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SafetyBytes® Chemical Properties Of Chlorine
As useful as chlorine is, it also presents a health hazard. Even in very weak concentrations, even less than one part per million, exposure to chlorine causes burning of the eyes, nose, and throat. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll review the chemical properties of chlorine.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Chlorine Process Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Chlorine Leak: Planning And Investigation
If chlorine is used within your facility, you must evaluate your operating manual to make sure all important topics are covered. For example, does your operations manual instruct the operator on safe handling techniques for containers? In this SafetyBytes® course, we’ll discuss chlorine leaks in regards to planning and investigations.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Chlorine Process Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Common Physical Hazard Terms
A physical hazard is a substance that is likely to burn or support fire; may explode or release high pressures that can inflict bodily injury; or can spontaneously react on its own, or when exposed to water. In this SafetyBytes® course, we’ll discuss common physical hazard terms.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Workplace Safety & Awareness, Fire Safety, Safety Orientation Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® DOT HAZMAT Warning System
Many products containing hazardous materials are used and stored in businesses routinely. These products are also shipped daily on the nation's highways, railroads, and waterways. In this SafetyBytes® course, we’ll review the requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation, or DOT, for identifying these various types of hazardous materials.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Handling Hazardous Materials, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Electrical Safety Training
Electrical shocks can range from a mild discomfort to death. Electrical shock is a cause of workplace injuries that often results in long term disability and death. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll review electrical safety training.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Electrical Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Electrical Safety: Accidental Contact With High Voltage
The term high voltage usually means electrical energy at voltages high enough to inflict harm on living things. Equipment and conductors that carry high voltage warrant particular safety requirements and procedures. In this SafetyBytes® course, we’ll discuss accidental contact with high voltage.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Electrical Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Electrical Safety: De-Energizing Equipment
Electricity has long been recognized as a serious workplace hazard. In this SafetyBytes® course, we’ll discuss the importance of de-energizing equipment before any servicing begins.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Electrical Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Electrical Safety: Electrical Equipment Warnings
Many injuries, deaths, and property damage caused by workplace electrical hazards can be avoided. The first step in avoiding these hazards begins with safety awareness. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll discuss electrical equipment warnings.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Electrical Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Electrical Safety: Using Portable Equipment
Engineers, electricians, and other professionals work with electricity directly, including working on overhead lines, cable harnesses, and circuit assemblies. Others, such as office workers and sales people, work with electricity indirectly and may also be exposed to electrical hazards. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll discuss using portable equipment.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Electrical Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Forklift Safety: Changing A Battery
Forklifts, maybe more than any other device in use, are the workhorses of today’s industry and commerce. These machines are used for lifting and moving loads. An important part of forklift safety is performing a pre-operation inspection. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll discuss the proper way of changing a battery in a battery-powered forklift.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Forklift & Lift Truck Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Forklift Safety: Changing the LP Tank
When you are dealing with propane forklifts, there are several important safety precautions that must be followed, in addition to normal safety precautions that apply to all types of forklifts. In this SafetyBytes® course, we’ll discuss the precautions you should take when changing the tank on a LP forklift.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Forklift & Lift Truck Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Forklift Safety: Charging A Battery
Lift trucks are used for lifting and moving loads. These tasks would not be possible without safe operation and ensuring that they are ready when needed. In this SafetyBytes® course, we’ll discuss the proper way of charging a battery in a battery-powered forklift.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Forklift & Lift Truck Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Forklift Safety: Fueling The Truck
Don’t risk running out of fuel and stalling the engine during a critical operation. It is especially important that you don’t run a diesel engine to empty because this could cause damage to the fuel injectors. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll discuss the rules you should follow when refueling your forklift.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Forklift & Lift Truck Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Forklift Safety: Gauges And Indicator Lights
As an operator, your role is key to ensuring proper and safe use of forklifts. An important part of safe operation is routine inspections. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll discuss the gauges and indicator lights on forklifts with internal combustion engines.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Forklift & Lift Truck Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Forklift Safety: Lift Component Inspection
A forklift is a powerful tool that allows one person to precisely lift and place large heavy loads with little effort. Remember, there is great risk of injury or death when safety procedures are not followed. In this SafetyBytes® course, we’ll discuss the procedures for conducting the lift component inspection. This inspection applies to all types of forklifts.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Forklift & Lift Truck Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Forklift Safety: Operational Inspection for Battery-Powered Engines
The role played by a forklift operator is the key behind ensuring proper and safe use of forklifts. An important part of safe operation is routine inspections. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll discuss the proper way to conduct an operational inspection on forklifts with battery-powered engines.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Forklift & Lift Truck Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Forklift Safety: Operational Inspection For Internal Combustion Engines
The role played by you, the operator, is the key behind ensuring proper and safe use of forklifts. An important part of safe operation is routine inspections. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll discuss the proper way to conduct an operational inspection on forklifts with internal combustion engines.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Forklift & Lift Truck Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Forklift Safety: Physical Inspection For Battery-Powered Engines
A thorough pre-operational inspection will identify maintenance problems before they cause an accident. The role played by an operator is the key behind ensuring proper and safe use of forklifts. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll discuss the proper way to conduct a physical inspection on forklifts with battery-powered engines.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Forklift & Lift Truck Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Forklift Safety: Physical Inspection For Internal Combustion Engines
