Cal OSHA: List of Training Subjects

We train our workers about the following checked training subjects:

• Explanation of our Injury and Illness Prevention Program

• Measure for reporting any unsafe conditions, work practices, and injuries

• Provisions for medical services, first aid and emergency service

• The employer's Code of Safe Practices.

• Confined spaces.

• Safe practices for operating any agricultural equipment.

• Good housekeeping, fire prevention, safe practices for operating any construction equipment.

• Safe procedures for cleaning, repairing, servicing and adjusting equipment and machinery.

• Safe access to working areas.

• Protection from falls.

• Electrical hazards, including working around high voltage lines.

• Crane operations.

• Trenching and excavation work

• Proper use of powered tools.

• Guarding of belts and pulleys, gears and sprockets, and conveyor nip points.

• Machine, machine parts, and prime movers guarding.

• Lock-out/tag-out procedures

• Materials handling.

• Chainsaw and other power tool operation.

• Tree falling/bucking procedures and precautions, including procedures for recognizing and working with hazard trees, snags, lodged trees, and unsafe weather conditions

• Yarding operations, including skidding, running lines, unstable logs, rigging and communication.

• Landing and loading areas, including release of rigging, landing layout, moving vehicles and equipment, and log truck locating, loading and wrapping.

• Fall protection from elevated locations.

• Use of elevated platforms, including condors and scissor lifts.

• Safe use of explosives.

• Driver safety.

• Slips, falls, and back injuries

• Ergonomic hazards, including proper lifting techniques and working on ladders or in a stooped posture for prolonged periods at one time.

• Personal protective equipment.

• Respiratory Equipment.

• Hazardous chemical exposures.

• Hazard communication.

• Physical hazards, such as heat/cold stress, noise, and ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.

• Laboratory safety.

• Bloodborne pathogens and other biological hazards.

• Emergency action and fire prevention plans

Other job-specific hazards, such as