), worker visibility, warning signs, and requirements for work beyond and on the shoulder and closure of a lane.
There are harmful things in your home and office that we don’t always think about. This webinar will cover the hazards and how to identify and protect yourself from Radon, Mold, and Carbon Monoxide. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is colorless, tasteless, and odorless but can cause serious health problems. Many types of mold need water or moisture to grow. When there is too much moisture in buildings or on building materials, mold growth frequently happens, especially if the moisture problem remains unaddressed. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a deadly, colorless, odorless, poisonous gas. The incomplete burning of various fuels produces it.
Aggressive driving can range from risky behavior to that which escalates to serious violence. Common driving behaviors include tailgating, weaving in and out of traffic, passing on the shoulder, speeding, cutting off traffic, honking, yelling, flashing headlights, and using inappropriate gestures. In the extreme, it can include bumping or ramming another vehicle or brandishing weapons. This online course will look at the importance of identifying aggressive behavior in ourselves and others, how to react to an aggressive driver, and what steps we can take to decrease our aggressive driving habits.
Employees can be exposed to several hazards, including poisonous plants and insects, when working outdoors. It is essential to identify and be aware of these hazards. This online course will identify several poisonous plants and discuss the dangers of bees, mosquitoes, and ticks. Information will be provided on ways to prevent exposure.
An Emergency Action Plan (EAP) is a written procedure detailing the appropriate response to various emergencies. An EAP is an essential component of an organization’s safety procedures. Creating an EAP and training employees to follow it can significantly reduce employee injuries and property damage and ensure visitors' safety in an emergency.
Bloodborne pathogens are infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause human disease. These pathogens include but are not limited to, hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This training will give you the knowledge to protect yourself and what to do in case of exposure.
Congress created OSHA to assure safe and healthful conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, outreach, education, and compliance assistance. Under OSHA law, employers are responsible for providing workers with a safe and healthful workplace. In this class, you will understand what and who OSHA is, how regulations are developed, What the General Duty Clause is all about, and Violations, Inspections, and OSHA requirements.
In 2021 there were 1.4 million fraud incidents reported and 20% of Americans were victims of identity fraud, this means that either you have been a victim or know someone who has been a victim of identity theft. Following the completion of this online course, you will understand what identity theft is, and be able to recognize the different types of attacks that are used to gain information to your personal information. You will have gained knowledge on how to protect yourself from identity theft and finally what steps you should take if you have been a victim of identity theft.
Central Offices present many hazards, which employees need to be aware of. This online course will discuss the types of hazards found in Central Offices and will look at steps that can be taken to decrease the risks associated with these hazards.
Help keep yourself, co-workers, and your family safe with our infectious disease control training where you will learn Standard Precautions, Infection Prevention, Transmission Precaution, Preventing and Controlling Spread, and Environmental Cleaning.
At one point in our lives, 8 out of 10 individuals will experience an injury that impedes us from our everyday activities. After completing this online course, you should know some common causes of back injuries. Understand steps you can take to prevent back injuries. Demonstrating the proper lifting technique and methods to help keep your back healthy.
This online course covers aerial boom lift hazards, including uneven surfaces, falls, electric shock, equipment collapse, proper operation, mechanical defects, and inadvertent operation. Course content also includes applicable regulations, requirements, and key safety practices.
Identifying good housekeeping practices that eliminate slip, trip, and fall hazards is an important part of any prevention program. During this training we discussed this along with the definitions of slips, trips, and falls; the types of injuries occurring; identifying safety requirements for stairs, walkways, and other open-sided, elevated surfaces that help prevent slips, trips, and falls; recognizing behaviors that could result in personal injury, disability, death, property damage, and lost production; and workplace designs to help eliminate injuries.
Fiber optic cables are an impressive form of technology, but you must follow a few safety procedures while installing and maintaining them. These long, hair-thin strands of glass are arranged in bundles and used to transmit light signals over long distances. The strands are smaller than a hypodermic needle and have a higher tensile strength than steel. This course will provide you with safety procedures on how to protect yourself and others while working with fiber optics.
Summer is approaching us, and with the sun and fun comes a number of safety concerns to keep in mind. This training is going to provide you with ways to stay safe in heat related injuries, boating safety, swimming safety, fireworks, barbeques, sports, everyday exercise, and vehicle safety.
Cyber Security training empowers your employees to recognize common cyber threats that can be beneficial to your organization’s computer security. Security awareness training teaches employees to understand vulnerabilities and threats to business operations. Your employees need to be aware of their responsibilities and accountabilities when using a computer on a business network.
Ladder and Rooftop Safety. Falls are the leading cause of death. This training covers safe practices to prevent falls and other physical injuries dealing with ladders and rooftops. Ladder users will be able to recognize and avoid ladder hazards and be aware of safe practices in inspecting, setting up and working from this equipment. Employees will also understand the OSHA requirements for fall protection on roofs and any other elevated platforms above 4 feet.
