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Prevention Strategies for Construction’s Focus Four Hazards

Presented by the National Safety Council in cooperation with OSHA and funded by a Susan B. Harwood Grant

This one-day train-the-trainer course is presented FREE by the National Safety Council and participating chapters in cooperation with OSHA and funded by a Susan B. Harwood Grant.

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 to prevent them as well:

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

During Prevention Strategies for Construction’s Focus Four Hazards, participants will gain the knowledge and basic skills to:

• Define commonly used terms relating to the Focus Four hazards.
• Recognize regulatory standards and requirements pertaining 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.
• Identify the specific hazards relating to falls, electrocutions, excavation and trenching, and struck-by that cause the most injuries and fatalities.
• Identify specific prevention strategies for falls, electrocution, excavation and trenching, and struck by incidents.
• Recognize risk-taking behaviors relating to the focus four hazards and identify suggestions for addressing them.

Paid for through a Susan B. Harwood Grant, in cooperation with the National Safety Council, its participating chapters and OSHA.