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Thursday, January 20, 2011

OSHA Blasts Demolition Contractor for Lead, Fall Hazards

OSHA Blasts Demolition Contractor for Lead, Fall Hazards

The company was issued two willful citations with $42,000 in fines and seven serious citations with $10,500 in fines.

OSHA has cited MJ Scoville Inc., a Binghamton, N.Y., demolition contractor, for nine willful and serious violations of workplace safety and health standards at a building renovation site. The contractor faces a total of $52,500 in proposed fines, chiefly for fall and lead hazards.
OSHA's inspection found Scoville employees exposed to falls of up to 40 feet while working without fall protection as they took down the walls of a fourth floor elevator shaft as well as 14-foot falls from an unguarded scaffold. The employer also failed to conduct personal air monitoring to determine lead exposure levels for employees performing demolition work with materials known to be covered with lead paint, and did not implement interim protective measures including respiratory protection, biological monitoring, medical surveillance, clean change areas, and employee training on lead hazards.
"These are two of the most common and well-known hazards workers can face during demolition operations and must be effectively addressed by the employer on each and every jobsite," said Christopher Adams, OSHA's area director in Syracuse. "Falls can injure or kill a worker in seconds while lead exposure can damage the kidneys and the central nervous, cardiovascular, reproductive, and hematological systems."
The company was issued two willful citations with $42,000 in fines and seven serious citations with $10,500 in fines. A willful violation exists when an employer has demonstrated either an intentional disregard for the requirements of the law or plain indifference to employee safety and health. A serious citation is issued when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.

Detailed information on these and other hazards associated with demolition work, as well as solutions and safeguards, is available online at http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/constructiondemolition/index.html.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Online Training, Featured Course List for Safety Helpers LLC

Safety Helpers Online Training


Safety Helpers LLC Online Training – Featured Course List & Course Descriptions:  (18 of 270 listed)
Safety Helpers LLC now offers one of the most comprehensive online safety course catalogs available, from general employee safety awareness to advanced training for specialized workers. Our courses were developed by on-staff Certified Safety Professionals (CSP) and Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH), to ensure that our safety courses meet the latest safety standards and regulations.

Safety Helpers LLC Online Training Course List:  Safety Helpers now offers a library of over 270 Online courses.
Here are our Featured Online Courses. (18 of 270 listed)

        HAZWOPER 8 Hour Refresher
o   Course Cost: $95.00  Duration:  8 hours

o   The 8-hour annual HAZWOPER Refresher course is updated every year to meet changing standards and is for those who have completed the 24 or 40-hour HAZWOPER courses. Safety Helpers’s HAZWOPER Refresher course is updated annually and meets the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.120 and consists of the following sections: Introduction to HAZWOPER, New and Hot Topics, Regulations Review and Update, Site Hazards, Chemical, Physical Agents Hazards, Site Hazards, Biological, Site Hazards, Ergonomics, Site Monitoring, Personal Protective Equipment, Respiratory Protection, Site Control, Special Considerations.

        Site Supervisor  (HAZWOPER Supervisor)
o   Course Cost: $95.00  Duration:  8 hours

o   The learning objectives of the HAZWOPER Management and Supervisor Training course are to familiarize the student with OSHA’s training requirements for on-site managers and supervisors at hazardous waste operations and emergency response activities, review regulatory agencies and legal considerations, provide a discussion of safety management and on-site leadership, cover safety and health programs, provide tips for hazards recognition, evaluation and control and explain field safety and response to emergency actions through case studies. The targeted standards are specified in 29 CFR 1910.120 and 29 CFR 1926.65 - Hazardous waste operations and emergency response and other applicable safety and health standards.

        OSHA 10 Hour Construction
o   Course Cost:  $125.00   Duration:  10 hours

o   Safety Helpers LLC is authorized by the Directorate of Training and Education (in Arlington Heights, IL) to present this course as part of the OSHA Outreach Program for Construction. Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive a course completion certificate and a wallet-sized DOL/OSHA completion card.  This course provides the SAME certification as the classroom-delivered course taught for many years under the OSHA Outreach Program. The course is appropriate for construction workers, foremen, job supervisors, inspectors, etc., involved in the construction industry. Users must spend 10 hours in the course and supplemental material.

