Employee Safety Training

After determining what the safety training needs are, it is very important to decide what purpose you wish the training to serve. Is it to lower accident rates in the maintenance group Is it to give overall safety information and awareness to employees about the hazards around them There should be a direct correlation between the training needs and the overall and specific purpose of the training. 

The next step is to assess what people are doing now on the job. What are the specifics of the job that are hazardous What specific tasks are hazardous What have employees done in the past in this kind of situation At this stage, you are gathering the raw material that will be incorporated into training plans and course materials. 

Some of the topics and subject matter should be taken from the system safety analyses. The analyses identified hazards, their consequences, their controls, and the verification of the controls. This is very important information to pass on to the individuals who work close to these systems. The safety training must be a cogent part of the safety management systan. Some of the kinds of information that should be included in a safety training program and safety training courses (whether corporate developed or contracted) are 

Essential features and requirements of OSHA (or other relevant occupational safety and health codes—both local and national) 

How the safety training program fits into the safety management system 

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Some companies have found success with a periodic publication of incident abstracts. Each incident may appear as a one or two paragraph summary in a quarterly bulletin. This information is circulated widely within the corporation or is available online. If a site has a special interest in one particular incident, full details are then requested by direct contact between the two sites. The highly abbreviated summary has other uses, such as material for employee safety training meetings or bulletin board postings. This is another example of the practical trade-off between quantity of incidents publicized and the amount of detail presented for each incident. 

General laboratory rules and procedures Personal protection equipment requirements Spill and accident procedures Chemical storage rules and procedures Safety equipment requirements and inspection procedures Employee safety training requirements Exposure and medical evaluation processes Emergency evacuation plan... 

This next major section covers such topics as current safety management issues, driver and employee safety training and methods of training, and how to secure an acceptable return on your safety program investment — extremely important when tr3ung to get upper management to buy in to your safety vision. 

Toolbox talks are brief employee safety training sessions designed to help you with the above OSHA requirement. Toolbox talks should be conducted regularly (usually weekly) by your job-site foreman or superintendent. This is a simple, yet effective means of providing ... 

Poorly constructed safety objective The organization will increase employee safety training offerings. ... 

Safety Basics Custom DVD. Here s a great way to get the exact safety-training program you want. Choose any of the safety topics listed here and we ll burn them onto a custom DVD for you. Each segment costs 20 AWWA member price ( 30 list) and is about 2V2 minutes in length. These topics were specially chosen to meet water utility employee safety-training requirements. 

It often is easier to conduct an activity than to judge it. However, do not ignore this evaluation phase. It will allow you to calculate your training program s bottom line profitability and the effectiveness of training programs. Once you have made the effort to provide employee safety training, you must answer these questions ... 

Employee safety training covers all OSHA-required subjects. Employee training covers the facility safety system. 

An employee safety-training program exists at the facility. 

General safety rules are the final part of the motor fleet employee safety training program. These are general topics that should be familiar to every employee and manager. Remember ... 

Preventioii program. A prevention program is required to prevent accidental releases of r ulated substances. This element generally includes safety precautions and maintenance, monitoring, employee safety training, and other requirements similar to OSHA s PSM. Note that EPAs requirements for the Program Level 2 elements (fisted below) are less detailed than their OSHA PSM counterparts (other differences and similarities between RMP and PSM will be discussed later) ... 

Employee safety training efforts shall be documented in compliance with the Hazard Communication and Laboratory Standards information and training requirements. The documentation shall include the following information ... 

AH employee safety training records shall be kept in a binder or folder titled Employee Safety Training Records. ... 

In order to fully grasp the principles of fire safety, it is worthwhile to review fire basics. In fact, materials from this chapter can be directly inserted into a warehouse employee safety training program. 

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