Osha 10 Hour Trainings

Worker are confronted with difficult tasks and hazard exposures in a hazardous environment. Safety of employees is an important matter in an organization and personal protection equipment can aid workers to avoid injuries, however many a times workers tend not to wear them. To improve the safety of your employees, it is the responsibility of an employer to spread the importance of PPE in your work place. To encourage workers to wear PPE, there are certain steps you can implement at your work place like: Developing and distributing guidelines and regulations on wearing PPE at hazardous work sites. Guiding employees to understand how to use PPE properly. Posting messages to remind workers to wear PPE around the premises. Using images and diagrams to illustrate employees about the proper as well as unsafe ways of using PPE. Using strong and creative slogans to wear PPE. Providing employees with personal storage to keep their PPE. The above are some of the few steps employers can implement

"Introduction to OSHA," a new training program emphasizing workers' rights, is the latest required content in every OSHA 10- and 30-hour Outreach Training Program class. According to the agency, it developed the information in support of the Secretary of Labor's goal of strengthening the voice of workers. The information in the program affects all the workers who complete Outreach Training Program classes each year, and more than 50,000 authorized OSHA Outreach Trainers. It mainly focuses on the importance of workers' rights and advises them of their right to: Know about the presence and effects of hazardous chemicals; Review information about illness and injuries in their workplaces and receive training; Request or file for an OSHA inspection and participate in the inspection; and Be free from retaliation to exercise their safety and health rights. "For too long workers have avoided making claims of unsafe work conditions out of fear of losing their jobs,&qu