Workplace Safety in California

Course Titles and Descriptions

Accident Investigation

As much as you try to prevent them, accidents at work happen. No matter what kind of accident you may be faced with at work, one of the most important things you can do after it happens is to investigate it and learn from the experience so it doesn’t happen again. This training session will cover everything you need to know about investigating accidents.

Accident Investigation (Spanish)

Accident Investigation in California

Accidents in the workplace can be used as an opportunity to prevent future accidents. One of the most important actions you can take is to conduct a thorough investigation of what happened and why.
This course provides information for employees and supervisors in California about the process for conducting an accident investigation, including root cause analysis.
By the end of the course, you will be able to describe the reasons for performing an accident investigation, follow the steps to investigate an accident, and use the information you gather during an accident investigation to find the root cause and implement corrective measures.

Active Shooter On-Site: What Every Employee Should Do

Recent events surrounding workplace shootings remind us how vulnerable we all are. All it takes is being in the wrong place at the wrong time. However, there are measures you can take to not only limit the damage but also save precious lives both before and during these traumatic incidents. Because most incidents are over within minutes, you need to be prepared to react to the situation with speed. Quick decisions could mean the difference between life and death.

Active Shooter On-Site: What Every Employee Should Do (Multimedia) (Spanish)

Aerial Lift Safety

Today we’re going to talk about aerial lift safety. You may know this type of equipment by commonly used names such as “cherry pickers” or “snorkel lifts.” It is any telescoping or articulating device mounted on a vehicle used to elevate or position people. . It includes a platform such as a bucket or basket to carry personnel. Various types of equipment include aerial lifts, and they are often mounted on trucks. Aerial lifts are used in various industries, such as utilities, construction, and tree service. Because aerial lifts can be hazardous, they are regulated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA. If you work in aerial lifts or near them on the ground, you need to understand the hazards, the basic regulatory requirements, and the safety work practices that must be followed to prevent accidents and injuries.

Arc Flash Safety: Unqualified Person

This session provides information about arc flash, shock hazards, and best safety practices for “unqualified persons” who work around electrical equipment but who lack the skills, knowledge, and training to work on or near exposed, energized electrical equipment. In this session, we’ll talk about the hazards and risks of working around exposed, energized electrical equipment. We’ll also discuss general safe work practices from the consensus standard, National Fire Protection Association, or NFPA, 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, that can help prevent arc flash incidents.

Avoiding Back Injuries

Back injuries are among the most common workplace injuries that cause lost days away from work. No matter what job you perform, you can injure your back on the job. Fortunately, there are a number of steps you can take to avoid back injuries and the lifetime of pain and medical bills that can come with them. In this training session, you’ll learn what risk factors and hazards expose you to back injuries and what you can do to help keep your back healthy and pain-free.

Avoiding Back Injuries—Spanish

Avoiding Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens

This session discusses how you might be exposed to bloodborne pathogens (BBP) and infectious diseases, how you can protect yourself from exposure, and how to clean up and properly dispose of blood or bodily fluids. Employees most likely to be exposed include first-aid responders, janitorial and maintenance personnel, and workers assigned to clean up after an industrial accident. Even if your job does not normally expose you to blood or bodily fluids, this session is helpful to raise your awareness of bloodborne pathogens, to understand why you should not come in contact with them, and to understand that it is important to report spills of blood or bodily fluids so that they can be cleaned up safely.

Avoiding Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens (Spanish)

This session is intended for any employee who is likely to be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials, commonly abbreviated as OPIM, in their workplace. Employees most likely to be exposed to bloodborne pathogens include first-aid responders, janitorial and maintenance personnel, and workers assigned to clean up after an industrial accident. Even if your job does not normally expose you to blood or OPIM, this session is helpful to raise your awareness of bloodborne pathogens, including how to prevent harmful exposures.

Avoiding Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens in California

Bloodborne pathogens cause a variety of diseases, such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Due to increased rates of infection, the risk of exposure is especially high for workers in California.
This course provides information about bloodborne pathogens hazards and safe work practices for workers in California who are likely to be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) during the course of their duties, including healthcare workers, first-aid responders, janitorial and maintenance personnel at healthcare facilities, and workers who clean areas contaminated with blood or OPIM.
By the end of the course, you will be able to recognize bloodborne pathogen hazards; identify the symptoms of bloodborne diseases and how these diseases are spread; determine your risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens in the workplace; protect yourself from exposure; follow appropriate postexposure procedures; and apply requirements for working with needles, recording exposure incidents, and conducting postexposure evaluations.

Basic First Aid for Medical Emergencies

The main purpose of this session is to familiarize you with basic first-aid procedures. By the time this session is over, you will be able to recognize the benefits of obtaining first-aid and CPR certification; identify proper procedures for a variety of medical emergencies; assist in administering first aid when a coworker is injured; and do no further harm.