There are forklift pre-operational checks you can do that will only take a few minutes to ensure your safety, the safety of the people around you, and the safety of your forklift. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll discuss the proper way to conduct a physical inspection on forklifts with internal combustion engines.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Forklift & Lift Truck Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Hazardous Chemical Container Labeling
Container labeling can be a very effective method to communicate the physical and health hazards of chemicals used in the workplace. The information on a container label will vary depending on what type of container it is and how it is used. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll review the requirements for container labeling of hazardous chemicals.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Handling Hazardous Materials, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Hazardous Materials Identification System
The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, or HCS, requires all chemicals in the workplace to be labeled in a manner that warns of any hazards the chemical may present. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll discuss the Hazardous Material Identification System, or HMIS.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Handling Hazardous Materials, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Hazardous Product Labeling Information
Labels, used in conjunction with material safety data sheets, or SDSs, provide the critical information you need to know in order to handle and store hazardous products as well as how to respond in an emergency situation. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll review the information typically found on hazardous product labels.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Handling Hazardous Materials, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® HazCom: How Hazardous Substances Effect The Body
Chemicals and materials that help create everything from the microchips in our computers, to the medicines that improve our health, can pose a hazard, IF they are not handled safely. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll discuss various classes of hazardous substances and the effect they have on certain body organs.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Chemical Safety, Handling Hazardous Materials, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® HAZMAT Awareness: Carrier Responsibilities
The U.S. Department of Transportation regulates both surface and air shipment of hazardous materials shipped within the United States. In this SafetyBytes® course, we’ll briefly review the responsibilities of the HAZMAT carrier.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Handling Hazardous Materials, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® HAZMAT Awareness: Chemical Identification
In recent times the dangers associated with hazardous materials have become well known. This is especially true of hazmat transportation incidents. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll discuss the importance of properly identifying chemicals that are being shipped.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Handling Hazardous Materials, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Hearing Protection - Audiometric Testing
Thousands of workers every year suffer from preventable hearing loss due to high workplace noise levels. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll discuss audiometric testing.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Personal Protective Equipment, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Hearing Protection: Controlling Noise Levels
Repeated exposures to loud machinery may, over an extended period of time, present serious risks to your hearing. Unfortunately, the effects of noise are often underestimated because the damage takes place so gradually. In this SafetyBytes® course, we’ll discuss the methods of controlling noise in your work area.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Personal Protective Equipment, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Hearing Protection: The Effects Of Noise
Thousands of workers every year suffer from preventable hearing loss due to high workplace noise levels. You might ask yourself, how exactly does noise affect my hearing? In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll discuss the effects of noise and how it can permanently damage your hearing.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Personal Protective Equipment, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® How Fire Works
A fire can occur anytime, anywhere and from a wide variety of causes. This SafetyBytes® course describes how a fire actually works - the elements needed for one to start.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Fire Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® NFPA 704 Warning System
The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA), in section 704 of the National Fire Code, specifies a system for identifying the hazards associated with materials. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll discuss the description methods used in the NFPA 704 Warning System.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Fire Safety, Handling Hazardous Materials, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Physical Hazards - Protective Measures
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard is based on a simple concept -- that employees have both a need and a right to know the hazards and identities of the chemicals they are exposed to when working. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll discuss some of the protective measures you can take when dealing with physical hazards.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Fire Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Physical Hazards Within The Workplace
Hazards that can lead to fires, explosions and the resulting burns and injuries are known as physical hazards. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll discuss the different classes of physical hazards.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Fire Safety, Handling Hazardous Materials, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Preventing Ergonomic Disorders: Buy In And Worksite Analysis
Common symptoms of CTDs include a decreased range of motion, decreased grip strength, swelling of a joint or part of an arm, shoulder, neck, or leg. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll discuss the first steps you can take to prevent ergonomic disorders.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Ergonomics, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Preventing Ergonomic Disorders: Good Work Practices
Health effects that can result from poor ergonomics generally affect the nerves, muscle, and tendons. Common symptoms include a decreased range of motion, decreased grip strength, or swelling of a joint. In this SafetyBytes® module, we’ll discuss good work practices that are vital in preventing ergonomic disorders.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Ergonomics, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Respiratory Hazards Systems To Help Air Qualify
There are regulations in the workplace to protect your breathing. The regulations are based on the sources of danger or hazards to your respiratory system that may be in the air you breathe. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll discuss systems to help air quality.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Personal Protective Equipment, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® The Basic Electrical Circuit
To work safely with electricity, you need to be able to predict what it will do. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll discuss the basic electrical circuit.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Electrical Safety, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes
SafetyBytes® Types of Hazardous Waste Accumulation Areas
If your facility generates hazardous waste, then you need to understand the regulations regarding its accumulation. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll address the different types of hazardous waste accumulation areas.
eLearning - SafetyBytes® Workplace Safety Handling Hazardous Materials, Safety Orientation, Workplace Safety & Awareness Foundational 5 Minutes