OSHA: Construction, Demolition & Cleanup Safety Issues - 6 PDH

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Safety requirements for scaffolds, trench excavation, and trench-worker protection;

• Principles of demolition safety and cleanup;

• Asbestos and lead hazards, especially as they occur in demolition projects;

• Fall protection in residential construction and in general industry;

• Fall dangers in roof work (installing trusses and tile, and repairing);

• Principles of working safely with electricity on construction and cleanup sites;

• Principles of avoiding electrical hazards associated with downed electrical wires;

• Use of respirators and differences between respirators and surgical masks;

• Precautions to take when employing pneumatic nail guns;

• Precautions to take when employing chain saws; and

• Cold stress equation and how to protect workers from cold-temperature dangers.

This course is intended primarily for civil and construction engineers and others who serve as project managers in construction, demolition, and cleanup projects.

This course includes a true/false and multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to highlight the general concepts of the course material.