Battery Safety

This session provides information about battery safety and is intended for any employees who handle or use batteries in the workplace. We’ll discuss all the key issues associated with using batteries safely, including battery hazards, charging, and maintenance. This session focuses primarily on the large lead-acid batteries, as well as lithium-ion batteries used in a variety of industrial equipment. The main objective of this session is to make sure you work safely with batteries on the job.

California Guide to Working in Hot Conditions

This session provides information about how to recognize and prevent heat illnesses that develop when working in hot conditions. This training is intended for California employees who may work outdoors in the heat. Heat is not a hazard that should be taken lightly because it can lead to serious medical concerns. The main objective of this session is to teach you how to protect your health and safety when working in hot conditions.

California Hazard Communication

This session will guide you through the Hazard Communication, or HazCom, Standard administered and enforced by the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA. This worker right-to-know standard requires your employer to make sure you are informed of the possible dangers of hazardous chemicals in your workplace and how to protect yourself from those hazards. This California HazCom regulation applies to all employers in both the private and public sectors that have hazardous substances in their workplaces. It also applies to laboratories that provide quality control analyses for manufacturing or produce hazardous chemicals for commercial purposes. California’s HazCom regulations have adopted the federal worker right-to-know requirements, as well as some requirements that are stricter than federal standards.

Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety

Compressed gases are used in millions of products and processes across a wide variety of industries. But did you know that these gases are considered hazardous materials because they are stored under high pressure and can cause fires, explosions, and suffocation if not handled properly?
This online training course discusses how to work safely with compressed gas cylinders that are used in general industry workplaces and how to protect against the hazards they pose. This course does not address specific requirements for welding or construction. At the end of this training session, you will be able to recognize the common hazards of compressed gases; identify compressed gases by the labels; safely transport, handle, and store compressed gas cylinders; safely use cylinders and regulators and check for leaks; and implement safe practices for working with specific compressed gases.

Contractor Safety

In today’s training session, we’ll review the key elements of a typical host employer’s safety program. Contractors will be required to follow the host employer’s safety program while performing their work. Familiarity with the host employer’s site and safety program is crucial to reducing the risk of injury.

COVID-19 and the Workplace

OSHA continues to release updated guidance for employers and employees as they return to or continue to go into the workplace. Employers and employees alike need to continue to implement measures to protect unvaccinated or otherwise at-risk workers in their workplaces, as well as workers who are fully vaccinated depending on the COVID-19 Community Level. The main objective of this training session is to inform workers about recommended steps they can take to prevent exposure to and infection with COVID-19, as well as about new requirements with which they must comply.

COVID-19 and the Workplace: Housekeeping and Hygiene (Spanish)

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters a new phase, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, has released updated guidance for non-healthcare employers and employees as they return to or continue to go into the workplace. Unless otherwise required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, most employers no longer need to take steps to protect their fully vaccinated workers who are not otherwise at risk from COVID-19 exposure. However, employers and employees alike will need to continue to implement measures to protect unvaccinated or otherwise at-risk workers in their workplaces so that they can provide a safe workplace free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm. The main objective of this training session is to inform unvaccinated and otherwise at-risk workers who are not covered by OSHA’s emergency temporary standard about appropriate steps they can take to prevent exposure to and infection with COVID-19.

COVID-19 nd the Workplace (Spanish)

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters a new phase, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, has released updated guidance for non-healthcare employers and employees as they return to or continue to go into the workplace. Unless otherwise required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, most employers no longer need to take steps to protect their fully vaccinated workers who are not otherwise at risk from COVID-19 exposure. However, employers and employees alike will need to continue to implement measures to protect unvaccinated or otherwise at-risk workers in their workplaces so that they can provide a safe workplace free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm.
The main objective of this training session is to inform unvaccinated and otherwise at-risk workers who are not covered by OSHA’s emergency temporary standard about appropriate steps they can take to prevent exposure to and infection with COVID-19.

Crane Rigging

This online crane rigging safety training course teaches employees the safe way to handle crane rigging and all the hazards associated with using cranes while at work. Cranes are used at many workplaces, across all major industries, to lift and move materials. Crane operators are generally trained and often certified in safe crane operations and inspection. However, many accidents involving cranes are caused by failures of crane rigging and rigging hardware.

Defensive Driving for Noncommercial Motorists (Spanish)

Did you know that motor vehicle accidents are the most common form of death of all workplace fatalities? And vehicle accidents, injuries, and fatalities outside of work are also on the rise due to all different kinds of distracted driving and other hazards. Whether you drive on the job or just commute to work, it’s important that you stay on your toes and drive defensively to keep yourself-and other drivers and pedestrians-safe. During this training session, we’re going to talk about some techniques that will help you avoid driving accidents and injuries.

