Course Overview
OSHA requires employers to provide their employees with a safe environment to work. While engineering controls‚ like markings, drainage, lighting, and guarding‚ may be put in place to help safeguard employees, workplace hazards may still exist. Effective housekeeping and proper maintenance procedures can help protect employees from these hazards, creating a safer work environment.
This course is designed to help learners recognize, avoid, report, and eliminate hazards. Specifically, it will teach them to take the proper housekeeping and maintenance measures to ensure their safety and the safety of others in the workplace.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify various potential hazards in the workplace
- Explain proper housekeeping techniques to help eliminate dangers
- Define preventive and corrective maintenance and discuss how to perform each