Struck-By, Caught-Between - Staying Out of the Line of Fire for Construction

Workers in the construction industry face a number of health and safety hazards in their worksites every day, including exposure to materials like asbestos, crystalline silica, lead and chemicals. These materials can cause serious illnesses. These courses will provide workers with an awareness of the potential dangers and ways they may prevent or limit exposure. Ideal learners are all construction employees.

When you work on a construction site that has multiple employers present, you know that communication and cooperation are important to make sure everyone stays safe. They are also important when OSHA performs inspections. You may be wondering how the employers work together during site inspections and how OSHA determines who to cite. This course will answer those questions. It is ideal for United States construction workers on multi-employer worksites.

Working with electricity can be dangerous. Workers performing service or maintenance on machinery and equipment may be injured by the unexpected startup of the machinery or equipment, or release of stored electrical energy in the equipment. In fact, failure to lock out machinery before working on it is a major cause of injury and death. These deaths and injuries can be prevented by establishing and following an effective lockout/tagout program. This training will tell you more about electrical hazards, safe practices when working with electricity, and the lockout/tagout program and how it can save your life. Ideal learners are any employee who works on or around electrical machinery.

Substance abuse affects every worker directly or indirectly. When it impacts the workplace, productivity and profits suffer. This suite provides information about drug and alcohol policies in the workplace. It educates learners about the process of identifying potential drug and alcohol users: from spotting the indicators of substance abuse, to conducting testing, to following up once results are available. This suite also defines what substance abuse is, the costs and the effects of substance abuse on the workplace, and the effects of a variety of substances on the body, the mind, and the emotions. This suite includes the following courses: Reasonable Suspicion Training for Alcohol and Substance Abuse (US), Drugs and Alcohol: The Facts (US), Cannabis Awareness, and an IACET survey.