Employee Safety Training Program

Purpose

Employee Safety Training is one of the most important elements of any safety & health program. Safety training is designed to enable employees to learn their jobs properly, reinforce safety policies and procedures.  Safety Training also provides an opportunity to communicate safety principles and commitment of management to a safe work place.

New Employee Safety Orientation

A New Employee Safety Orientation Class is a part of the overall orientation program that all new hires must attend. This orientation is conducted by __________________ (insert Job title or Department). The safety training in these classes consists of the below listed topics (as applicable):

1. General Safety Rules & Policies

2. Hazard Communication & Chemical Safety Procedures

3. Hearing Conservation

4. Control of bloodborne pathogens

5. Electrical Safety & Lockout/Tagout

6. Emergency Plans: Routes & Assembly Locations

7. Procedures for safety violations, accidents, near-miss

8. Proper lifting & ergonomic techniques

9. Job hardening/warmup exercises

10. Equipment Safety

11.  Process Safety Management Awareness

After completion of Safety Orientation Class, the new hire's supervisor will provide additional specific safety training applicable to the assigned tasks. This training will consist of:

1. Emergency plans, evacuation routes, assembly locations and emergency actions

2. Rules for reporting safety violations, accidents, and near-misses

3. Safe Operating Procedures

4. Location & use of Emergency Eye Wash & Shower Stations

5. Location and use of Fire Alarm Pull Boxes

6. Use of tools & equipment, lifting & material handling equipment

7. Machine & Tool Guards, Emergency Stop Control Locations & Use

8. Proper Ergonomic procedures & lifting techniques for the tasks assigned

9. Safety equipment & personal protective equipment

10. Hazard Communication: Specific hazards for work area chemicals

Record of this training will be recorded on the Job Safety Training Checklist. This record will be filled out by the Employee's immediate supervisor and filed in the Employee's Personnel Record.

Annual Training Topics

The list below details areas that may require annual retraining for Employees, Maintenance Personnel & Supervisors and Special Employees

Topics

a. Annual Review of Safety Policies and Rules

b. Ergonomics

c. Hazard Communication/Chemical Safety

d. Emergency Action Procedures (including evacuation)

e. Personal Protective Equipment

f. Electrical Safe Work Practices

g. Confined Space Entry & Rescue

h. Respiratory Protection

i. Powered Industrial Truck Operation

j. Bloodborne Pathogens

l. Lockout / Tagout Procedures & Machine Guarding

k. Hearing Conservation

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