By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Gain a thorough understanding of OSHA's latest general industry changes
• Use proactive safety tools to significantly reduce the number of accidents and injuries
• Avoid enormous OSHA fines and hassles by assessing your organization's level of compliance
• Use effective preventive measures to keep employees and customers safe
• Know how to comply with OSHA's record-keeping standards
• Save your organization major money by cutting accident-associated costs
• Recommend ergonomic solutions that can prevent worker injuries
• Spot workplace accidents waiting to happen and know smart, cost-effective ways to correct them
• Boost your safety training effectiveness immediately
• Alert your organization to proposed OSHA changes
• Use checklists to ensure that your organization could pass an OSHA inspection
• Recognize the warning signs that an employee is capable of violence and know how to respond
• Use new strategies to correct reckless employee behavior on the job
• Conduct and document an accident investigation in a manner that fully complies with OSHA
• Reduce the endless hours it takes to keep OSHA records by using smart time-saving techniques
• Know the procedure for an OSHA inspection so you'll deal confidently with inspectors

OSHA Compliance - From "Must-Know" Basics to the Newest Regulations

• Unscrambling OSHA's confusing lexicon to define citation, violation, standards, requirements, rules, guidelines and many more
• A review of how OSHA's penalty system works
• Comprehensive methods for assessing your organization's current level of OSHA compliance
• What's the No. 1 most cited OSHA violation? The top 10?
• Understanding the ins and outs of the lockout/tag out standard
• The status of the proposed ergonomics standard - and what changes it will mean for your organization
• Analyzing the potential effects of OSHA's proposed rules for safety and health programs
• Protecting your organization by looking ahead: New OSHA standards proposed by October 2000
• Essential resources for staying up-to-the-minute on changes in 
• OSHA regulations

Preventing Common Workplace Hazards

• Forewarned is forearmed: Most common safety violations cited by OSHA
• Recognizing how "gray areas" in OSHA's Accident Prevention Guidelines could cost your company a bundle
• A workplace safety hazards checklist no organization should be without
• Conducting a job hazard analysis that can open your eyes to major problems before someone is injured
• Specifics that your Hazard Communication Program must include to comply with OSHA requirements
• Understanding why employees disregard safety rules - the reasons may surprise you!
• Proven strategies for spotting and correcting reckless employee behavior
• Preventing WMSDs

Effectively Training managers & Employees on Safety & OSHA Regulations

• How do your training programs rate against OSHA's official training requirements for general industry?
• Understanding exactly who must be trained - and how often - to meet OSHA standards
• OSHA's Prevention and Control Programs and 7-Step Training Programs: Are they right for your organization?
• Top reasons why safety training programs often fail to produce desired levels of improvement in safety
• Essential components a safety training program must contain to be effective
• Strategies for gaining employee - and management - buy-in for 
• safety training
• What to do before, during and after safety training to boost its
• impact and effectiveness
• Training tips for motivating "reluctant" learners who'd rather endure a dental drill than safety training
• Document, document, document: Failing to properly document training efforts could cost your organization plenty when OSHA inspectors ask to see training records
• Complying with OSHA's Record-Keeping Requirements to the Letter

Overview of OSHA record-keeping requirements with an explanation of the recent changes

A word to the wise: the most frequently cited record-keeping violations

OSHA requirements on retention, maintenance and location of records

• Ins and outs of the 200 Log and the 101 Form
• How to correct an entry the OSHA way
• Step-by-step guidelines for reporting a work injury in accordance with new OSHA requirements
• Valuable time-saving tips for reducing the number of hours it takes to keep and maintain OSHA records
• How many people in your organization should be trained in OSHA record-keeping?
• Using your records to spot hazards and track accident trends - and significantly improve safety levels

How to Be Prepared for an OSHA Site Visit

• Is your organization among those most likely to be inspected? Find out!
• Valuable checklists that help you spot trouble - and avoid horrendous fines - before an inspector shows up
• Hot spots: A list of places an OSHA inspector is guaranteed to look
• Which records do inspectors scrutinize most closely?
• What you should know about OSHA's Program Evaluation Profile
• How to contest an OSHA citation - and is it worth it?
• Conducting surprise self-inspections to ensure your organization is fully prepared and in compliance when OSHA comes

Team Leaders, Supervisors, Safety Officers & Managers, EH&S Personnel, Chemical Engineers & Technicians, Laboratory Personnel, Environmental Managers & Personnel, Maintenance Personnel, Production, Mechanical, Electrical and Process Engineers and all Environmental Personnel, Line Managers who have been assigned responsibilities of safety management system & in training employees in safety rules