Defensive Driving Training for Noncommercial Motorists

Disaster Planning: What Employees Need to Know (Spanish)

Fires, extreme weather, hazardous chemical spills and releases, acts of terrorism, pandemics, explosions, workplace violence—these unfortunate disasters do happen—often bringing with them destruction, injuries, and sometimes even death. This course provides information about how employees can prepare for a disaster in the workplace and how to react if one should happen. It describes how to prevent some types of workplace disasters from happening, how employees’ actions can reduce the catastrophic results of other disasters, and what steps employees should take if a disaster does occur. By the end of the training, you will be able to identify the disasters that have the potential to occur at your workplace; implement the measures needed to prevent the occurrence of certain events such as chemical spills and explosions; recognize the actions you can take to prevent a worst-case scenario; and conduct an effective evacuation from your facility.

Disaster Planning: What Employees Need to Know

Disaster Planning: What Supervisors Need to Know

This online disaster planning training course will help teach supervisors and safety managers to recognize the types of workplace disasters they may face, understand the requirements of the emergency response plan, satisfy employee training requirements, and carry out emergency response duties effectively while at work.

Earthquake Preparedness

The main objective of this session is to encourage you to think about earthquake hazards and what you need to do to prepare for and survive earthquakes. By the time the session is over, you will be able to identify earthquake hazards; prepare for quakes at home and at work; know what to do during a quake to help ensure safety; provide assistance to those in need following an earthquake; and take effective steps after a quake to speed recovery.

Electrical Safety for Unqualified Workers in California

Today we will help you learn about electrical safety to help protect you and your coworkers in a “high-charged” work environment. The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) recognizes these risks and has adopted all of the federal safety requirements and added some of its own, which we will touch on in the coming discussion. By the time the session is over, you will be able to understand how electricity works and its causes; understand the effects of electricity; recognize electrical hazards in the workplace; understand ways to protect yourself when working around electricity; and react to an emergency with appropriate procedures.

Electrical Safety: Unqualified Person

This training session will discuss the hazards of electricity and how to prevent exposure to electrical hazards. By the end of the training session, you will be able to understand the hazards of electricity, identify and avoid common electrical hazards, and follow safe work practices around electrical equipment.

Electrical Safety: Unqualified Person (Spanish)

Emergency Action and Fire Prevention

Workplace emergencies are responsible for killing hundreds of workers and injuring thousands more every year in part because workers aren’t trained to recognize the hazards that lead to emergencies and the measures that can be taken to prevent them. This course informs employees how to prevent fires and respond safely to other emergencies in the workplace, as well as the steps to take if an emergency does occur.

Emergency Action and Fire Prevention—Spanish

This online safety training course will teach Spanish-speaking employees to understand workplace hazards that lead to an emergency and how to respond quickly and efficiently to an emergency situation. Also covered in this training course are how to evacuate an area in an emergency, protect others from fire and other hazards, prevent fires, and respond to fires and spills while at work.

Ergonomics: Industrial (Spanish)

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, work-related musculoskeletal disorders, or MSDs, are among the most frequently reported causes of lost or restricted work time. Workers in many different industries and occupations can be exposed to MSD risk factors at work. Fortunately, work-related MSDs can be prevented. By understanding basic ergonomic principles and applying them to your job, you can minimize MSD risk factors, avoid strains on your body, and reduce your risk of injury.

Exit Routes: Supervisors

If you are a plant manager, a supervisor, or another employee designated as an emergency evacuation coordinator, you will be involved in evacuating employees from your facility in the event of an emergency. To properly fulfill that responsibility, you need to know what constitutes an exit route that meets regulatory requirements, the number and location of exits, how to activate an evacuation alarm, and the procedures that must be followed to ensure the safe evacuation of employees.

Eye Protection

Every day, more than 2,000 workers suffer serious eye injuries, and every year, 100,000 workers will suffer temporary or permanent vision loss because of a work injury. Of these eye injuries, ninety percent can be completely prevented by using the right protective eyewear. During this session, we’ll talk about which eyewear you need to wear depending on the hazards you deal with on the job. And we’ll show you exactly how to use and maintain it.

Eye Protection (Spanish)

This online eye protection safety training course will teach employees the basics of eye protection on the job, including identifying the potential work areas and activities that could cause injury to your eyes and understanding how to prevent those injuries. Also covered are the use, maintenance, and inspection of protective eye wear as well as the use of appropriate first aid for emergencies while at work.

Fire Extinguishers (Spanish)

This online safety training course will teach employees about what causes a fire, what fire extinguishers do, how to use an extinguisher, and different fire suppressant materials that can be used in case of a fire emergency.

Fire Extinguishers Safe Use and Handling

Fire Extinguishers Safe Use and Handling (Spanish)

When a fire occurs, you have to think and act fast. Do you evacuate or stay and fight the fire with an extinguisher? This training course covers the safe use and handling of portable fire extinguishers by employees designated or allowed to put out fires in their initial or beginning stage. We’ll discuss what causes fires and how fire extinguishers put out fires. You’ll learn about different classes of fires, the type of extinguisher to use on each class of fire, as well as how to use a fire extinguisher correctly. And, you’ll learn about different fire suppressant materials.

