Course Description:
- Introduction
- Why keep OSHA records? – Federal mandatory requirements
- Understanding the OSHA inspection process – the use of documents for defense of inspections and citations
- Recording Requirements
- 10 or more employees
- Work-related injury or illness – a review of the types of injuries that are recordable incidents
- Necessary forms – how to properly fill out required forms and maintain them for OSHA purposes
- i. OSHA 300
- ii .. OSHA 301
- iii. OSHA 300-A
- Defense document retention – discussion of documentation needed to support affirmative defenses to OSHA citations
- Safety training – OSHA 10 and 30 hour courses, HAZWOPER, and other OSHA certifications
- Disciplinary records – evidence of a history of safety manual enforcement
- Toolbox talks and seminars – evidence of in-house training
- SDS and manufacturers’ recommendations – the importance of retaining installation instructions and product specifications
- Miscellaneous safety documentation – insurance documents, audits, and safety reviews
- Reporting Requirements
- Fatality – report if fatality occurs within 30 days of incident and within 8 hours of employer knowledge
- Hospitalization – in-patient requirement
- Eye loss and amputation – examples of reportable injuries
- Failure to report penalties – sanctions for failure to report
- Future Reporting Requirements
- State and federal agency – interplay between other entities and OSHA
- Proposed changes to reporting requirements
- Conclusion
- Increased Government Intervention – the expansion of Federal agency action in construction and the impact that has on the industry
- Using Document Reporting and Recording Requirements – business advantages to following the rules
1.0 Hour – Business Practices
Instructor: Ricky Blystone
This course is approved for:
- FL Fire Protection Contractor 1, 2, 4, & 5
- Fire Equipment Dealers A, B, C + D
- Fire Equipment Permits 1 & 4
- Water Based Inspector
This course requires that a minimum total time of 60 minutes is spent in the coursework. When you are in a lesson, you must complete the video content before you will be permitted to proceed to the next video.
The lessons are set to a minimum time but you can take as much time as you need beyond that.