        OSHA 10 Hour General Industry
o   Course Cost:  $125.00   Duration:  10 hours

o   Safety Helpers LLC is authorized to present this course by the Directorate of Training and Education (in Arlington Heights, IL) as part of the OSHA Outreach Program.  Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive a course completion certificate and a wallet-sized DOL/OSHA completion card.  This course provides the SAME certification as the classroom-delivered course taught for many years.

     OSHA 10 Hour Road Construction
o   Course Cost:  $125.00   Duration:  10 hours

o   This 10 hour construction safety course is focused on road construction and maintenance activities. Course topics highlight specific road construction hazards and include: Introduction to OSHA, Electrical hazards, Fall Protection, Motor Vehicles/Mechanized Equipment, Cranes and Aerial Lifts, Excavations, Workzone Traffic Control, Roadway Construction Common Hazards, Roadway Construction Health Hazards, and Roadway Special Considerations. Safety Helpers LLC is authorized to deliver this course by the Directorate of Training and Education (in Arlington Heights, IL). Students completing the course will receive a DOL completion card.

       OSHA 30 Hour Construction
o   Course Cost:  $295.00   Duration:  30 hours

o   Safety Helpers LLC is authorized to present this course by the Directorate of Training and Education (in Arlington Heights, IL) as part of the OSHA Outreach Program for Construction. Utilizing the record keeping system, Safety Helpers  will report to OSHA the individuals who have successfully completed the course. The DOL/OSHA Completion Cards will be sent to Safety Helpers for signature and distribution to the Safety Helpers’ customer (employer). It will then be the customers’ responsibility to distribute the card to the employee.

       Forklift Operator Certification
o   Course Cost:  $55.00   Duration:  90 minutes

o   This course covers the safe operation of the most common type of forklift in use today, the sit down, counterbalanced forklift. In this course we will cover construction of the lift, inspection criteria, operational characteristics, load handling, center of gravity and the stability of the lift, fueling, general safety rules and driver evaluations. This course is intended for fork truck operators, supervisors, managers and safety personnel. Employer must provide hands-on training and certificate of completion. Safety Helpers LLC provides Forklift Performance Test Form upon request. About 90 minutes.

       Asbestos Awareness in Construction
o   Course Cost:  $55.00  Duration:  90 minutes

o   This course, together with additional, “site specific” information, was designed to meet the OSHA (1926.1101) and AHERA regulatory requirements in one easy to understand course. Asbestos awareness training is required upon initial assignment and annually for employees whose work activities may contact asbestos containing materials (ACM) or presumed asbestos-containing materials (PACM), but do not disturb ACM or PACM during their work activities (Class IV operations). 29CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(vii) requires a minimum of 2 hours training. The 2 hour course agenda includes an introduction to: background information on asbestos (its various forms and uses); health effects of asbestos; worker protection programs; common locations of ACM in buildings; recognition of ACM damage and deterioration; operations and maintenance programs; response to fiber release episodes and more. Workers who perform activities that will result in the disturbance of ACM must receive additional training.

       Asbestos Awareness in General Industry
o   Course Cost:  $55.00  Duration:  90 minutes

o   This course has been designed primarily to comply with training requirements as required by OSHA in 29 CFR 1910.1001. The employer shall train each employee who is exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos at or above the PEL and/or excursion limit. Training shall be provided prior to or at the time of initial assignment and at least annually thereafter. However, we have also included the 2-hour time requirement as called out by the EPA for anyone engaged in custodial or maintenance work. This time requirement is being imposed on this course in order comply with that requirement, and as a best management practice. Maintenance and custodial staff conducting any activities that will result in the disturbance of ACBM must receive an additional fourteen hours of training. Two hours.

       Asbestos Awareness in Schools
o   Course Cost:  $55.00  Duration:  90 minutes

o   All maintenance and custodial staff in schools who may work in a building that contains asbestos-containing building materials (ACBM) must receive at least two hours of asbestos awareness training whether or not they are required to work with ACBM. In addition, OSHA requires that employees who perform housekeeping operations in an area which contains ACM or presumed ACM (PACM) receive asbestos awareness training on an annual basis (at least once a year). This course, together with additional, “site specific” information, was designed to meet these two regulatory requirements in one easy to understand course. The course agenda includes an introduction to: background information on asbestos; health effects of asbestos; worker protection programs; locations of ACM in buildings; recognition of ACM damage and deterioration; operations and maintenance programs; response to fiber release episodes and more. Maintenance and custodial staff conducting any activities that will result in the disturbance of ACBM must recieve an additional fourteen hours of training.

