Construction and Trade Safety
The safety foundation for every trade: the Focus Four hazards, your rights under OSHA, Hazard Communication, hazard assessment, fall protection, ladders and scaffolds, lockout, electrical safety, confined spaces, air hazards, PPE and emergency response, followed through a first-year apprentice on a mid-rise building.
TRD-101 12 lessons · 3 h 50 min
Offered by HSM University · Trades Core
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Describe OSHA's Focus Four hazards and the other leading causes of construction injuries, and the habits that protect new workers.
- Explain the responsibilities of employers and workers under the OSH Act, and use the rights to information, to file complaints, to refuse imminent danger and to be free from retaliation.
- Read HazCom labels and safety data sheets, label workplace containers and handle hazardous chemicals safely.
- Carry out a pre-task hazard assessment, rate risks and select controls using the hierarchy of controls.
- Recognize fall hazards, use guardrails and covers correctly, and inspect and use a personal fall arrest system with adequate clearance and rescue.
- Select, inspect and use ladders, rolling scaffolds and elevating work platforms safely.
- Identify all sources of hazardous energy and carry out the steps of a lockout, including verification and group lockout.
- Recognize electrical hazards, use temporary power and cords safely, and keep clear of overhead and buried lines.
- Recognize confined spaces and their hazards, and explain permits, roles, testing and rescue.
- Interpret gas monitor readings, and control silica dust, fumes, carbon monoxide and suspected asbestos.
- Choose, fit, inspect and care for head, eye, hearing, respiratory, hand and weather protection.
- Respond to injuries, fires, spills and evacuations, and report hazards, near misses and injuries so they can be investigated.
Course content
12 lessons · 3 h 50 min total · final exam
- 1 Your first days on a construction site 22 min · quiz
- 2 Your rights and responsibilities under OSHA 20 min · quiz
- 3 Hazard Communication: labels and safety data sheets 18 min · quiz
- 4 Spotting hazards and planning the task 19 min · quiz
- 5 Fall protection: edges, openings and harnesses 18 min · quiz
- 6 Ladders, scaffolds and elevated work platforms 19 min · quiz
- 7 Lockout and hazardous energy 19 min · quiz
- 8 Electrical hazards and temporary power 19 min · quiz
- 9 Confined spaces: recognizing the hazard 19 min · quiz
- 10 Air monitoring, dusts and fumes 19 min · quiz
- 11 Personal protective equipment: choosing, fitting and caring for it 19 min · quiz
- 12 First aid, emergencies and reporting 19 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Description
The safety foundation for every trade: the Focus Four hazards, your rights under OSHA, Hazard Communication, hazard assessment, fall protection, ladders and scaffolds, lockout, electrical safety, confined spaces, air hazards, PPE and emergency response, followed through a first-year apprentice on a mid-rise building.