Occupational Health & Safety (OSHA )

Course details

On completion participants can:

• Understand the importance of identifying and assessing risks and safety hazards
• Know what equipment and PPE to use,
• Be able to identify what precautions to take,
• Deal with emergencies and develop a safe working code of practice within the organisation.
• Understand relevant legislation

Who should attend:

The following personnel should participate: Managers, supervisors, senior technicians and operators and those who are responsible for any type of team management or supervision in all industrial disciplines.

Course Outline

Day 1: Sources of risk and safety hazards when working around industrial installations:

• Development of risk management
• Company's risk management objectives
• Hazard identification - what constitutes a hazard degree of hazard needing immediate attention limited hazards
• Case Study based on realistic examples from trainers background
  - Area classification

Day 2: Your Legal Duties

• Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
• The Management of Health and Safety at work Regulations 1992
• Workshop: What responsibilities to you personally have for safety within the company.
• Statutory requirements - the training you must provide
• following risk assessment - you must decide what safety procedures are necessary

Control of Contractors

• employer's responsibility
• choosing competent contractors
• Group Activity developing an approved code of practice for your area

Day 3 : Basic Safety for Equipment and Personnel 
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• choosing and using PPE
• care, maintenance and storage of PPE

Testing Portable Powered Equipment

• what is portable powered equipment?
• who should test it and how often?

Display Screen Equipment Regulations

• workstation analysis, Work Related Upper Limb Disorders

Day 4 :

• Equipment and facility inspection
• Developing a sound safety system including safety checks and regular audits
• Precautions and protection
• Common operations and safe mode of operation
• Define the Basics of the Permit to Work System
• Potential emergency scenarios - historical examples

Day 5:

• Ergonomics - principles, methods and techniques
• Involving the end users in the design process
• Health problems associated with poor ergonomics - musculoskeletal disorders, stress
• Workshop - Designing the work, work tools and the work place for greater
• efficiency and reduced risk
  - Applying and implementing ergonomics