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Knowing the potential hazards of the chemicals you work with is a vital first step in ensuring your safety - both on the job, and at home. In this lesson, we’ll discuss the routes of entry that hazardous materials might have you’re your body.

Respirators are not maintenance-free. In this SafetyBytes® course, we’ll review the procedures for cleaning your respirator.

Once you have selected the right respirator for the job you must pass a fit test. Fit testing is one of the primary components of your respirator program. In this lesson, we’ll review the procedures for properly testing your respirator.

Atmosphere supplying respirators, or ASRs, are used to supply breathable air in conditions that are classified as immediately dangerous to life and health. In this lesson, we’ll review the advantages and disadvantages of the supplied air respirator (SAR).

Atmosphere supplying respirators, or ASRs, provide breathable air from a clean air source, one other than the surrounding contaminated work atmosphere. In this module, we’ll review the advantages and disadvantages of the SCBA.

Health and safety hazards exist in every workplace. Some are easily identified and corrected, while others create extremely dangerous situations that could be a threat to your life or long-term health. In this module, we’ll review the importance of eye protection.

A workplace hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm to a person. Hazards can take the form of items, such as machinery to a person’s work environment, such as working with heavy or sharp objects. In this lesson, we’ll review the importance of foot protection.

Many workplace hazards are so familiar that we ignore them and put ourselves, and sometimes others, at risk. In this course, we’ll review the importance of hand protection.

Hazards exist in every workplace in many different forms: sharp edges, falling objects, flying sparks, chemicals, noise, and a myriad of other potentially dangerous situations. In this course, we’ll review the importance of head protection.

Acute back injuries can be the immediate result of improper lifting techniques and/or lifting loads that are too heavy for the back to support. In this course, we’ll review the proper technique for lifting loads.

This course reviews the techniques you should use when negotiating snowy steps during the winter months. Bottom line… Take your next set of steps slow. Be cautious and be safe!

The major objective of process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals, such as ammonia, is to prevent unwanted releases of hazardous chemicals especially into locations that could expose employees and others to serious hazards. In this course, we will discuss the activities of an ammonia safety management team.

Knowing how to respond to a hazardous materials incident is essential in ensuring the safety of all responding personnel and the general public. In this module, we will discuss Hazard Class 9: Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials.

Safety, it’s something each of us has a right to expect and a responsibility to maintain. As a part of safety preparedness, you need to know what to do in the event of an accident or emergency. In this course, we will review some steps you can take prepare for, and respond to, such an event.

In this lesson, we’ll conclude our look at hazard classes. This part of the lesson will address: Hazard Class 6 - Poisonous and Infectious Agents, Hazard Class 7 - Radioactive Materials, Hazard Class 8 - Corrosive Materials and Hazard Class 9 - Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials.

In this lesson, we’ll continue our look at hazard classes. This part of the lesson will address: Hazard Class 3 - flammable and Combustible Liquids, Hazard Class 4 - flammable solids and Hazard Class 5 - oxidizers and organic peroxides.

In this lesson, we’ll continue our look at hazard classes. This part of the lesson will address: Hazard Class 1 - explosives and Hazard Class 2 - compressed and liquefied gases.

Hazardous materials are materials or items with hazardous properties which, if not properly controlled, present a potential hazard to human health and safety, infrastructure, and their means of transport. In this part of the lesson, we’ll cover the hazard classes overview and recommended actions/hazard action plan.

Accidents involving lift trucks almost always lead to serious injuries and can even result in death. It takes an operator with skill and knowledge to handle a truck and its cargo safely. In this lesson, we’ll discuss forklift stability, visibility and the operating environment.

This powerful module covers topics like: why we need a confined space entry permit, isolating the space, establishing emergency/rescue personnel, verifying tag out and communications and using safety equipment.