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Grain Handling Facilities Safety
For employees and supervisors at grain elevators, feed mills, flour mills and similar facilities: training, hot work permits, bin, silo and tank entry, flat storage entry, engulfment protection, housekeeping and dust, preventive maintenance and lockout, emergency escape and bucket elevators.
This certificate records completion of awareness training based on OSHA 29 CFR 1910.272. It is not an OSHA card or license, and it does not by itself meet the training requirements of 29 CFR 1910.272(e). Your employer must still train current employees, and new employees before they start work, at least annually and when changes in job assignment will expose them to new hazards, in the general safety precautions of the facility (including recognition and prevention of hazards from dust accumulations and common ignition sources such as smoking) and in the specific procedures and safety practices for their job tasks; train employees assigned special tasks, such as bin entry and handling of flammable or toxic substances, to perform those tasks safely; and train any employee acting as an observer in rescue procedures, including how to get additional assistance, under 1910.272(g)(5).
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What you will learn
- Describe the training and hot work permit requirements
- Enter bins, silos, tanks and flat storage only with the required precautions
- Prevent engulfment: lockout, lifelines, observers and no walking down grain
- Control grain dust through housekeeping and safe cleaning
- Apply maintenance, lockout, escape and bucket elevator rules
Course outline
- Scope, training and hot work: Who is covered and what training is required; Hot work permits and contractors
- Entering bins and flat storage: Before entering a bin, silo or tank; Lifelines, observers and bridging
- Dust, maintenance and escape: Housekeeping and dust control; Maintenance, lockout, escape and bucket elevators
- On the job
Course facts
- Who it is for: Grain-facility-worker, Supervisor
- Time: about 30 minutes, on your phone or computer
- Final quiz pass mark: 80%, with a certificate employers can verify
- Based on OSHA 29 CFR 1910.272
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