       Lead Awareness General Industry
o   Course Cost:  $55.00   Duration:  90 minutes

o   Coupled with job and site specific training, this course is designed to comply with the OSHA initial and annual lead awareness training requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.25(l). This course provides an overview of the properties and uses of lead, health hazards of lead, lead standards and exposure limits, medical surveillance and removal issues, control of lead in the workplace and additional sources of information. Approximately 2 hours.

       Lead Awareness Construction
o   Course Cost:  $55.00   Duration:  90 minutes

o   Coupled with job and site specific training, this course is designed to comply with the OSHA initial and annual lead awareness training requirements specified in 29 CFR 1926.59 and 29 CFR 1926.62(l). This course provides an overview of the properties and uses of lead, health hazards of lead, lead standards and exposure limits, medical surveillance and removal issues, control of lead in the workplace and additional sources of information. Specific topics covered as required by the standard include, but are not limited to, the requirements concerning warning signs and labels, material safety data sheets (MSDS), and employee information and training. Approximately 2 hours.

      Cal/OSHA 10 Hour Construction
o   Course Cost:  $125.00   Duration:  10 hours

o   Safety Helpers LLC is authorized to present this course by the Directorate of Training and Education (in Arlington Heights, IL) as part of the OSHA Outreach Program for Construction. Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive a course completion certificate and a wallet-sized DOL/OSHA completion card. This course provides the SAME certification as the classroom-delivered course taught for many years under the OSHA Outreach Program. The course is appropriate for construction workers, foremen, job supervisors, inspectors, etc., involved in the construction industry. Users must spend 10 hours in the course and supplemental material. Course focuses on California specific content.

    Rough Terrain Forklift Operator Certification
o   Course Cost:  $55.00   Duration:  90 minutes

o   C4 Rough Terrain Forklift Operator Certification. This course covers the safe operation of the most common type of fork lift in use on construction sites today, the variable reach, rough terrain lift truck. In this course we will cover inspection criteria, operational characteristics, handling and placing loads, the stability of the lift, fueling, general safety rules and driver evaluations. This course is intended for fork truck operators, supervisors, managers and safety personnel. Employer must provide hands-on training and certificate of completion. Forklift Performance Test Form included in course. 90 minutes.

   Safety Trained Supervisor (STS) Construction Exam Preparation
o   Course Cost:  $149.00   Duration:  4 hours

o   This course is designed to detailed information, material, and resources to help prepare the student for the Safety Trained Supervisor certification examination. This program also introduces the best known methods used by construction supervisors to obtain world class safety performance. The course includes four primary training modules, three comprehensive practice examinations and dozens of study guides focused on construction safety. Four to Six hours. 

 NFPA 70E - A Users Guide to Electrical PPE
o   Course Cost:  $49.00   Duration:  3.5 hours

o   This training course was adapted from the booklet A User's Guide to Electrical PPE, Based on NFPA 70E written by Ray A. Jones and Jane G. Jones and presented with permission from Jones and Bartlett Publishers. It consists of 5 modules, including Introduction to Electrical PPE, Protection from Shock and Electrocution, Protection from Arc Flash, Protection from Arc Blast, and General Protection from Electrical Injuries. The focus is on selection and use of PPE. Estimated time to complete is 3.5 hours.

      OSHA 10 Hour Construction Spanish
o   Course Cost:  $125.00   Duration:  10 hours

o   Safety Helpers LLC is authorized by the Directorate of Training and Education (in Arlington Heights, IL) to present this Spanish course as part of the OSHA Outreach Program for Construction. Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive a course completion certificate and a wallet-sized DOL/OSHA completion card. This course provides the SAME certification as the classroom-delivered course taught for many years under the OSHA Outreach Program. The course is appropriate for construction workers, foremen, job supervisors, inspectors, etc., involved in the construction industry. Users must spend 10 hours in the course and supplemental material.

       Security Awareness
o   Course Cost: $55.00  Duration:  30 minutes

o   This course will help you recognize the many information security risks you and your organization face daily. Don’t worry, it’s not a course for techies. The lessons learned and best practices of many companies are woven into the content. It conforms to all known local, state, and federal requirements for security-awareness training. Approximately 30 minutes.


Didn’t see the Online Training Course you were looking for?   Safety Helpers now offers a library of over 270 Online courses.   Contact us at (800)482-4319 or email us at admin@safetyhelpers.com 

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