Do you work safely on the job? Do your co-workers work safely on the job? Can you or the company get in trouble because of an accident or injury? This course will explain culpability and how each of us can be affected by not preventing an unsafe work environment. Remember the saying “See something, say something.”
Designing and managing an employee wellness program is an important step in improving the health and productivity of employees and potentially improving the overall cost of employer-provided health care.
At some point, you may have to transport small quantities of hazardous materials know as Materials of Trade (MOT). As the vehicle driver it is your responsibility to understand and comply with the DOT rules when shipping these materials. During this course will review the requirements published in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR) Parts 171-180 which will give you a better understanding of those requirements.
In March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Along with this declaration, the United States saw large numbers of individuals being diagnosed with COVID-19 and put into action recommendations to decrease the spread of the virus. This online course will discuss the symptoms of COVID-19, ways in which the virus can be transmitted and what to do if a person becomes ill. We will look at the steps that individuals can take to protect themselves, their families, and others in the community.
Falls are the leading cause of death in the workplace. This training covers safe practices to prevent falls and other physical injuries dealing with ladders and rooftops. Ladder users will be able to recognize and avoid ladder hazards and be aware of safe practices in inspecting, setting up, and working from this equipment. Employees will also understand the OSHA requirements for fall protection on roofs and any other elevated platforms above 4 feet.
Summer weather presents many challenges and has many dangers. During this course, we will review the potential danger of extreme heat, thunderstorms, and tornadoes, as well as weather terms, how to protect yourself, and first aid procedures. Rabies is a contagious and serious disease that is caused by a virus passed through the saliva of dogs and other wild animals to humans. Although most reactions to insect stings from a bee, wasp, hornet, or fire ant are mild, causing little more than redness, itching, stinging or minor swelling, in some rare cases these bites and stings can result in severe reactions. During this class we discussed the best ways to prevent getting bitten by either an animal or insect, and the treatment for both rabies and insect bites.
Poisoning by dangerous gases are far too many. If we are careful enough, there is no need to worry. The most common gas poisonings that cause toxicity in our daily life are carbon monoxide but there many others. Depending on its concentration in the air, they can cause cardiac and pulmonary disorders, behavioral disturbance, central nervous system involvement and movement and vision disorders, headache, fatigue, coma, breathlessness and even death. They are particularly dangerous in enclosed spaces where its presence is difficult to perceive as most are colorless, tasteless, and odorless. This training will help the employee understand where they come from and how to prevent and eliminate exposure.
Whether for medical or recreational use – is rolling out across the country. It's having an enormous impact on employers, who now have to ask many questions about these substances. This training will cover policies and laws regarding the use of these products.
When hazards have been identified and exposure cannot be eliminated PPE must be used to prevent injuries. We discussed several types and classes of PPE to include eye ware, respiratory protection, hard hats, hand protection, and foot protection. Employers must also ensure their employees are trained on when PPE must be used, how to use it, its limitations, how to care and maintain their equipment, and the recommend replacement standards for their PPE.
Distracted Driving training will help increase your knowledge of driver distractions, gain an understanding of how the becomes distracted, increase your knowledge of the risks associated with distracted driving, and increase your knowledge of ways to prevent distractive driving.
Provided training covers information required for authorized employees under the OSHA lockout/tagout standard (Control of Hazardous Energy, Code of Federal Regulations as Title 29 Part 1910.147). Recognize and understand the procedures in the Energy Control Program necessary to control hazardous energy during equipment servicing and maintenance, and your responsibilities.
The MTA Safety Program Facility Inspections Follow-Up online course reviews possible violations found in facilities. This online course looks at some of the common violations, solutions to those violations and the possible penalties for these violations. Learners will look at the criteria for penalties and how each person can help to prevent violations.
IAW Section 312 of federal SARA Title III, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) states that any facility covered by the Federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard must report Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHSs), as identified under Section 302, in quantities at or above the Threshold Planning Quantities (TPQs), or 500 pounds (whichever is less); and/or Hazardous chemicals, regulated by the federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, which are present at your facility at or above 10,000 pounds at any one time during the calendar year. During training we identify which chemicals telecoms have on-site, to include Sulfuric Acid and Lead, which may exceed these thresholds and require reporting to the EPA.
Hazards present on job sites, at customer premises and our own businesses is important to preventing accidents and injuries. This program helps employees understand some of the most common types of injuries that happen within a customer premise. Training includes identifying several categories of hazards employees come in contact with during their daily duties at various job sites and customer premises. This training will help employees become aware of hazards and help them plan to eliminate accidents and injuries.
This program provides employees with knowledge of what a concussion is, how concussions occur, what are the symptoms of a concussion, how are they diagnosed and most importantly, how they are treated.
Public safety requires that cargo being transported on the highway system must remain on or within the transporting vehicle under all conditions which could reasonably be expected to occur in normal driving.
During this session we review what warning signs and behaviors to look for, how to develop a culture of wellness and a support system within the workplace, and the available resources for a person in crisis.
This course discusses the symptoms, what type of testing is required to diagnose the illness, how to treat the illness, and how to prevent catching the virus by using PPE.
