MPRO 106 - Introduction to the Workplace and Safety

1. Explain the need for workplace safety and workplace safety training programs.
2. Prepare an overview of the record-keeping requirements associated with workplace training.
3. Outline the oversight function of organizations such as OSHA, IOSHA, and insurance carriers.
4. Interpret Material Safety Data Sheets.
5. Transcribe regulatory requirements associated with MSDS.
6. Select and demonstrate how to properly use personal protective equipment required for common workplace tasks.
7. Identify the general OSHA requirements for a working environment including (but not necessarily limited to) walking-working surfaces, means of egress, emergency plans, ventilation, occupational noise exposure, blood-borne pathogens, hazardous materials, storage of flammable materials, storage of fuel gas and high pressure gas cylinders, and “right to know.”
8. Describe the requirement of employer enforcement of safety regulations.
9. Prepare an overview of safety requirements associated with materials handling and storage.
10. Compile the general requirements for machine guarding.
11. Analyze and define the following: confined space, lock-out/tag-out and zero energy state.
12. Attempt to earn a nationally recognized OSHA 10 Hour General Industry Certificate. [h]

• MSDS
• Confined space
• Lock out/tag out
• Zero energy state
• Hazardous materials
• Storage of flammable materials
• Portable powered tool safety
• Hand tool safety
• Record keeping
• Enforcement of safety regulations
• Training
• Right to know

 
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