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Implementing the OSHA Initiative

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It is the role of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to educate both workers and their supervisors in the limits OSHA has set for exposure to various workplace hazards. This Initiative contains trainings that provide a an understanding of OSHA rights, responsibilities and standards.  It also contains forms for employees to report injuries and illnesses, and for management to report those incidents to OSHA.

Implementation Steps in this Guide

  1. Schedule the Introduction to OSHA Training

  2. Schedule the OSHA 300 Recordkeeping Training

  3. Schedule the Introduction to Industrial Hygiene Training

  4. Allow Employees to Start the Injury Report Form

  5. Allow Managers to Start the OSHA 301 Accident/Injury Report Form

Schedule the Introduction to OSHA Training

Title Duration (Minutes) Type Description
 
Introduction to OSHA Training		 132 Course

Goal
Explain the importance of OSHA in providing a safe and healthful workplace to workers covered by OSHA

Overview
This two-hour introductory course outlines the history and mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and why it is important to workers. It provides learners with a basic understanding of employee rights and employer responsibilities under OSHA and how to read OSHA standards. It also explains the OSHA inspection process and introduces learners to a variety of safety and health resources that they may find useful or necessary on the job.

This course was developed with subject matter provided by Jenny Fuller of Winn Forensics, LLC, a professional services company focusing on corporate, business and personal safety training as well as consulting on occupational injury matters.

Prerequisites
None

Target Audience
Employees working in various fields covered by OSHA regulations, including but not limited to manufacturing, construction, longshoring, agriculture, law, medicine, charity, and disaster relief

Objectives
Why is OSHA Important to You?

  • describe OSHA's mission
    recognize the types of workers who are covered by OSHA

What Rights Do You Have Under OSHA?

  • identify the basic rights of employees under OSHA
    identify the required components of a written program on hazardous chemicals in the workplace
  • identify the purpose of a Safety Data Sheet
  • recognize the content of an OSHA 300 Log recording illness and injury in the workplace
  • recognize the extent of an employee's right to view medical records and information on hazard exposure in the workplace
  • recognize when employees have the right to refuse to work under OSHA regulations
  • recognize how OSHA protects your right to request a hazard correction in the workplace
    file a complaint with OSHA
  • recognize your rights related to your ability to participate in an OSHA inspection at the workplace
  • identify the extent of your right to receive health and safety training

Employer Responsibilities Under OSHA

  • identify OSHA's general requirements for employers
    recognize your employer's obligations to workplace safety under OSHA's General Duty Clause
  • identify kinds of PPE that your employer must provide and pay for under OSHA regulations
  • identify which OSHA recordkeeping files you can access on request from your employer
  • recognize your employers' recordkeeping obligations under OSHA regulations
  • identify the steps an employer must take when issued an OSHA citation

Using OSHA's Standards

  • find referenced standards in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

How Are OSHA Inspections Conducted?

  • sequence OSHA workplace safety inspections in order of priority
  • identify what happens at each stage of the OSHA inspection process
  • identify the components of an OSHA citation

Where Can You Go For Help?

  • find resources that will provide you with the information you need concerning health and safety issues in the workplace
  1. Click on the Workspaces tab
  2. Click on the Safety workspace
  3. Click on the OSHA initiative
  4. Click on the Introduction to OSHA Training
  5. Click on Groups and assign the appropriate groups, such as employees working in various fields covered by OSHA regulations
  6. Click on Schedule and assign an annual schedule based on the employee's hire date
  7. Click Save

Schedule the OSHA 300 Recordkeeping Training

Title Duration (Minutes) Type Description
 
OSHA 300 Recordkeeping Training		 60 Course

Goal
To recognize the requirements of OSHA recordkeeping

Overview
This course covers OSHA's revised recordkeeping requirements, the new recordkeeping forms, and offers a number of opportunities for you to practice classifying a case's recordability. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements.

Learner objectives are to identify forms and information required for OSHA 300 recordkeeping; describe measures that can be taken to protect employee privacy; distinguish between recordable and nonrecordable cases; recognize recording criteria unique to OSHA 300 recordkeeping; and describe OSHA 300 recordkeeping log summary, posting, and maintenance requirements.

Target Audience
All persons who have work activities that involve OSHA 300 recordkeeping or those who may be responsible for the recordkeeping function

Objectives

  • OSHA 300 Recordkeeping
    identify the forms used for OSHA 300 Recordkeeping
    identify measures that can be taken to protect employee privacy
  • identify the criteria that make injuries or illnesses recordable
    distinguish between recordable and nonrecordable injuries and illnesses
  • identify categories that incidents are reported under on the OSHA 300 log
  • distinguish between recordable and nonrecordable work activities
  • identify general requirements of the OSHA 300 Log


 
  1. Click on the Workspaces tab
  2. Click on the Safety workspace
  3. Click on the OSHA initiative
  4. Click on the OSHA 300 Recordkeeping Training
  5. Click on Groups and assign the appropriate groups, such as all persons who have work activities that involve OSHA 300 recordkeeping or those who may be responsible for the recordkeeping function
  6. Click on Schedule and assign an annual schedule based on the employee's hire date
  7. Click Save

