Occupational Safety: Online Course Descriptions

The following Occupational Safety and OSHA compliance courses meet or exceed OSHA requirements and are designed by a team of highly qualified safety professionals.

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Asbestos Hazard Awareness:

The goal of this lesson is to improve the health and safety of employees by providing required training regarding the awareness of asbestos hazards.


Basic Respiratory Protection:

The goal of this lesson is to ensure users are qualified and properly trained in the use and maintenance of respirators.


Behavior-Based Safety:

The learner will correctly apply the principles of Hazard Elimination, Personal Contribution, Injury Prevention, and Self-Evaluation when implementing behavior-based safety in the workplace.


Bloodborne Pathogens:

The goal of this introductory course is to help employers provide a safe and healthful work environment for their employees and minimize the possibility of employee exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR):

This lesson provides refresher training or supplement training from a practical hands-on CPR course on how to respond confidently to a respiratory, cardiac or choking emergency until professional medical help arrives. Questions regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) can be directed to the instructional staff at MSC. MSC carries national accreditation and recognition as a source for quality basic life support (BLS) education.


Chemical Safety:

This lesson provides required awareness training in occupational hazards common to the handling of chemicals, methods used for evaluating and minimizing chemical exposure, measures that protect against chemical hazards, safe practices for chemical storage and waste disposal, and the correct response to emergency situations involving chemical spills.


Chlorine Safety:

The goal of this lesson is to provide awareness training to help workers recognize the occupational hazards and health effects of chlorine exposure and the exposure controls.


Compressed Gases:

The goal of this lesson is to make all employees aware of the safety requirements when working with or around Compressed Gas.

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Confined Space – Entry Level:

The lesson covers the hazards posed by Permit-Required Confined Spaces to employees during entry. It also covers the responsibilities of the Space Entrant, Attendant, or Entry Supervisor before, during, and after the space entry. This training does not qualify employees to enter Permit-Required Confined Spaces.


Confined Space – Awareness Level:

The goal of this introductory course is to make all employees aware of the potential hazards that may exist in a confined space and understand that special precautions, training, and an approved Confined Space Entry Permit or approved Routine Entry Procedures are required for entry.


Criticality Safety:

This lesson explains awareness level criticality concepts and terms necessary to properly respond to a criticality alarm and identifies handling restrictions and labels associated with fissionable material.


Driver Safety:

The goal of this lesson is to enable drivers to recognize and identify hazardous driving conditions and to minimize their risk of accidents.

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Electrical Safety:

The goal of this course is to reduce the financial and personnel cost of injuries due to exposure to electrical hazards. It covers general electrical safety in the workplace including the proper use of portable electrical equipment such as appliances and tools, extension cords, and Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCI).


Excavation, Trenching and Shoring Safety:

Each employee will recognize key terms associated with excavation work, identify correct principles and practices used in designing excavations, recognize proper principles and practices associated with constructing an excavation, and identify the dangers and safe practices that must be followed when working in or near excavations.


Fall Protection Training:

The goal of this lesson is to make all employees aware of the requirements for use of Fall Protection, Work Positioning, Fall Restraint, and Fall Arrest systems.


Fire Protection Training course:

The goal of this introductory course is to reduce the financial and personnel cost of fires.

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Flammable Liquid Safety:

This lesson covers the principles of hazard recognition, general safety requirements, flashpoint protection and inventory inspections in the use of flammable and combustible liquids in the workplace.


Forklift Operator Training:

Learners will demonstrate awareness of safe forklift operation principles by identifying basic key features on the lift, recognizing the technical components of forklift operation, listing safe load handling and driving practices, stating general safety rules, and inspecting and maintaining lift equipment. (Also available in Spanish.)

This program consists of six separate modules:

  • Fundamentals
  • Stability and Capacity
  • Load Handling
  • Safe Driving Practices
  • Safety Standards
  • Inspection and Maintenance

Hand and Power Tool Safety:

Each employee using hand and power tools will recognize definitions and types of portable tools, the potential hazards connected with their use, including manual, electric, pneumatic, hydraulic, liquid-fueled, powder-actuated, and abrasive wheel tools, and will demonstrate the proper procedures required for each type of tool.