Fire Prevention and Extinguishers in California

Occupational fire hazards in California and in all other states pose a serious risk. Each year, thousands of serious workplace fires result in hundreds of deaths. The good news is that workplace fires are preventable. Statistically, only a small portion of all fires that occur at work result from equipment failure, with the rest caused by factors related to human behavior. Being proactive and implementing simple fire prevention plans and programs can greatly reduce the likelihood of a fire in the workplace.

Forklifts and Pedestrian Safety

Forklifts are essential pieces of equipment that help us move mountains of heavy materials. But forklifts are also dangerous—especially to people working or walking near them. Stay alert and take proper precautions to protect your safety. Otherwise, you could be seriously injured or even killed by a forklift.

Good Housekeeping

This session is designed for all employees. Too many people think good housekeeping in the workplace just means sweeping up at the end of the shift. But good housekeeping is a lot more than that. It is the foundation of an effective accident prevention program. A neat, clean, and orderly workplace is a safe workplace.

Hazard Communication and GHS: What Employees Need to Know

Hazardous chemicals are found in many workplaces, and every day millions of workers face potential exposure. Therefore, it is important to know what chemicals are in your workplace, what hazards they present, and how to limit exposure to those chemicals.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Hazard Communication (HazCom) Standard requires that employees be informed of the hazards associated with the chemicals in their workplace and how to protect themselves from those hazards. This course describes how that information is conveyed to employees.

By the end of the training you will be able to explain the purpose of the HazCom standard; recognize the risks posed by hazardous chemicals in your workplace; explain the purpose and content of safety data sheets (SDSs) and how to access that information; interpret the information on chemical labels; and identify and apply appropriate measures to protect yourself from the chemical hazards in your workplace and respond to emergencies.

Hazard Communication and GHS: What Employees Need to Know (Spanish)

El objetivo principal de esta sesión es enseñarle sobre la comunicación de riesgos. Al finalizar esta sesión, usted será capaz de reconocer las sustancias químicas peligrosas; entender los riesgos que representan; interpretar la información de las etiquetas de sustancias químicas; entender las hojas de datos de seguridad o SDS; protegerse de los riesgos físicos y de salud, y responder a las emergencias.

Hazard Communication and GHS: What Supervisors Need to Know

The main objectives of this training session are to understand the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) revisions to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard and how they affect the workplace, to recognize the revised chemical labels and safety data sheets (SDS), and to train employees to read and interpret the GHS-compliant labels and SDSs.

Hazardous Materials Transportation

Today, we’re going to talk about the safe transportation of hazardous materials, which are also referred to as HAZMAT. The Department of Transportation, or DOT, says that most incidents involving the release of hazardous materials are the result of human error. This means that most incidents can be prevented if you know proper safety procedures and follow the requirements of the HAZMAT transportation regulations. The more you know about how to transport hazardous materials, the safer you’ll be personally and the safer the shipments you’re involved with will be, as well.

Hexavalent Chromium Safety: General Industry

Generated by industrial processes such as plating and pickling passivation, hexavalent chromium, a man-made form of the metal chromium, can be found in the form of chromate, chromic acid, sodium bichromate dehydrate, and cadmium chromate. This session is intended for those employees whose work involves exposure or potential exposure to this substance.

Home Safety

Accidents at home are the leading cause of injury-involved accidents. These accidents occur because there are no required rules to follow in the home, unlike the OSHA regulations we follow in the workplace. Many at-home injuries can be prevented if appropriate preventive measures are taken to eliminate or minimize hazards. This session is intended for all employees.

Hotel Housekeeping in California: How to Prevent Musculoskeletal Injuries

Sprains, strains, and other injuries to tendons, muscles, and other soft tissues affect nearly 5% of the almost 100,00 housekeepers in California’s hospitality industry. Training workers to prevent these injuries will reduce injury claims and keep them healthy and productive.
This course teaches California housekeepers and other housekeeping workers in hotels and other lodging establishments such as motels, resorts, and bed and breakfast inns how to control the risk of musculoskeletal injuries at work.
By the time the session is over you will be able to recognize the signs, symptoms, and risks related to musculoskeletal injuries, identify the elements of the musculoskeletal injury prevention program, identify hazards and how they are controlled, recognize appropriate body postures, safe practices, and cleaning tools and equipment to prevent injuries, and report musculoskeletal symptoms and injuries without fear of retaliation.

Hydrogen Sulfide Safety

The main objective of this session is to help you understand the hazards of working with hydrogen sulfide and the preventive measures you can take to protect yourself and your coworkers.

Industrial Ergonomics in California

The main objective of this session is to help you understand how to prevent injuries from poor ergonomics in your workplace. By the time this session is over, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge of ergonomics in industrial settings to reduce injury; identify risk factors and potential injuries caused by poor ergonomics in the workplace; and implement methods to minimize or eliminate ergonomic hazards.

Industrial Ergonomics Training

This online safety training course for industrial workers will look at some of the basic principles of ergonomics in order to use a commonsense approach to working safely. In particular, the information presented here will focus on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and how ergonomics helps prevent them while at work.