Schedule the Introduction to Industrial Hygiene Training

Title Duration (Minutes) Type Description
 
Introduction to Industrial Hygiene Training		 60 Course

Goal
To become aware of the principles of industrial hygiene and its role in the protection of workers

Overview
All employees should expect to work in as safe an environment as possible, whether they work in an office building, a factory, or a nuclear power plant. Since ancient times, medical professionals, social activists, and philosophers have observed and written about the various dangers associated with the work people do. In modern times, governments and industry professionals have stepped up and taken responsibility for creating legislation that protects workers from various types of hazards. The field of study that has emerged out of the need to create safe and healthy work environments is called industrial hygiene. All employees should be aware of the hazards they face, as well as steps they can take to minimize the risk of injury and disease. All supervisors should be aware of the regulations they must follow to ensure workers' exposure to dangerous chemicals and hazards is below legal limits. It is the role of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to educate both workers and their supervisors in the limits OSHA has set for exposure to various workplace hazards. This course gives a general introduction to the work of the industrial hygienists. It also explains the types of hazards that workers may face, the health effects of such hazards, and measures that are taken to limit exposure.

Target Audience
Employees, supervisors, and managers

Objectives

Defining Industrial Hygiene

  • identify the definition of industrial hygiene
  • identify the agency that enforces the principles of industrial hygiene
  • match types and forms of exposure limits to their definitions

Hazards in the Workplace

  • match routes of exposure with examples
  • recognize examples of situations that could cause injury or enable hazardous substances to enter the human body
  • classify examples of hazards
  • categorize examples of controls used to minimize exposure to workplace hazards
  • identify the main types of controls used to minimize exposure to workplace hazards
  1. Click on the Workspaces tab
  2. Click on the Safety workspace
  3. Click on the OSHA initiative
  4. Click on the Introduction to Industrial Hygiene Training
  5. Click on Groups and assign the appropriate groups, such as All Employees
  6. Click on Schedule and assign an annual schedule based on the employee's hire date
  7. Click Save

Allow Employees to Start the Injury Report Form

Use this form to allow Employees to immediately report on the job injuries or illnesses. 

Review the Process Workflow

Injury_Report_Form.png

Set the form routing

  1. Click on the Admin tab
  2. Click on Workflow/Forms subtab
  3. Click on Processes
  4. Search for and click on Injury Report Form
  5. Edit the routing rules for each stage by following these suggestions:

    Stage Suggested Routing Rule Description
    Employee Section Creator Route to the "Creator" (i.e. the person to started the form).  
    Supervisor Section Manager or Queue Route to the Employee's direct manager ("Manager") or to a queue containing management
    HR Section Queue Route to the Human Resources Queue, or equivilent

Schedule the Activity for distribution

  1. Click on the Workspaces tab
  2. Click on the Safety workspace
  3. Click on the OSHA initiative
  4. Click on the Injury Report Form
  5. Click Edit and set the Start Menu Folder to "Report an Incident" or similar
  6. Click Groups and assign "All Employees" (or another set of group as appropriate) within the "In Start Menu" for section. 
  7. Click Save

Allow Managers to Start the OSHA 301 Accident/Injury Report Form

This Injury and Illness Incident Report is one of the first forms you must fill out when a recordable work-related injury or illness has occurred. Together with the Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and the accompanying Summary, these forms help the employer and OSHA develop a picture of the extent and severity of work-related incidents.

Within 7 calendar days after you receive information that a recordable work-related injury or illness has occurred, you must fill out this form or an equivalent. Some state workers’ compensation, insurance, or other reports may be acceptable substitutes. To be considered an equivalent form, any substitute must contain all the information asked for on this form.

According to Public Law 91-596 and 29 CFR 1904, OSHA’s recordkeeping rule, you must keep this form on file for 5 years following the year to which it pertains.

Review the Process Workflow

OSHA_301_Accident.png

Set the form routing

  1. Click on the Admin tab
  2. Click on Workflow/Forms subtab
  3. Click on Processes
  4. Search for and click on OSHA 301 Accident/Injury Report Form
  5. Edit the routing rules for each stage by following these suggestions:

    Stage Suggested Routing Rule Description
    Incident Report Section Creator Route to the "Creator" (i.e. the person to started the form).  
    Report Review Section Queue Route to the Safety Coordinator, or other equivalent 

Schedule the Activity for distribution

  1. Click on the Workspaces tab
  2. Click on the Safety workspace
  3. Click on the OSHA initiative
  4. Click on the OSHA 301 Accident/Injury Report Form
  5. Click Edit and set the Start Menu Folder to "Report an Incident" or similar
  6. Click Groups and assign "Managers" (or another set of group as appropriate) within the "In Start Menu" for section. 
  7. Click Save

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