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Compressed Gases Online Safety Training
This Compressed Gases online safety training course is convenient and easy to use. Individual employees can train at a time that is convenient for them, at their own pace. The system automatically tracks their progress in the course along with any completed quiz scores and bookmarks the learner’s place to make it easy to resume training if training is interrupted. Upon completion of the course, and a 100% score, the employee will then be able to print a certificate of completion.
Employers no longer need to pull large groups of employees off the job to complete their safety training.
- Meet compliance-based safety requirements
- Reduce risks of accidents and injury on and off the job
- Lower insurance premiums, workers compensation claims and lost work hours
- Improve employee morale and retention
Compressed gases are used in a wide variety of industries and present hazards beyond those associated with the gases themselves. This course provides training needed to help both employers and employees control the physical and health hazards associated with compressed gases and the knowledge needed to work safely with compressed gases.
- Discuss the physical properties of commonly-used compressed gases
- Explain the steps in visual and other inspections of compressed gas cylinders, regulators, and associated fittings
- Describe safe in-plant handling and storage of compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail tankcars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks
- Describe safe utilization of compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail tankcars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks
- Discuss the use of safety relief devices for compressed gas containers
- Discuss basic hazard recognition and control procedures
- Discuss safety planning that should be in place before any emergency involving compressed gases occurs
- Explain the steps in responding to emergency situations involving compressed gases
Any employees working in an area where compressed gases are shipped, stored, or in use; including department and maintenance managers, shipping and receiving employees, and construction workers.
- OSHA 29 CFR, 1910.101, Compressed gases (general requirements)
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.94, Ventilation
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.102, Acetylene; OSHA 29 CFR 1910.104, Oxygen
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.110, Storage and Handling of Liquefied Gases
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120, Hazardous Waste Operation
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