Introduction to OSHA and the General Duty Clause

The main objective of this session is to familiarize you with how OSHA and the General Duty Clause affect your job and our workplace. By the time the session is over, you will be able to understand the purpose of OSHA; identify OSHA’s strategies for improving workplace safety; recognize the impact of the General Duty Clause; and know your OSHA rights and responsibilities.

Job Hazard Analysis

The main objective of this session is to make you more familiar with job hazard analysis. By the time this session is over, you will be able to identify the purpose of job hazard analysis (JHA); recognize the benefits of JHA; understand the JHA process; and analyze jobs effectively to detect and correct hazards.

Ladder Safety

Ladder accidents, injuries, and even fatalities are one of the most common forms of accidents that happen on the job. But there is a lot you can do to avoid becoming one of those accident statistics—and it starts with using the information you will be provided during this training session.

Lockout/Tagout in California for the Authorized Employee

This session will guide you through the essential aspects of the California lockout/tagout regulatory procedures and how to work safely with hazardous energy. By the time the session is over, you will be able to recognize hazardous energy sources and know why machinery and equipment can cause accidents; understand your responsibilities as an “authorized” employee in making sure that conditions are safe; and understand the lockout/tagout process and become familiar with California’s lockout/tagout procedures and requirements.

Lockout/Tagout: Affected Employees

This session covers the safety procedure known as “lockout/tagout” and related hazardous energy control measures designed to protect you from injuries due to unexpected start-up of machinery or equipment or the release of stored hazardous energy during servicing and maintenance operations after the equipment has been turned off. It does not cover the protection measures for normal production operations-that is, while the equipment is still running. This is part of your training as an “affected employee,” or an operator of a machine or equipment that is serviced or maintained by an authorized employee other than the operator. This training is also required if you work in an area where servicing or maintenance of machinery or equipment is being performed, even though you do not operate the machinery or equipment. For example, material handlers and welders who routinely work in areas near machinery or equipment during servicing or maintenance operations are considered affected employees.

Lockout/Tagout: Authorized Employee (Spanish)

Formación Bloqueo etiquetado puede salvar vidas. Las historias sobre los empleados aplastados hasta la muerte cuando la maquinaria pesada se pone en marcha sin previo aviso son demasiado comunes. Es esencial para la formación en el aislamiento y control de energía peligrosa (etiquetado de seguridad de bloqueo aka) para ser eficaz. Este etiquetado línea de bloqueo de seguridad curso de formación enseña a los empleados para llevar a cabo las responsabilidades de una “persona autorizada”. Los empleados serán capaces de reconocer las fuentes de energía peligrosa, comprender las responsabilidades a otros empleados, y controlar la energía peligrosa con los procedimientos de etiquetado de bloqueo.

Lockout/Tagout: Authorized Employees

Lockout/tagout training can save lives. Stories about employees crushed to death when heavy machinery starts up without warning are all too common. It is essential for the training in the isolation and control of hazardous energy (aka lockout/tagout) to be effective. This online lockout/tagout safety training course teaches employees to perform the responsibilities of an “authorized person.” Employees will be able to recognize hazardous energy sources, understand responsibilities to other employees, and control hazardous energy with lockout/tagout procedures.

Machine Guarding

Machines are at the heart of every industrial operation. They can be extremely dangerous, hundreds of workers are severely injured or killed because of unsafe work practices around machines. This session will cover some of the common hazards and safe work practices of machines, and is intended for operators and maintenance personnel who may be working with or servicing machines.

Machine Guarding (Spanish)

Metalworking Fluids

The main objective of this session is to learn the hazards of metalworking fluids and steps you can take to reduce your exposure to them. By the time this session is over, you will be able to recognize signs of unsafe fluid; identify metalworking fluid hazards; effectively use engineering controls to reduce exposure risks; and take all other necessary precautions to protect your health and safety.

Mold Hazards and Prevention

This online safety course will teach employees about the hazards of mold both in the workplace and at home. We will learn how to detect mold, where to find it, the health hazards and symptoms of mold exposure, how to clean up minor mold contamination, and how to prevent mold from growing.

New Employee Safety Orientation

No matter what your line of work, you may be exposed to risky hazards. It’s almost inevitable. This session will provide a basic workplace safety orientation so that you can leave for home in one piece while enhancing the quality of your time at work. We’ll discuss how to prevent some of the more common injuries that result from poor safety practices and how to control and react to some of the more severe hazards in your workplace.

Noise and Hearing Conservation

This session is part of the training required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the Hearing Conservation Program. This training session will cover the impact of noise on your hearing, how to identify noise hazards in your workplace, what hearing tests you may be required to take at work, what hearing protection devices are available to you, and how to choose the right ones.

Noise and Hearing Conservation (Spanish)

Some employees are exposed to occupational noise at levels where the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires an effective hearing conservation program. A hearing conservation plan includes monitoring, employee notification and observation of monitoring, hearing testing, hearing protection, training, and recordkeeping. This online noise and hearing conservation training program will cover the impact of workplace noise on hearing and the advantages and disadvantages of hearing protection devices. Also covered in this noise safety training course are the use, care, and fit of hearing protection devices and the need for hearing testing and what to expect.

