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- 1,3-Butadiene Safety
- Abrasive Wheel Machinery and Grinder Safety
- Accident Prevention Signs and Tags
- Acrylonitrile Safety
- Aerial Lift Safety
- Anhydrous Ammonia Storage and Handling
- Asbestos Awareness for Workers
- Asbestos Safety in General Industry
- Bakery Equipment Safety
- Benzene Awareness
- Beryllium in Construction (Abrasive Blasting)
- Beryllium Safety in General Industry
- Blaster Qualifications and General Blasting Rules
- Bloodborne Pathogens for Employees with Occupational Exposure
- Cadmium Safety in Construction
- Cadmium Safety in General Industry
- Chemical Hygiene in Laboratories
- Coke Oven Emissions Safety
- Commercial Diving in Construction: Dive Team and Dive Procedures
- Trabajos con aire comprimido en túneles y cajones
- Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety
- Concrete and Masonry Construction Safety
- Espacios confinados en la construcción
- Construction Safety Program Basics for Supervisors
- Construction Site Basics: Housekeeping Sanitation Illumination Noise
- Cotton Dust Safety
- Crane Assembly/Disassembly Director
- Crane Inspections and Wire Rope
- Crane Operator Training, Certification and Evaluation (Awareness)
- Crane Operator: Safety Devices, Operational Aids and Operation
- Crane Power Line Safety
- Crane Signal Person and Rigging Awareness
- DBCP (1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane) Safety
- Demolition Safety
- Dipping and Coating Operations (Dip Tanks)
- DOT Hazmat Employee Training Awareness
- DOT Hazmat Marking and Labeling for Shippers
- DOT Hazmat Placarding
- DOT Hazmat Shipping Papers
- Drum Hoists, Overhead Hoists and Conveyors in Construction
- Electrical Safety in Construction for Workers
- Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices for Workers
- Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plan Administrator
- Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plans for Employees
- Emergency Action Plans in Construction
- Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Safety
- Excavation Competent Person (Trenching and Excavation)
- Exit Routes and Evacuation for Employees
- Fall Protection for Competent Persons: Awareness (Construction)
- Fall Protection in Residential Construction
- Federal Agency Safety Programs (29 CFR 1960)
- Fire Prevention on Construction Sites
- Flammable Liquids Storage and Handling
- Forklift Operator Safety: Classroom Training
- Formaldehyde Awareness
- Grain Handling Facilities Safety
- Guarding Belts, Pulleys, Gears and Shafts
- Hand and Power Tool Safety for Workers
- Hazard Communication Basics
- Hazardous Waste Generator Basics (RCRA) for Facility Staff
- HAZWOPER Awareness: First Responder Awareness Level
- Hearing Conservation for Noise-Exposed Workers
- Hexavalent Chromium Awareness
- Hoisting Personnel with Cranes
- Inorganic Arsenic Safety
- Ladder Safety for General Industry Workers
- Lead Safety for Construction Workers
- Lead Safety in General Industry
- Loading, Firing and Misfires (Blasting Crew)
- Lockout/Tagout for Authorized Employees
- Logging Operations Safety
- LP-Gas and Temporary Heaters on Construction Sites
- Machine Guarding for Operators and Maintenance Workers
- Material and Personnel Hoists on Construction Sites
- Material Storage and Waste Disposal on Construction Sites
- Mechanical Power Press Safety
- Methylene Chloride Safety (Paint and Coating Removal)
- Mine Safety New Miner Awareness (Part 46)
- Motor Vehicles and Earthmoving Equipment on Construction Sites
- Nail Gun and Powder-Actuated Tool Safety
- Noise and Hearing Loss in Construction
- Oil Spill Prevention (SPCC) Awareness
- OSHA Fire Extinguisher Training (29 CFR 1910.157)
- OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeper
- OSHA Inspections and Your Walkaround Rights
- Overhead and Gantry Crane Safety (General Industry)
- Permit-Required Confined Space Attendant (General Industry)
- Permit-Required Confined Space Entrant (General Industry)
- Supervisor de entrada a espacios confinados que requiere permiso (industria general)
- Personal Protective Equipment Basics for Workers Who Wear PPE
- Personal Protective Equipment in Construction for Workers
- Pile Driving and Site Clearing Safety
- Portable Ladder Safety for Construction Workers
- Power Line Work: Grounding and Protective Equipment
- Power Line Work: Job Briefings and De-energizing Lines
- Preventing Backovers for Operators and Spotters
- Process Safety Management Awareness
- Reporting Severe Injuries to OSHA: Supervisor and Safety Coordinator
