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OSHA Partners with Electrical Workers and Trade Associations to bring about a Safer Workplace

OSHA has recently partnered with a number of electrical workers programs and other trade associations to help reduce illnesses, injuries and deaths amongst the electrical transmission and distribution industry workers.

The partnership aims to identify and establish what the main causes of injuries and illnesses are in this industry and preventive measures and best practices are to be thought out to reduce such incidents. The main aim of OSHA is to ensure that workers should be trained to identify and come up with ways to prevent calamities from taking place. And more importantly, workers should be trained to respond if and when an emergency occurs.

Emergency response is very important to workers, especially if they work in industries that regularly or occasionally expose them to hazards. Workers in the electrical transmissions line of business are frequently exposed to a variety of electrical hazards that range from electric shocks to burns and even instant death. Every year, this industry claims more lives than most other industries, calling for immediate safety precautions to be taken.

And this is where OSHA steps in. With these new partnerships with OSHA, these associations expose their workers to a number of safety training courses that involve training for workers in the general and construction industry and safety trainings for emergency response workers as well.

There are many emergency response courses or HAZWOPER courses offered by OSHA as well. One such course is the 24 Hour HAZWOPER Safety Training Course. If you belong to the electrical transmissions industry, then by taking a 24 Hour HAZWOPER Safety Training course, you will learn the following:
  1. You will learn about OSHA and how it helps enforce safety at the workplace.

  2. You will learn about site characterization and how you can eliminate the common work hazards.

  3. You will learn to identify the hazardous materials at your workplace.

  4. You will learn about the importance of Personal Protective Equipment and the proper usage of PPE to reduce exposure.

  5. You will learn the various procedures that are required to treat workers in case of an emergency.
Remember that your families are counting on you to return home safely and healthy at the end of every working day. Stay safe.

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