OSHA Inspections, Citations, and Penalties

The main objective of this session is to prepare you to manage an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection effectively to achieve the best possible result. By the time this session is over, you will be able to identify how investigations are triggered; develop an inspection action plan; understand the steps in the inspection process; assume an effective role in the inspection; and successfully deal with the outcome of an inspection.

OSHA Inspections, Citations, and Penalties

The main objective of this session is to prepare you to manage an OSHA inspection effectively to achieve the best possible result. By the time this session is over, you will be able to identify how investigations are triggered; develop an inspection action plan; understand the steps in the inspection process; assume an effective role in the inspection; and successfully deal with the outcome of an inspection.

Permit-Required Confined Space Rescue for Supervisors

There are, on average, 150 deaths nationally in permit-required confined spaces every year, and in many of those cases, a would-be rescuer was a casualty. This module provides supervisors of permit-required confined spaces with information to help them ensure that rescue services are available and that the means to summon them are operable while entrants are in such a space. The module covers confined space operations in general industry workplaces.

Permit-Required Confined Spaces: Attendant

This online confined space safety training course will help you identify the hazards of permit-required confined space entry, including the signs, symptoms, behavioral effects, and consequences of hazard exposure of confined space entrants.

Permit-Required Confined Spaces: Attendant (Spanish)

This training session will help you identify the hazards of confined space entry, including the signs, symptoms, behavioral effects, and consequences of hazard exposure of authorized confined space entrants.

Permit-Required Confined Spaces: Entrant

Over 2 million workers enter permit-required confined spaces annually, but less than 15 percent are trained to recognize common hazards like oxygen deficiency, engulfment, entrapment, and other safety and health threats from energized systems and toxic materials. Fortunately, there are effective and well-established safe practices, testing protocols, and hazard controls that can prevent injuries and illnesses caused by these hazards in confined spaces. This training session provides information on these safe practices for workers designated as authorized entrants for permit-required confined spaces.

Permit-Required Confined Spaces: Entrant (Spanish)

This online confined space training for entrants course will teach Spanish-speaking employees to recognize the hazards of confined space entry, including the signs and symptoms of exposure to hazards. The training course will also teach employees how to test and monitor for hazards that include atmospheric dangers as well as how to work closely with the attendant to enable him or her to monitor your exposure to dangerous situations.

Personal Protective Equipment in California: What Employees Need to Know

Too many workers suffer serious and preventable injuries on the job because they were not trained to recognize workplace hazards or to properly wear or care for personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect against those hazards.
This course provides information about PPE hazard assessments and the selection, limitations, use, and care of PPE for general industry employees in California.
By the end of the course, employees will be able to understand how employers conduct hazard assessments, to appreciate why different types of PPE are selected and how they protect against workplace hazards, and how to properly wear and care for PPE.

Personal Protective Equipment: What Employees Need to Know

After this training session, you will understand how a PPE hazard assessment is conducted, which involves evaluating the workplace and job functions for any potential hazards that can be controlled through the use of PPE; be able to select the proper PPE to protect against the hazards found during the hazard assessment; and be able to show employees how to properly wear and care for their PPE.

Portable Power Tool Safety

Portable power tools are common at many workplaces, but many workers become complacent when using them on the job and are seriously injured as a result. This course is designed for workers who use portable power tools such as drills, sanders, chain saws, circular saws, and grinders and provides information about the hazards and safe practices to prevent injury. By the end of the course, you will be able to identify the hazards of portable power tools, take precautions against injury, use tool guards effectively and correctly, and understand common safety practices for specific types of tools. Duration: 14 minutes

PPE: Foot Protection

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to conduct a hazard assessment and determine the appropriate PPE for the different types of work that employees are expected to do. This includes an assessment for potential foot injury hazards. This online foot protection training safety course will teach employees the potential foot hazards in your workplace.

PPE: Hand Protection

Hands and fingers are complex and versatile tools we use for so many things that we often take them for granted. Think about how difficult it would be to do everyday tasks, such as eating, dialing a phone, using hand tools, or operating machinery, if you had a broken finger, a severely cut thumb, a deep puncture in your palm, or another similar hand injury. Despite the importance of using our hands in daily life, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, has found that nearly a quarter of workplace injuries involve hands or fingers, with 70 percent of these incidents related to workers not wearing gloves and the other 30 percent related to using improper or damaged gloves. Fortunately, you can avoid hand injuries if you remember to wear the right gloves for the job and keep them in good condition.

PPE: Hand Protection (Spanish)

By the end of the training session, trainees will be able to identify hand hazards, choose appropriate gloves for work tasks, know the limitations of hand protection, and use and care for protective equipment.

