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PCCA Journal|1
st
Quarter 2012
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Safety News
O
SHA recently announced
its selection of ten OSHA
authorized training pro-
viders to deliver 25 on-
line courses as part of its
Outreach Training Program. The program
teaches workers how to identify, prevent,
and eliminate workplace hazards. The
program also informs workers of their
rights, employer responsibilities, and
how to file a complaint.
“We are pleased to announce the
selection of these online training provid-
ers,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor
for OSHA Dr. David Michaels. “These
high-quality online courses will allow
a greater number of workers to receive
valuable interactive training supported
by safety professionals, especially in
remote areas with limited access to stan-
dard classrooms.”
The online courses are voluntary and
are not required by OSHA, but they
provide training that can help protect
workers’ safety and health and help em-
ployers reduce the high costs of worker
injuries and illnesses. Workers must also
receive additional training on hazards
specific to their job.
The organizations selected by OSHA
to offer the online courses will provide
a variety of 10- and 30-hour classes de-
signed for construction, general industry,
and maritime. These recent selections
are the culmination of a national compe-
tition announced last March. The newly
selected online training providers for the
construction industry are:
Construction 10-Hour: AdvanceOnline
Solutions, CareerSafe, ClickSafety,
Compliance Solutions, PureSafety,
Safety Unlimited, Texas Engineering
Extension Service
Construction 10-Hour Spanish: Click-
Safety and PureSafety
Construction 30-Hour: AdvanceOnline
Solutions, ClickSafety, PureSafety,
Texas Engineering Extension Service,
Turner Knowledge Network
OSHA provides no funding to autho-
rized Outreach Training Program training
providers. Access to courses and other
information about the program are avail-
able at www.outreachtrainers.org.
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New OSHA Videos Provide
on Proper Respirator Use
T
he Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-
tration has posted a series of 17 videos on its
website to help workers learn about proper
respirator use of on the job.
These short videos, nine in English and eight in
Spanish, provide valuable information to workers
in general industry and construction. Topics include
OSHA’s Respiratory Standard, respirator use, training,
fit-testing, and detecting counterfeit respirators. The
videos are available with closed captioning for stream-
ing or download from www.osha.gov/video/respira-
tory_protection.
OSHA’s Safety and Health topics page on respira-
tory protection (www.osha.gov/SLTC/respiratory-
protection) includes additional training materials,
information about occupational respiratory hazards
in different industries, and details of OSHA’s Respira-
tory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134 and 29 CFR
1926.103).
OSHA Announces New Online Outreach Training Program Providers