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This Course Provides The Knowledge

This document outlines the curriculum for an OSHA training course. It covers topics like introduction to OSHA, managing safety and health, personal protective equipment, health hazards in construction, stairways and ladders, and the OSHA Focus Four Hazards of falls, electrocution, struck-by, and caught-in or between. It specifies time requirements for each topic, learning objectives, and notes elective topics must comprise at least 12 hours and cover a minimum of 6 topics.

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This Course Provides The Knowledge

This document outlines the curriculum for an OSHA training course. It covers topics like introduction to OSHA, managing safety and health, personal protective equipment, health hazards in construction, stairways and ladders, and the OSHA Focus Four Hazards of falls, electrocution, struck-by, and caught-in or between. It specifies time requirements for each topic, learning objectives, and notes elective topics must comprise at least 12 hours and cover a minimum of 6 topics.

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This course provides the knowledge, skills and attitudes

regarding the importance and value of safety and health


training for workers and the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) background, mission and current
standards

Upon completion of the lesson, participants will be able


to: Identify major hazards and describe types of hazards
associated with,

Introduction to OSHA – 1 hour.


b) Managing Safety and Health – 2 hours. May include Injury
and Illness Prevention Programs, job site inspections, accident
prevention programs, management commitment and employee
involvement, worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control,
accident investigations, how to conduct safety meetings, and
supervisory communication.
c) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – 2 hours.
d) Health Hazards in Construction – 2 hours. May teach noise,
hazard communication, crystalline silica, lead or any other
construction health hazard.
e) Stairways and Ladders – 1 hour.
f) OSHA Focus Four Hazards – 6 hours. Because most
construction fatalities are caused by fall hazards, falls must be
covered for a minimum of one hour and 15 minutes. The other
Focus Four Hazards must be covered for a minimum of one-half
hour each. The trainer may spend up to 10 hours on this topic.
1. Falls (minimum 1 hour and 15 minutes)
2. Electrocution
3. Struck-By (i.e. falling objects, trucks, cranes, …)
4. Caught-In or Between (i.e. trench hazards, equipment, …)
Focus Four Hazards Training Requirements
All lessons for the Focus Four Hazards are required to train
using the following objectives. Given current OSHA and industry
information regarding construction worksite illnesses, injuries,
and/or fatalities, the student will be able to recognize [fall,
caught-in or between, struck-by, electrocution] hazards in
construction.
Specifically for each of the focus four, the student will be able
to:
• Identify major hazards
• Describe types of hazards
• Protect him/herself from these hazards
• Recognize employer requirements to protect workers from
these hazards
Because these objectives are the expected student outcomes,
trainers:
• May not vary from these objectives when planning the training
session; and
• Must follow the participatory training model by applying
effective training techniques;
• Must make sure the objectives are measured by testing the
student’s achievement.
ELECTIVE – 12 hours
Must present at least 12 hours of training on the following
topics. At least 6 topics must be presented. The minimum
length of any topic is one-half hour.
a) Concrete and Masonry Construction
b) Confined Space Entry
c) Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Elevators, & Conveyors
d) Ergonomics
e) Excavations
f) Fire Protection and Prevention
g) Materials Handling, Storage, Use and Disposal
h) Welding and Cutting
i) Powered Industrial Vehicles
j) Safety and Health Programs
k) Scaffolds
l) Steel Erection
m) Tools – Hand and Power
n) Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment and Marine
Operations; Rollover Protective Structures and Overhead
Protection; and Signs, Signals and Barricades

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