OSHA Training News Update
April 21, 2021
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OSHA’s Standards for Scaffold Use in Construction Designed to Combat High Rates of Injuries and Death |
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OSHA’s Safety Standards for Scaffold Use in the Construction Industry are designed to protect workers using scaffolding in construction work and to reduce scaffold-related fatalities and serious incidents. Scaffolding hazards continue to rank high on the list of Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards; scaffolding was #4 in FY2020, with 2,538 violations.
Common hazards associated with scaffolds include:
- Falls from elevation, due to lack of fall protection.
- Collapse caused by instability or overloading.
- Struck by falling tools, work materials or debris.
- Electrocution due to proximity to overhead power lines.
Key provisions of OSHA’s scaffolding standard include:
- Fall protection or fall arrest systems are required for workers more than 10 feet above lower level.
- Guardrails and crossbracing must comply with specified heights.
- Midrails must be installed approximately halfway between the toprail and the platform surface.
- Employers must train each employee who works on a scaffold on hazards and hazard prevention.
- A competent person must inspect the scaffold and components for visible defects before each work shift and after any occurrence that could affect the structural integrity.
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Learn the requirements for the safe construction and use of scaffolding guided by OSHA's Construction Scaffold Standard. You will participate in workshops to reinforce concepts of safe scaffolding, and upon course completion you will be able to identify the types of scaffolds and their components, determine safe assembly, use and disassembly, and recognize common violations of OSHA Standards.
May 10-12, 2021
IN-PERSON
Sacramento, CA
In-Person classes will follow distancing and other COVID-19 safety guidelines.
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“Workers suffer serious and fatal injuries from falls and have a devastating impact on families and businesses. This important collaboration with the construction industry encourages employers to learn how to better control fall-related hazards and improve their safety and health programs.”
-James Frederick
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, OSHA
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Visit OSHA's Stand-Down Resources page to get training materials, safety videos, guidance materials and much more to help you conduct a Stand-Down event at your workplace.
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Trainer Classes Fill Up Fast! |
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This 4-day course is designed for those who are interested in teaching OSHA's 10- and 30-hour general industry safety and health outreach classes to employees and other interested groups. Participants learn effective instructional approaches, adult learning principles and training techniques.
Prerequisites apply and a prerequisite form must be submitted and approved before registration. CLICK HERE for more details.
May 3-6, 2021 ~ June 21-24, 2021
Virtual, Instructor-Led (Zoom)
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This course covers industrial hygiene practices and related OSHA regulations and procedures, and features workshops in health hazard recognition, OSHA health standards and use of sampling equipment. Learn to recognize basic industrial hygiene principles and practices, identify characteristics of common air contaminants, locate PELs, perform basic industrial hygiene calculations and determine methods for hazard control and abatement.
May 11-14, 2021
Virtual, Instructor-Led (Zoom)
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This class applies to CA AB 2799 Cannabis Industry requirements. |
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This course covers OSHA requirements for general industry and teaches safety awareness, which helps in recognizing and reducing the risks of job site hazards. This interactive training is an orientation that emphasizes hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention, and is intended for supervisors or workers who have some safety responsibility. Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive your 30-Hour Construction Outreach course completion card.
May 17-27, 2021 (8 Half-Days)
Virtual, Instructor-Led (Zoom)
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OSHA numbered Virtual, Instructor-Led classes via Zoom offered by the OSHA Training Institute Education Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District are only available to participants located in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, Guam and American Samoa. |
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Workers' Memorial Day 2021 |
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Every year, on April 28, the nation recognizes Workers' Memorial Day, when we pay our respects to those who lost their lives on the job and recognize the impact these tragic losses have on families, co-workers and communities. This year, we also recognize that, more than a year into the pandemic, every day essential workers, many of whom are people of color and immigrants, have put their lives on the line during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many were sickened or killed for just going to work-for simply trying to support their families, including healthcare workers, grocery workers, meatpackers, nurses, delivery drivers, farmworkers, law enforcement officers, teachers and sanitation workers.
We remember and honor every worker who has lost their life to largely preventable fatal injuries and illnesses, and we commit ourselves to fighting to make sure that others do not suffer the same terrible fate. Learn About Events
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Pleasanton, CA 94588
Phone: 866-936-6742
Fax: 925-460-0133
E-Mail
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We are still primarily working remotely, but we're available to respond to your inquiries by email or phone (phone inquiries will be answered within 24 hours).
The recommendations in this newsletter are advisory in nature, informational in content, and intended to assist employers in providing a safe and healthful workplace.
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