Welcome to Safety Watch, a newsletter that provides an update on current loss-control regulatory and technical issues.

CONTENTS

How to assess employee health hazards in the workplace
(cover page)

Evaluating dust levels in the workplace

Employee accidents are a sign of faulty work processes

Sign up for NATLSCO Safety Boot Camp

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Purpose

This 3½-day course provides you with the tools to build and support effective safety and health processes, loss reduction techniques and OSHA regulatory compliance.

2006 course dates

• Tuesday, March 21 to Friday, March 24
• Tuesday, June 20 to Friday, June 23
• Tuesday, Oct. 10 to Friday, Oct. 13

What you’ll receive

• OSHA 10-Hour Card
• Student manual
• Checklists
• Sample programs
• Course certificate
• Course topics
• The course covers the following topics:
• Bloodborne pathogens
• Confined-space entry
• Electrical safety
• Hazard communication
• Lockout/tagout
• Machine guarding
• Exit routes, emergency action plans, fire-prevention plans
• Most common OSHA violations
• New OSHA recordkeeping
• Personal protective equipment
• Powered industrial vehicles
• Walking and working surfaces
• What to do if OSHA shows up at your facility

Training also includes:

• Ergonomic analysis and program
• Development
• Industrial hygiene fundamentals
• Property conservation and fire prevention
• Selling safety to employees

Registration

Contact Bonnie MacIntosh, NATLSCO Risk and Safety Services training registrar, at (847) 726-5275.