- Respirable Crystalline Silica for Construction Workers
- Respirable Crystalline Silica for General Industry Workers
- Respiratory Protection for Respirator Wearers
- Rigging Equipment for Material Handling (Construction)
- Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) and Overhead Protection
- Scaffold Competent Person (Construction)
- Scaffold Erector and Dismantler (Construction)
- Scaffold Safety for Workers Who Use Scaffolds
- Espacios confinados y cerrados en astilleros
- Shipyard Welding, Cutting and Heating
- Slings in General Industry
- Spray Finishing with Flammable and Combustible Materials
- Stairways in Construction
- Steel Erection Safety for Ironworkers
- Struck-By Hazards: Vehicles and Equipment for Construction Workers
- Telecommunications Work Safety
- Transporting and Storing Explosives on Construction Sites
- Trenching and Excavation Safety for Workers (Caught-In/Between)
- Construcción subterránea, pozos y túneles
- Universal Waste Management for Facility Staff
- Ventilation and Abrasive Blasting in Construction
- Walking-Working Surfaces and Fall Hazards for General Industry Workers
- Welding Cutting and Heating in Confined Spaces
- Welding, Cutting and Hot Work: Welder and Cutter
- Woodworking Machinery Safety
- Worker Rights and Whistleblower Protection (OSH Act Section 11(c))
- Working Over or Near Water
- Workplace First Aid Requirements for Supervisors
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HAZARD COMMUNICATION BASICS · COURSE 101
Four parts that work together
HazCom works like a relay. Chemical manufacturers and importers evaluate the hazards first. That information travels with the product, and your employer passes it to you.
OSHA aligned the standard with the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System (GHS) in 2012 and updated it again in 2024, so labels and data sheets look much the same around the world.
From the current course. Sources: 29 CFR 1910.1200(a)(1); 29 CFR 1910.1200(b)(1); 77 FR 17785 (Mar. 26, 2012); 89 FR 44356 (May 20, 2024).
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BLACK BELT SAFETY · COURSE 101
Certificate of Completion
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Your Namecompleted awareness training in
Hazard Communication Basics- Completion date
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The rule is quoted on the page, a knowledge check follows every section, and a certificate waits at the end. Ten to thirty minutes each, phone friendly.
Fall Protection & Working at Heights
Guardrails, harnesses, ladders, scaffolds, aerial lifts, stairways and walking-working surfaces.
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Cranes, Rigging & Material Handling
Cranes and derricks, hoists, rigging, slings, forklifts and material storage.
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Espacios confinados y excavaciones
Permit spaces, attendants and entry supervisors, trenching, shafts and tunnels.
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Hazardous Materials & Chemicals
HazCom, HAZWOPER, DOT hazmat, flammables, compressed gases, process safety, explosives and waste.
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Toxic Substances & Health Hazards
Asbestos, lead, silica, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, solvents, bloodborne pathogens and noise.
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Electrical, Machinery & Tools
Electrical work practices, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, power presses, hand and power tools, welding and hot work.
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Vehicles & Heavy Equipment
Motor vehicles, earthmoving equipment, backovers, struck-by hazards, rollover protection and pile driving.
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PPE, First Aid & Emergency Plans
Personal protective equipment, respirators, first aid, exit routes, fire prevention and emergency action plans.
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Operaciones de construcción
Concrete and masonry, demolition, steel erection, site basics, underground work and diving.
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OSHA Compliance & Worker Rights
Recordkeeping, severe injury reporting, inspections, walkaround rights and whistleblower protection.
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Industrias especializadas
Logging, mining, telecommunications, grain handling, shipyards, laboratories and agriculture.
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