Preparing for Weather Emergencies (Multimedia)

The main objective of this session is to tell you about how you can prepare for weather emergencies and other natural disasters and what you should do when these events occur so that you can survive them safely. By the time this session is over, you will be able to recognize the hazards of weather emergencies and other natural disasters; follow workplace emergency procedures; develop a family emergency plan; and increase your chances of surviving emergencies and minimizing property damage. Duration: 27 minutes.

Preventing Slips, Trips, and Falls in California: A Guide for Employees

The main objective of this session is to eliminate slip, trip, and fall hazards in the workplace and prevent accidents. By the time the session is finished, you will be able to recognize slips, trips, and falls as a serious safety problem; identify slip, trip, and fall hazards on the job, at home, and outdoors; avoid or eliminate slip, trip, and fall hazards using commonsense methods; understand the importance of proper ladder safety and some of the ways California is there to protect you; prevent falls everywhere, including work, outdoors, and at home; and minimize injuries if you do fall.

Preventing Slips, Trips, and Falls: A Guide for Employees (Multimedia)

Slips, trips, and falls are among the most common causes of injury on the job and at home. Everyone slips, trips, or falls on occasion, but sometimes, the result can be serious, painful—and even deadly—injuries. It’s important to recognize slip, trip, and fall hazards on the job when you see them so that you can take proper precautions to prevent accidents and protect yourself and coworkers from injury.

Preventing Slips, Trips, and Falls: A Guide for Employees (Spanish)

Al final de este curso de formación en seguridad, usted será capaz de identificar resbalones, tropezones y caídas en el trabajo. Usted va a entender las especificaciones de seguridad y características de superficie para caminar y aberturas, y cómo utilizar las escaleras y escaleras de manera segura para evitar resbalones y accidentes por caídas. Este curso enseña a los empleados cómo evitar y eliminar los riesgos de resbalones y tropiezos en el trabajo.

Process Safety Management

This training session is for employees and employees of contractors who work with processes utilizing highly hazardous chemicals that are covered under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s, or OSHA’s, Process Safety Management, or PSM, Standard, located at 29 CFR 1910.119. We will discuss the elements of a PSM program, as well as procedures for safely handling highly hazardous chemicals and operating chemical processes that involve such chemicals.

Recordkeeping: Injury and Illness

This online recordkeeping training course is recommended for employees and supervisors required to maintain U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) illness and injury recordkeeping forms and those who need to know about the recordkeeping requirements. By the end of this training session, employees and supervisors will understand which employers are affected by recordkeeping standards, appropriate recordkeeping forms, how to reporting to the government, employee rights regarding recordkeeping, and injury and illness recording criteria.

Respirator Fit Testing: What Supervisors Need to Know

The main objective of this session is to review respirator fit-test options and procedures. By the time the session is over, you will be able to help employees select, assess comfort, and fit a respirator; teach workers to perform positive and negative seal checks; and understand qualitative and quantitative fit-test procedures.

Respiratory Protection

Millions of workers wear respirators in workplaces across a wide variety of industries to protect against airborne contaminants and poor oxygen environments. But just wearing a respirator is not enough. Respirator users must know how to properly fit, use, inspect, and maintain their respirators to fully protect against respiratory hazards. This course will help you recognize respiratory hazards in your workplace and show you how to use and maintain respirators to keep yourself safe. By the end of the training, you will be able to identify common respiratory hazards and explain why respirators are necessary to protect against these hazards; describe how a respirator operates and recognize the capabilities and limitations of each type of respirator; safely wear and use your respirator; properly inspect, maintain, and store your respirator; recognize emergency situations and medical symptoms that limit the effective use of respirators; and summarize your employer’s obligations under the Respiratory Protection Standard. This course does not address the requirements for employees who voluntarily use respirators or for interior structural firefighters

Respiratory Protection (Spanish)

Safe Forklift Operation

This course is designed to help you become a better and safer forklift operator. If you’re an experienced operator, this course may remind you of safe habits and work practices that you might have forgotten. If you’re a new operator, this course will describe the operating practices you need to follow to be a safe operator.

Safe Forklift Operation — Spanish

Safe Forklift Operation in California

This session covers the basic concepts of operating a forklift safely and prepares you for hands-on operator training. California has strict requirements on all manners of operation and equipment, which we will discuss in general throughout this training session. By the end of this session, you will be able to understand how a forklift works; recognize how operating a forklift is different from driving a car; understand the basic principles of operating a forklift safely and skillfully; identify the hazards of operating a forklift in the workplace; know how to properly inspect and maintain a forklift; and understand California’s required safety procedures to help control the risk of serious forklift accidents.

Shiftwork Safety

Nontraditional shifts present unique safety concerns. By the time this session is over, you’ll be able to recognize the health, social, and safety effects of working outside an 8-hour day shift; identify strategies for minimizing the negative impact of shiftwork; and stay healthy and safe when working shifts.

Slips, Trips, and Falls: What Supervisors Need to Know

The main objective of this session is to help you prevent slips, trips, and falls among the employees you supervise. By the time this session is over, you should be able to identify slip, trip, and fall hazards in the workplace; eliminate slip, trip, and falls hazards in work areas you supervise; prevent falls on stairs and from ladders; help employees prevent slips, trips, and falls outdoors and at home; and teach employees how to minimize injuries if they fall.

