Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from 2011

Acquire your OSHA 30 hour Replacement Card in these Simple Steps

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA issues a completion card to all those trainees who complete the 30 hour or the 10 hour outreach training programs. If you lose your card, a replacement one will be available through the trainer. However, the records are maintained for a time frame of 5 years only. The replacement cards are not issued to trainees after this prescribed time. These simple steps will help you acquire your lost card: 1.Provide your course trainer with your personal information including your name, training date and the type of course you had applied for. Your trainer will have replacement cards for you. If he doesn't, he will contact the OSHA training office for another one. 2.Within 2 to 4 weeks, the trainer will be furnished with the replacement card. Wait for this time period and contact your trainer again. 3.If you have any contact alterations, inform your trainer. Contact them again after 4 weeks. 4.Check your card for accuracy. If

A Brief Introduction to the OSHA Standards

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has created and laid down certain guidelines to help employers comply easily with the occupational health and safety standards. The agency aims towards reducing workplace related deaths, accidents and injuries. It achieves this by advising employers on how to create safety training programs for employees working in potentially hazardous industries. The general training guidelines laid down by OSHA tell employers to determine whether the employees are in need of training. They also help them figure out the training needs and goals. The employers can then develop their own training programs and train workers. Over time, they will be able to assess the effectiveness of the program developed by them and improve it, if required. OSHA allows flexibility in training standards. This means, employers have the freedom to set up their training programs as per the hazards specific to their own work place. The OSHA standards have been laid down so t

Steps to Comply with the OSHA Regulations

In 1970, the U.S. passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act for regulating safety at work places. It is the responsibility of the business owner to provide their employees safe and hazard free working environments and look after their well being and safety. To comply with all the OSHA standards, all the major companies carry out the annual OSHA training for their employees. Step 1: Know that your organization is covered by the OSHA program of your state. The representative at the state level has to be reported with all the hazards. If a safety complaint is lodged, these representatives visit businesses to investigate the safety hazards. Step 2: As a worker read the offered OSHA information. Comply with the standards laid down by OSHA by following the regulated health and safety rules and wearing the appropriate personal protective equipments. Step 3: Know all the different chemicals you will be exposed to. Keep in mind all the safety regulations for your area. Step 4: Keep in m

Electrical Safety Tips - It is better to be Safe than Sorry!

Almost every industrial sector or plant site has their own set of electrical hazards. This type of hazard is extremely dangerous for it is the source of thousands of serious mishaps and injuries. The only way in which workers can stay safe and secure is by staying alert and aware about their surroundings. Some of the safety precautions that can be taken with regards to electrical hazards are: 1.First and foremost always, de-energize as much equipment and machinery as possible. Also, try to use portable flood light systems for lighting, whenever possible. 2.Next, every worker or employee must first consider using dry removal in areas that are immediately adjacent to energized electrical equipment. 3.Always make sure to use non-conductive vacuum attachments, such as wood, plastic and rubber. 4.Every employee, manager or worker must always wear heavily insulated rubber boots and gloves while working around any form of energized wiring. 5.Employers must put "hot line" covers over