Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Overview

If your job duties include even occasional contact with blood or other infectious materials, you are at risk for contracting potentially deadly, incurable diseases. Take this course to learn what bloodborne pathogens are and how you can protect yourself from them. Ideal learners include anyone who may be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials, including healthcare workers, custodians, maintenance staff, research personnel and construction workers.

Recognizing electrical hazards in the workplace is critical to ensuring worker safety. You need to know how and why electricity is dangerous so you can recognize when hazards are present. When electricity and other energy is uncontrolled, it can harm or even kill people. That is why we have lockout/tagout/tryout procedures to control hazardous energy. Take this course to learn about electrical hazards, what energy control procedures are and how they can be used to stay safe. Your employer may ask you to complete this training because you work where electrical hazards are present or where lockout/tagout/tryout is being used, or as part of their process for obtaining lockout/tagout authorization. This course is ideal for workers in general industry and construction work settings.

A laboratory safety program depends on participation and cooperation from every employee. Take this course to learn about the elements of a chemical hygiene plan, common hazards associated with laboratory environments, and ways to control and limit chemical exposure. Ideal learners are employees who work in a laboratory environment.

Most of us use tools in our daily work. But do you realize how dangerous tools can be if they are not handled correctly? Take this course to learn about the importance of hand and power tool safety, the hazards that can lead to injuries and deaths, and the precautions needed to work safely with these tools. Ideal learners are anyone who works with tools.