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OSHA 10 General Industry Course Description
OSHA 10-hour General Industry Course Description I often get asked what the outline or course description is for the OSHA 10-hr General Industry Outreach Training Program. Below is a course description and outline: "General Industry" applies to every industry except...
Scary Fact #3 (CPR)
Hi, it's Steven St. Laurent, the Spanish OSHA Guy! Okay, so now we finally arrived at Scary Fact #3 or the third major reason why trained people like you and me don't want to help out in an emergency. The third scary fact is because people think they might do...
Scary Fact #2 (CPR)
Hi, it's Steven St. Laurent, the Spanish OSHA Guy! In my previous post I spoke about how you don't ever have to worry about liability when helping in a First Aid, CPR or AED situation. Now I want to put to rest what I call Scary Fact #2: Infection! This is one of the...
Scary Fact #1 (CPR)
Hi, it's Steven St. Laurent, the Spanish OSHA Guy! Okay, so in my First Aid, CPR and AED training, I open up exactly where many emergency management trainers (CPR Trainers) fall short: I talk about the scary facts of why people don't want to help in an emergency. Now...
Should I use a GFCI in Industry?
In my OSHA 10-hour trainings, I often get questions about GFCI's in General Industry. So I went to one of my go-to mentors, Martha Catevenis, and I got a very clear answer. Finally! Below is the question I posed to her: QUESTION Below is a question I often run into...
How thick are you? 6 MIL. 4 MIL.
This question was posed to me in an RRP Lead-safe Training: QUESTION What does the EPA and also the State of Massachusetts require (or are they different) for the mandatory thickness of your poly? Does it have to 6 MIL? Or can it be less? What is the rule? ANSWER...
What’s the difference? OSHA 500 vs. OSHA 30-hour
A question was posed to me in an email from a client: QUESTION Do you know what the requirements are to get an OSHA 500 course? ANSWER The OSHA 500 (Construction) and also the OSHA 501 (General Industry) are OSHA Trainer Courses that makes you an OSHA Authorized...
Am I ugly?
A question was posed to me in an email from a client: QUESTION Is there an OSHA documentation training for wearing safety glasses? ANSWER OSHA does not have any formal training, certification or any other such "OSHA documentation" requirement for wearing safety...
OSHA gets a “D”
Recently, another safety trainer and I were discussing ladders and how many people teach "3-points of contact". This is a great rule to teach, but I pointed out that it is not an OSHA rule! The other trainer contested saying that it was, but then I took him into the...
Documentary: Disaster Relief (Video 4) – Hotel Far, Far Away
Hi, it's the Spanish OSHA Guy here. This is the fourth and last of my video series from the Binghamton, NY flood in Sept., 2011. In this current video you see a brief recap of some of the devastation in the city and at the school. Then I show you a quick clip of my...