OSHA Training Center Update | March 2014
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OSHA Training Center Issues a Challenge to Construction Industry Employers to Raise Hazard Awareness
 
The OSHA Training Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, responding to the alarming statistics related to accidents and citations at construction worksites, has issued a safety challenge to all construction industry employers to focus on raising employees' awareness of potential hazards at their worksites. 775 construction worker fatalities were reported in 2012, accounting for almost 20% of total workplace deaths. In addition, three of OSHA's 2013 Top Ten list of the most frequently cited standards were in the construction industry, including fall protection (8,241), scaffolding (5,423) and ladders (3,311), for a total of 16,975 construction violations.
  
Safety Professionals Play a Vital Role in Reducing Scaffolding Hazards and Preventing Accidents
 
Scaffolds are an essential element at many worksites. An estimated 2.3 million construction workers, or 65 percent of the construction industry, work on scaffolds frequently. When the Occupational Safety & Health Administration revised its scaffolds standard in 1996, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) studies showed that 25 percent of workers injured in scaffold accidents had received no scaffold safety training, and 77 percent of scaffolds were not equipped with guardrails.
  
Fifty-seven workers fell to their deaths from scaffolds or staging platforms in 2012 according to preliminary BLS data, and five deaths due to falls from scaffolds at jobsites in Texas, Florida, Wisconsin and Washington have already been reported in January, 2014.
  
OSHA Training Center Co-hosts Successful 2014 Pacific Coast Safety Fest
  
2013 Pacific Coast Safety FestThe OSHA Training Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District recently co-hosted a highly successful three day safety training conference from February 25-27, 2014, in San Francisco. The Second Annual Pacific Coast Safety Fest, presented in partnership with the Occupational Safety & Health Administration's Region 9 and the U.S. General Services Administration, featured 13 occupational safety and health training courses provided free of charge to support and enhance the improvement of workplace safety performance.
  
Over 300 certificates of completion were awarded to participants representing a variety of organizations who completed one or more of the following courses: Introduction to Safety and Health Management (OSHA #7500), OSHA 10-Hour Outreach Training for General Industry (OTC #108), Public Warehousing and Storage (OSHA #7005), Permit Required Confined Space Standard (OSHA #7300), HAZCOM & GHS (Globally Harmonized System), Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control for Healthcare Facilities (OSHA #7200), Introduction to Machinery and Machine Safeguarding (OSHA #7100), Evacuation and Emergency Planning (OSHA #7105), Introduction to Accident Investigation (OSHA #7505), Preventing Sprains, Strains and Repetitive Motion Injuries, Focus Four Hazards, Recordkeeping Rule Seminar (OSHA #7845), and Lockout/Tagout (OSHA #7115).
  
Safety Fest courses were taught by a select group of highly regarded instructors from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, the U.S. General Services Administration, the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, and Region 9 OSHA Training Institute Education Centers, including the University of California San Diego Extension, Arizona State University, and the OSHA Training Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District.
  
Pacific Coast Safety Fest participants were enthusiastic regarding not only the quality of programs offered but also the opportunity to network with other professionals interested in supporting and improving safety and health in the workplace.
Upcoming Classes
  
  

The OSHA Training Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District offers high quality Occupational Safety & Health Administration standards-based training for construction, maritime and general industry and other workplace safety courses,including:

 

OSHA 500 - Trainer Course in OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry 

April 7-10 | Las Vegas/Henderson, NV

April 7-10 | Southern CA - San Bernardino

April 22-25 | Phoenix, AZ - Gateway Community

 

OSHA 502 - Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers 

April 8-10 | Las Vegas/Henderson, NV

April 8-10 | Southern CA - San Bernardino

April 22-24 | Phoenix, AZ - Gateway Community

 

OSHA 2015 - Hazardous Materials 

April 7-10 | Southern CA - Bakersfield

May 3-18 | Southern CA - San Bernardino

May 19-22 | Hawaii - Hilo Pacific Education Ctr

 

OSHA 2264 - Permit Required Confined Space Entry 

May 5-7 | Southern CA - Fullerton

May 13-15 | San Francisco Bay Area - San Lorenzo, CA

July 14-16 | Hawaii - Oahu Pacific Education Ctr

 

