Safety Orientation Made Simple
20 min! Run Time
Employees
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What you'll learn
Description
What does OSHA require employers to teach new employees? What if a new employee gets hurt on unauthorized equipment or is exposed to toxic chemicals? Is the company liable?
It is incumbent upon the employer to provide proper training and make sure employees are certified before operating certain machinery or exposed to toxic chemicals. OSHA guidelines stipulate that employers furnish conditions for workers that are free of known dangers. Educating employees on these dangers is the employer’s responsibility.
Topics Covered in this Program:
- How to prevent bloodborne pathogen exposure
- Slips, trips and falls
- Hazardous materials
- Workplace hazards
- Emergency preparedness
- Fire safety
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Bloodborne pathogens
- Ergonomics
- Lockout tagout
- Electrical safety
- First aid
- Worker’s rights
- Accident reporting and contact information
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
For 22 years, TrainingABC has provided high quality employee training content to companies, schools and government organizations around the world. Currently, over 2000 organizations use Trainingabc courses in their training.
Our courses focus on topics like HR compliance, customer service and leadership take complex topics and make them simple by using video. With sleek, modern, high-definition video, the courses break the language of the topic down into layman's terms making it much easier for employees to understand and retain information.
Safety Orientation Made Simple
Frequently Asked Questions
It opens by asking what OSHA requires employers to teach new employees, framing the whole course around that employer obligation.
The course raises this directly as a liability question, tying it to whether the employer provided proper training beforehand.
Employers must furnish conditions free of known dangers, and educating employees on those dangers is described as the employer's responsibility.
It spans a wide list — bloodborne pathogens, lockout/tagout, electrical safety, PPE, ergonomics, fire safety, first aid, and more.
Accident reporting and contact information closes the program, alongside a section on worker's rights within the broader hazard list.