OSHA Training Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Offers Safety Training to Reduce Confined Space Accidents
Dublin, CA (PRWEB) September 23, 2014 -- The OSHA Training Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, the only authorized OSHA Training Institute Education Center in Northern California, is offering a series of courses focusing on the often overlooked hazards associated with confined spaces in the workplace. The courses are designed not only to help employers and workers recognize and prevent confined space hazards but also to provide an overview of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Permit-Required Confined Space rules for general industry employers.
Many workplaces contain "confined spaces" that, while not necessarily designed to accommodate people, are large enough for workers to enter and perform certain jobs. A confined space typically has limited or restricted openings for entry or exit and is not intended for continuous worker occupancy. Confined spaces include tanks, storage bins, vaults, pits, manholes, tunnels, ductwork and pipelines. OSHA uses the term "permit-required confined space" (permit space) to describe a confined space that:
• May contain a hazardous or potentially hazardous atmosphere;
• May contain a material which can engulf a worker;
• May contain walls that converge inward or floors that slope downward and taper into a smaller area which could trap or asphyxiate a worker;
• May contain other serious physical hazards, such as unguarded machines or exposed live wires.
“Many employers are not fully aware of their responsibilities to workers who are exposed to the hazards of confined spaces,” says Julia Dozier, Director of the OSHA Training Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District. “The OSHA Training Center confined space curriculum is designed to help employers maintain full compliance with OSHA regulations, including identifying potential hazards, developing safety and rescue procedures, and providing training and protective equipment to employees to eliminate or greatly reduce the risks associated with working in confined spaces.”
Upcoming permit-required confined space courses include:
Permit Required Confined Space Standard - OSHA 7300: An introduction to the requirements of OSHA’s Permit-Required Confined Space Standard, designed for small employers or a designated representative (line supervisor or manager) with the responsibility to develop a permit space program.
Permit Required Confined Space Entry - OSHA 2264: How to recognize, evaluate, prevent and abate safety and health hazards associated with confined space entry. Topics include recognition of confined space hazards, instrumentation to evaluate atmospheric hazards, ventilation techniques and practical hands-on experience with permit entry classification and program evaluation.
Confined Space Rescue Operations (40-Hour) - OTC 304: This course consists primarily of hands-on field training in how to conduct a variety of rescues in permit-required confined spaces, including how to develop and update pre-plans, conduct practice rescues, inspect and maintain equipment and coordinate with other emergency responders.
About the OSHA Training Center
The OSHA Training Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District offers high quality Occupational Safety & Health Administration standards-based training for construction, maritime and general industry at its Center in Dublin, California, as well as locations throughout California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii and Guam. Programs offered include OSHA safety standards, Outreach Trainer courses, Cal/OSHA standards curriculum, environmental courses and customized onsite safety training. For more information and a complete course schedule, visit the OSHA Training Center website or call (866) 936-OSHA (6742).
Julia Dozier, OSHA Training Center, http://www.osha4you.com, +1 (866) 936-6742, [email protected]
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