Course Description

• In this course, 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

• 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.

 Who Should Attend?

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

Course Schedule

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 powered tools.
• Certification for explosive power tools.
• Fixed and portable ladders and scaffolds.

Day-5

• Machinery Safeguards.
• Machinery guarding.
• Lockout/tagout of machinery.
• Barriers and enclosure guards.
• Controls and operating safety.