This course is for a business owner, manager or employee with responsibility for implementing safety initiatives, but may have limited safety and/or training experience. The course specifically targets the construction small business classification (fewer than 250 employees). It will provide attendees with the knowledge and skills required to recognize and prevent the following OSHA-identified focus four hazard areas and teach their own employees how to prevent them:

• Falls
• Electrocution
• Excavation and trenching
• Struck-by

The curriculum will provide attendees with the knowledge and basic skills to:

• Define commonly used terms relating to the focus four hazards.

• Recognize the importance of identifying, controlling, and eliminating common construction hazards as a means of preventing deaths, injuries, and illnesses.

• Recognize regulatory standards and requirements pertaining to the focus four hazards.

• Identify the specific hazards, relating to falls, electrocutions, caught-in and struck by, that cause the most injuries and fatalities.

• Identify specific prevention strategies for falls, electrocution, and caught-in and struck by incidents.

• Recognize risk-taking behaviors relating to the focus four hazards and identify suggestions for addressing them.