Stress Management (Multimedia)

A little bit of stress can keep us on our toes and give us the adrenaline we need to get through tough situations. But when stress becomes persistent or excessive, it can create problems—both at work and at home. And even worse—it can take a toll on your physical and mental health. During this session we’ll learn about what causes stress, how much is too much, and lots of things you can do to make it more manageable for you.

Understanding Chemical Labels Under GHS

Each one of us works with chemicals, whether at work or at home. You need to know how to determine their hazards to protect yourself against those hazards. Reading and being able to decipher chemical labels is the first step in the process of using chemicals safely.

Understanding the Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

The main objective of this session is to describe the purpose of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) and introduce you to the safety data sheet (SDS). By the time the session is over, you should be able to understand the GHS and how it affects hazard communication in the workplace; recognize how the SDS improves your access to vital safety, health, and environmental information about chemicals used in the workplace; and identify the 16 sections of the SDS and the information contained in each section.

Warehouse Safety

The main objective of this session is to help you prevent accidents and injuries while working in the warehouse and on the loading dock. By the time this session is over, you should be able to identify warehouse hazards; prevent back injuries; work safely with material-handling equipment; protect against accidents on the loading dock; stack materials safely; and prevent slips, trips, and falls.

Welding and Cutting Safety

There are many hazards associated with welding, cutting, and brazing. Following proper procedures and wearing the appropriate protective gear can reduce your risk of injury. Fire prevention is a major concern, and applying controls can prevent fires and explosions. The objectives of this session are to discuss important safety points about welding and cutting.

Working in Cold Conditions (Multimedia)

Those of you who work regularly in cold conditions have more to worry about than just being uncomfortable. Cold working conditions can actually lead to health hazards that you need to protect yourself against. During this session, we’ll tell you what hazards to look out for and how you can keep yourself safe—and warm!

Working in Hot Conditions (Multimedia)

While being hot may sometimes be unavoidable, if you get too overheated and dehydrated, it could be downright dangerous. During the session, we’ll discuss how working in hot conditions can be hazardous to your health and safety, different types of heat-related illnesses you should be aware of, and what you can do to protect yourself if you work in hot conditions.

Working Safely Outdoors

The main objective of this session is to provide you with the information you need to work safely outdoors. By the time the session is over, you will be able to identify outdoor hazards, take proper precautions to prevent injury or illness, and apply effective first aid in the event of an injury or exposure.

Working Safely with Benzene

The main objective of this session is to help you work safely with benzene. By the time this session is over, you will be able to identify benzene hazards; understand exposure limits; use engineering controls, safe work practices, and personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent exposures; and know what to do in an emergency involving benzene.

Working Safely with Flammable Liquids

In this training session, we will discuss the hazards of flammable liquids, as well as the precautions required for working safely with them. Because flammable liquids can be so hazardous and cause fires, explosions, injuries, and extensive damage to workplaces, you need to know how to work safely with them so that you can minimize risks and prevent accidents.

Working Safely with Flammable Liquids in California

This session will guide you through a variety of topics that will help you understand how to work safely with flammable liquids. By the time the session is over, you will be able to know the different types or classes of flammable liquids and their definitions; match the type of flammable liquid with its degree of hazard; understand what flash points are; understand what makes these potentially dangerous liquids ignite; know to handle, dispense, and store them in order to prevent harmful incidents; and know where to look for additional and specific information on flammable liquids, including the California Code of Regulations.

Workplace Safety for Employees

Employees play a critical role in helping to achieve safety and health objectives. Without employees’ active participation, an organization cannot achieve the goal of creating a safe and healthy workplace. By the end of this online safety training course, employees will be able to understand why safety is such an important workplace issue, identify the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the law, know what the safety policy requires, and take an active role in promoting workplace safety and health.

Workplace Safety for Employees (Spanish)

At the end of the training session you will be able to understand why safety is such an important workplace issue, identify the requirements of OSHA and the law, know what our safety policy requires, and take an active role in promoting workplace safety and health.

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care in California: What Employees Need to Know

Can you identify the signs of workplace violence and the risks of a violent incident happening at your workplace and know how to defuse the situation? Workers in hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare settings face significant threats of violence, and there are factors that contribute to this risk, including working directly with people who have a history of violence or who may be delirious or under the influence of drugs. This presentation will train workers in healthcare facilities in California to recognize the signs of violence and the risk factors that can lead to violent acts and deal effectively and safely with threats and incidents of workplace violence. This course is designed to meet the requirements of California’s Workplace Violence Prevention in Health Care rule, but it can be adopted by any healthcare facility that adopts the California rule as their own policy. When the training is completed, trainees will be able to identify the risks and causes of workplace violence, recognize potential perpetrators of violence, spot the signs of violence, respond effectively to threats and violent acts, and report any violent or uncomfortable situation immediately. Duration: 23 Minutes