OSHA 10-Hour Outreach Training Program – Washington, PA

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The OSHA 10-Hour Outreach Training Program for General Industry teaches general industry workers about their rights, employer responsibilities, and how to file a complaint as well as how to identify, abate, avoid and prevent job related hazards. The training covers a variety of general industry safety and health hazards which a worker may encounter at a work site. The training will run over 2 days July 9, 2019 and July 16, 2019

The training will include the following mandatory topics that will make up 6 hours of the training:

• Introduction to OSHA and the OSH Act
• Walking and Working Surfaces, including Fall Protection
• Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, Fire Prevention Plans, and Fire Protection
• Electrical
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Hazard Communication

The training will include the following elective topics that will make up 2 hours of the training, and will include at least two of the topics for a minimum of one half-hour each:

• Hazardous Materials
• Materials Handling
• Machine Guarding
• Introduction to Industrial Hygiene
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Ergonomics
• Safety and Health Program
• Fall Protection

On day 2 the OSHA training will continue with the ASHI course. 

The American Safety & Health Institute (ASHI) Course is a course designed to meet all requirements of the American Heart Association (AHA) to educate and train lay rescuers how to respond to medical emergencies through early activation of “911” systems and the use of first aid. Through lecture and hands-on training, this course prepares lay rescuers to effectively and safely respond to a person suffering from cardiac and respiratory arrest and other medical emergencies. Participants are taught how to recognize signs and symptoms of adult cardiopulmonary arrest, medical and traumatic emergencies.

The training will end with the CPR course.  Please note, it is not mandatory that you stay for the CPR portion of the course to receive the OSHA 10 Hour Outreach Training program.

The CPR/AED Course is designed to comply with the AHA standards to teach the basic techniques of adult CPR. The course teaches how to recognize the signs of major emergencies including heart attack, stroke, and cardiac arrest and choking. Each student will have ample opportunity to use a training mannequin for group practice of CPR skills. In addition, the CPR portion of the course is based on current AHA guidelines and addresses:

• Scene survey
• Patient assessment
• CPR scenarios
• Cardiac chain of survival
• Infection control
• AED use

The training will take place in Washington, PA, specific location soon to come.