OSHA 6000 - Collateral Duty Course for Other Federal Agencies 

March 24-27 | San Francisco Bay Area - Dublin, CA  

July 23-25 | Las Vegas/Henderson, NV

 

OSHA 7500 - Introduction to Safety and Health Management 

March 24-25 | Southern CA - Bakersfield

June 2-3 | Southern CA - Fullerton

Aug. 15-16 | San Francisco Bay Area - Dublin, CA 

 

OSHA 7845 - Recordkeeping Rule Seminar 

March 24 | Southern CA - Bakersfield

April 4 | San Francisco Bay Area - Dublin, CA

June 2 | Southern CA - Fullerton

 

OSHA 7505 - Introduction to Accident Investigation 

March 25-26 | Southern CA - Bakersfield

June 3-4 | Southern CA - Fullerton

Aug. 16-18 | San Francisco Bay Area - Dublin, CA

 

OSHA 510 - OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry 

April 1-28 | Southern CA - Carson

April 5-13 | Southern CA - Bakersfield

April 8-11 | Phoenix, AZ - Gateway Community College

 

OSHA 501 - Trainer Course in OSHA Standards for General Industry 

April 7-10 | Hawaii - Oahu Pacific Education Center

April 12-27 | Las Vegas/Henderson, NV

April 14-17 | Southern CA - Fullerton

 

OSHA 503 - Update for General Industry Outreach Trainers 

April 7-9 | Hawaii - Oahu Pacific Education Center

April 13-27 | Las Vegas/Henderson, NV

April 15-17 | Southern CA - Fullerton

 

OSHA 7400 - Noise Hazards in the Construction Industry 

April 10 | San Francisco Bay Area - Dublin, CA

Sept. 26 | San Francisco Bay Area - Dublin, CA

 

OSHA 3015 - Excavation, Trenching and Soil Mechanics 

April 14-16 | Las Vegas/Henderson, NV

May 12-14 | Hawaii - Oahu Pacific Education Center

 

OSHA 3095 - Electrical Standards 

April 14-17 | Hawaii - Oahu Pacific Education Center

June 16-20 | Southern CA - Fullerton

 

OSHA 5109 - Cal/OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry 

May 19-22 | Southern CA - San Bernardino

June 2-5 | San Francisco Bay Area - Dublin, CA

 

OSHA 5029 - Cal/OSHA Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers 

May 22 | Southern CA - San Bernardino

June 5 | San Francisco Bay Area - Dublin, CA

 

OSHA 5400 - Trainer Course in OSHA Standards for the Maritime Industry 

June 9-12 | Southern CA - Carson

August 25-28 | San Francisco Bay Area - Dublin, CA

 

OSHA 5402 - Maritime Industry Trainer Update Course 

June 10-12 | Southern CA - Carson

August 26-28 | San Francisco Bay Area - Dublin, CA

 

OTC 308 - Safety Inspection Techniques 

Sept. 8-10 | San Francisco Bay Area - Dublin, CA 


In This Issue

OSHA Training Center Issues a Challenge to Construction Industry Employers

Safety Professionals Play a Vital Role in Reducing Scaffolding Hazards

OSHA Training Center Co-hosts Successful 2014 Pacific Coast Safety Fest

Upcoming Classes

  
  
The OSHA Training Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District offers high quality OSHA standards-based training for construction, maritime and general industry at our  location in the San Francisco Bay Area and additional locations in Southern California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada and Guam. Programs offered include OSHA safety standards, Outreach Trainer courses, Cal/OSHA standards curriculum, environmental courses and customized onsite safety training. For more information visit www.osha4you.com or call (866) 936-OSHA (6742).
  
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Free OSHA Safety Training Resources

 

Click on the links below to access a wide variety of free OSHA safety training resources:

 

Cal/OSHA Resources

Cranes

Electrical Safety

Excavation and Trenching

Fall Protection

HAZCOM/GHS

Heat Illness Prevention

Managing Safety and Health

Introduction to OSHA