Hand Safety:

Each year workers suffer the pain and disability of hand injuries and lose millions of dollars in income while disabled. Hand Safety helps employees identify the causes and types of hand injuries and how to prevent them, ways to protect the hands through the proper selection of gloves, and effective safe work practices.


Hearing Conservation:

The goal of this introductory course is to enable the employee to correctly apply the principles of hazard recognition, risk management, and rights and responsibilities when working in areas where noise is a hazard. (Also Available in Spanish and French.)

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Heat and Cold Stress:

The goal of this course is to reduce the financial and personnel cost of personal injuries on the job resulting in lost workdays due to heat and cold stress illnesses.


Hot Work with Arc Welding:

The goal of this lesson is to provide required training in the hazards of hot work and the basic requirements for reducing the risk of injury.


Incident Investigation:

This lesson covers the purpose for conducting an incident investigation, the procedures to follow, and what information should be determined during the investigation. It also covers who to interview, how to properly conduct the interview, and how to complete an investigation report and recommend corrective action following the investigation.


Indoor Air Quality:

This lesson defines indoor air quality, explains the consequences of contamination, and covers the causes and sources of major indoor air contaminants. It also covers health effects and major risks of contamination, and how exposure controls help maintain good indoor air quality.

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Industrial Ergonomics:

To minimize the possibility of employee accidents and illness due to chronic work-related physical and psychological stresses and maximize productivity and efficiency.


Laboratory Safety:

The goal of this lesson is to provide required awareness training in the occupational hazards common to most laboratory operations, safe work practices to help reduce or eliminate exposure to these hazards, special equipment and precautions to ensure personal safety, and the correct response to emergency situations in laboratories.


Ladder Safety:

Learn common hazards associated with ladder work and how to follow safe practices to reduce these hazards. Also, learn the fall protection requirements associated with ladder work and when and how to inspect ladders.


Lead Awareness:

This lesson provides awareness training to help workers recognize the occupational hazards and health effects of lead exposure, where lead is found, and the exposure controls.

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Machine Guarding:

This lesson covers the mechanical hazards associated with machinery use and the safeguarding requirements for those machines. It also covers methods for machine guarding, types of machine safeguards and safe practices for working around them, including PPE use and training requirements.


Office Ergonomics:

To minimize the possibility of employee accidents and illness due to chronic work-related physical and psychological stresses and maximize productivity and efficiency.


Overhead and Gantry Crane Safety:

The goal of this course is that all employees operating bridge cranes will be able to identify the requirements for inspection, operational testing, proper rigging and lifting procedures, and other safety practices relevant to crane operation. Personal Protective Equipment (Also Available in Spanish and French): The goal of this introductory course is to protect employees from work-related illness and injury. The student learns how to determine what personal protective equipment is required to perform a particular job, to inspect this equipment for defects before donning it, and how to determine when this equipment needs to be replaced.


Process Safety Management:

To provide awareness training on "highly hazardous" chemical processes and the importance of having and following certain procedures to prevent or minimize the release of these chemicals.

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Radio Communications:

This lesson covers proper two-way radio use, including how proper use can save lives and property in an emergency, and how time spent waiting for a clear channel can delay or prevent emergency response.


Safety Audits:

The goal of this lesson is to provide awareness training for managers, supervisors, and general employees on the importance of safety audits and how to plan and conduct an audit.


Scaffold Safety:

Each employee working around scaffolds will recognize definitions and types of scaffolds, the potential hazards connected with their use, including electrical, structural instability, falls, and falling objects, and will demonstrate proper use of procedures required for working on or near scaffolds.


Slips, Trips and Falls:

The goal of this introductory course is to teach employees to identify safe and correct methods for using portable ladders and scaffolds. The student learns to identify good housekeeping practices to prevent accidents, as well as safe procedures for working on elevated surfaces.


Traffic Control (Flagger):

The student will recognize general guidelines for traffic control, the signs, barriers, flags, stop/slow paddle and lights used at the work site, clothing regulations, and how to properly position himself/herself for optimum safety. The student will also identify how to judge traffic speed and congestion and regulate traffic accordingly.



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