Free Training Materials for OSHA Safety Presentations for Construction and General Industry

Free OSHA Safety Training Materials

OSHA 10-Hour Construction Industry Outreach-Trainer Presentations
These materials are designed to assist trainers conducting OSHA 10-hour Construction Industry outreach training for workers. Since workers are the target audience, these materials emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, and control - not standards. No attempt has been made to treat the ten topics exhaustively. NOTE: The materials consist of PowerPoint presentations and lesson plans, each presentation also includes instructor notes, we encourage you to review these before you give a training presentation. Required Software You will need a Zip file utility, Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 or PowerPoint Viewer andAdobe Acrobat Reader. PowerPoint Viewer and Adobe Reader are free downloads. Download Zip Files Due to the size of these files, it is recommended that you save them directly to your hard disk. To download the files, right click on the "Download" button and "Save Link As" (Netscape) or "Save Target As" (Internet Explorer).
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Chemical Hazards

• Construction Asbestos Standard 1926.1101 (80 slides).

Construction Safety

• Construction Safety: Choice or Chance (Video, digitized, 15 minutes).

Cranes

• Crane Safety for the Site Superintendent (Video, digitized, 8 minutes).

Electrical

• Ground Fault Protection on Construction Sites (Video, digitized, 14 minutes).

Occupational Safety and Health Act

• The Occupational Safety and Health Act.

OSHA Alliances

• A summary of the OSHA Alliance program.

OSHA Facts

• An overview of the mission and activities of OSHA.

Personal Protective Equipment Presentation

• A presentation designed for the General Industry, 29 CFR 1910 Standards, that has several slides that can be used for the construction industry. See the header "Training" and the subheader "Personal Protective Equipment" on this Internet page. What's the Fall Distance? (Video, digitized, 22 minutes).

Powered Industrial Truck (Fork Lifts) Presentation

• Powered Industrial Truck Operator Training Standard - Training and Reference Materials. A presentation that is an outline of the major requirements of the standard, and provides examples of different type of powered industrial trucks.

Recordkeeping Presentation

• Recordkeeping Training Presentations. Several presentations of varying details of the standard.

Scaffolding

• 1926.450 - Subpart L Scaffolds. Several slides that list the major points of the scaffolding standard.
  • A Basic Look at Scaffolds for Compliance Officers. (Video, digitized, 18 minutes).
  
  Statistics and Data
  • OSHA statistics and data.
  
  Steel Erection Presentation
  • Steel Erection Overview Presentation. 23 slides, 1.3 MB PPT (PowerPoint 2000 SR-1 (9.0.3831) Presentation). This presentation is intended to assist a presenter in providing an overview of the steel erection rule.
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    • Fall Protection - It's a Snap! and Overhead Power Lines. OSHA Region VII (2000, March 17), 3 pages. An "Employer Information Kit" developed for use by construction employers or trainers to voluntarily comply with OSHA's fall protection standards and regulations related to electrocution hazards.
      
      
      • Example Standard Summary cards. OSHA Directorate of Construction (1999). These two examples are 5 by 8 cards each of which contains summary information about a specific construction standard.
        
        
        • OSHA Technical Manual. OSHA Directorate of Technical Support (1999, January). Two sections of this manual apply to Construction.
          
          
          • Small Business Outreach Manual. OSHA Office of Training and Education (1997, May). Some all of the sixteen sections of this manual apply to Construction.
            
            
            • A Collection of Construction Related Reports from the NIOSH Internet site.
              
              
              • Women in the Construction Workplace: Providing Equitable Safety and Health Protection. ACCSH Health and Safety of Women in Construction (HASWIC) Work Group. As increasing numbers of women enter the construction trades, concerns about their health and safety are growing. This report outlines the safety and health issues, presents data and anecdotal information that illustrate the problem, and provides recommendations to address these emerging issues.
                
                
                • OSHA Safety and Health Topic pages include training and outreach information associated with specific topics. Those related to Construction may be accessed from the Construction Topics page.
                  
                  • Oregon State Occupational Safety & Health Program in Spanish and English