Where the employer has provided portable fire extinguishers for employee use in the workplace, training to familiarize you with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting.

This Forklift Operator Training program, while designed for the construction industry, is based on OHSA's 29CFR 1910.178 found in the general industry regulations. OSHA references this standard for Powered Industrial Trucks in the 29CFR 1926 construction industry regulations. During the training video you will see information on certain forklifts which are used in construction, warehouse and manufacturing settings. This is necessary to cover the standard appropriately.

Fall hazards are the leading cause of construction worker deaths, accounting for about 33.5% of all fatalities in construction each year. Of the 338 construction worker fatalities attributed to falls in 2018, close to 15% were from scaffolds. OSHA estimates that about 65% of all construction workers perform some work on scaffolds every year. That’s a lot of folks working on scaffolds potentially being exposed to a number of hazards such as falls, electrocutions, and falling objects.

This course teaches general asbestos information, including the health effects of asbestos, building materials that may contain asbestos, how to recognize damaged asbestos, what to do if you encounter damaged building materials, and whom to contact for assistance.