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The second part in this series for Contractor Safety covers the use of portable electronic equipment, special conditions, eyewash stations, safety showers, hazmat incidents and more!

After completing this course, your new hires should understand the importance of taking responsibility for their own personal safety, as well as the safety of those they work with and around.

The first part in this series for Contractor Safety covers the use of seat belts, fire prevention, hazard communication, house keeping, ladders, scaffolding, lockout/tagout, as well as welding and burning.

Fall protection expert, Nigel Ellis, PhD, CSP, PE, also appears in the program with comments about fall prevention. In addition to general safety regarding slips, trips, and falls, safety considerations for using stairways, ladders, and scaffolds are also discussed.

Users will learn about gauges and indicator lights; inspecting the lifting mechanism, brakes, tires, hydraulic system; and basic rules and techniques for safely inspecting, changing and charging batteries, including wearing the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE).

This course walks operators through the process of how to avoid a lift truck accident. It covers step-by-step procedures for safely picking up a load, driving with a load, setting a load down, and parking.

This course addresses repetitive motions and how these cumulative traumas can injure the back. A quick paced, informative program to help employees understand back injuries and the precautions they can take to prevent these most costly lost time incidents.

This course illustrates the concepts of voltage, resistance, amperage, grounding, bonding, the effects of electrical current on the body including resulting injuries, and how safety devices like fuses, circuit breakers, and ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs) work to protect against unexpected heat and energy flow.

This program uses live animal footage to teach employees positive ways to avoid dog bites while on the job. Most dog bites can be avoided by simply reading the situation and understanding dog behavior.

There are two methods of mounting tire chains, the roll over method and the block method. No matter which method is used, it's important to know how to mount, the conditions of your chains and when to use them.

In the second part of this series, you will learn to identify the danger zones and the importance of preparing for winter driving.

In this lesson, you will learn to identify the stages of frostbite as well as the measures that should be taken to properly treat and prevent frostbite.

Driving in winter conditions takes skill. In this course, you will learn to identify the laws of physics as they pertain to moving vehicles as well as the basic techniques to maintain control of a moving vehicle.

In this course, you will learn to identify the precautions for exits and entrances as well as negotiating steps and turns during winter weather.

In this course, you will learn to identify the stages of hypothermia and understand the measures to prevent hypothermia.

In Part 2, you will learn to identify the responsibilities while working within a confined space, the methods of performing a non-entry rescue, and special circumstances that may exist while working within a confined space.

Part 1 of our two part series on confined space safety will teach you the steps you need to take to properly prepare for an entry into a confined space and for continued safe work in that environment.