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Watch DemoRefresh employees on front-end loader safety with this quick, informative toolbox talk video. Learn crucial tips: inspect equipment, follow loading procedures, maintain distance, and get proper training to prevent accidents and ensure workplace safety.
Hatch doors may seem relatively harmless at the outset, but they are basically access points that open to fall hazards. In this short toolbox talk video, we go over seven tips that will help you understand and correctly use hatch doors.
More than one million back injuries occur in the construction industry every year. These injuries not only cause employees significant pain, but also result in days missed from work, lost wages and lost productivity. But back injuries can be avoided.MARCOM's course on "Back Safety in Construction Environments" discusses situations that can lead to back injuries and what employees can do to avoid them... both at work and at home.
Basics of beginner level operator training for a backhoe.
In this quick video toolbox talk, we cover the basics of fire extinguisher use. Including the types of fire extinguishers, when to fight a fire and when to evacuate, and lastly, how to use a fire extinguisher.
Benefits of great housekeeping on a jobsite.
A set of foam ear plugs is often the simplest and easiest way to protect your hearing. In this toolbox talk lesson, we go over the correct way to insert foam earplugs so they protect your hearing and help you to avoid ear infections.
How to handle various materials using specalized equipment.
Mental Health Reminder for the holidays.
How to properly tell the difference between a near miss and a observation on the jobsite.
Ergonomics is the science of designing the workstation to fit the worker. In this video toolbox talk lesson, we'll show you how to arrange your workstation to help keep you feeling good throughout the day and prevent ergonomic injuries.
Wearing the right types of gloves can protect the hands from cuts, burns, bites, etc.
It is being able to identify your surroundings to prevent accidents from occurring.
Learning about the hazards associated with unattended open trenches.
Exposure to wildfire smoke can result in a range of health issues. In this toolbox talk lesson, we present how wildfire smoke can affect you and how to protect yourself and your crew from it using the air quality index.
Identifying a confined space and tools needed.
Basic inspection for electrical cord safety.
How to properly inspect and use a Fire Extinguisher.
How guardrails need to be setup on a jobsite to prevent injury.
Instruction on how to use a A-Frame ladder.
If mental health issues are not addressed they can lead to poor choices in the future, we aim to avoid that by offering solutions for all employees.
It is important to communicate with your group about any powerlines around and how they should be managed.
Protruding nails is one of the most common yet overlooked hazards on a jobsite. What measures can we take to prevent them from causing harm.
Being able to verify scaffolds and the tags associated with them.
How stairs should be used on a jobsite and what specific measurements should be used when constructing them on a project jobsite.
Learning how to use trench boxes to protect workers within an excavation site.
Creating safe work zones for the worker and for the public.
There’s an opioid crisis happening across the construction industry. One of the tools available to help combat opioid overdoses is a nasal spray called Naloxone (or NARCAN). This video course aims to inform workers about the danger of opioid overdoses, how to identify them, and how to use Naloxone nasal spray to help save someone's life.
MARCOM's course on "Preventing and Managing Fatigue… for CMV Drivers" discusses how you can manage fatigue when you’re on the road... as well as “sleep strategies” that you can use both on the road and at home to make sure you are getting enough good quality sleep.Problem-solving, quick decision-making and good judgement are all skills that CMV drivers need to drive safely. And if you're not getting enough sleep over an extended period of time, you can become "fatigued"… which can degrade these skills and increase the chances of having an accident when you're behind the wheel. But there are things that you can do to help you get the sleep that you need to be awake and alert when you’re on the road.
MARCOM's course on "Fatigue and Its Effects… for CMV Drivers" discusses the factors that contribute to fatigue, the dangers of driving while you're fatigued… and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration “Hour of Service” regulations that address these issues.Problem-solving, quick decision-making and good judgement are all skills that CMV drivers need to drive safely. But if you're not getting a healthy amount of sleep, it can seriously impair these abilities. In fact, being awake for 24 hours straight can affect your driving as much as if you were legally drunk. And if you don't get enough sleep over an extended period of time, you can become "fatigued"… which can increase the chances of having an accident when you're behind the wheel even more.
Employees have a right to be treated with respect and dignity while they're on the job. But every year, tens of millions of U.S. workers report that they have experienced some type of "harassment" at work. This offensive behavior is bad for people and for business. It's also illegal. And it doesn't have to happen. MARCOM's "Workplace Harassment in Industrial Facilities" products discuss what harassment is, why it is detrimental to everyone, how employees should respond to it and what they can do to prevent it from escalating into violence.
MARCOM's course on "Safety Orientation in Construction Environments" contains information employees need to create and maintain a safe and healthy workplace. When the day begins… there is always lots of work to do… orders to fill, quotas to meet and those ever-present deadlines to hit. But if we rush and aren’t careful we could very well cause an accident, damage valuable property, or even suffer a serious injury. That's where the phrase "Safety First" comes in. It means that working safely is the top priority and we need to learn to take precautions to protect ourselves from hazards and prevent accidents.
To get quality healthcare, people should not have to sacrifice the privacy or security of their personal health information. The set of regulations known as "HIPAA" ensures that patient data remains private, but the laws can seem complex and the penalties for non-compliance can be costly.
New "HIPAA Rules and Compliance" training products from MARCOM define HIPAA terms, explain the regulations and discuss what business entities and employees in healthcare-related fields need to do to comply with them.
Traffic accidents are the #1 cause of workplace fatalities across all industries in the US. This Driving Safety and Defensive Driving Training focuses on helping employees understand their top risks and take actionable steps to reduce them. This video training demonstrates defensive driving best practices using real-world examples. Lastly, this training incorporates lessons from top habit researchers to help implement driving habits in the long term. To increase learner retention, this course is broken up into 14 short video segments. Each segment is followed by a brief quiz on the key learning objectives. This course can be taken all at once or in smaller sections that fit into your employee’s schedule.
Whether you find yourself hanging siding on a construction site, changing light bulbs in a warehouse or performing outdoor utility work, aerial lifts can help you reach areas that would otherwise be almost impossible to get to. But before you work with an aerial lift, you need to know what types of lifts you will encounter and the hazards that are associated with each one.
MARCOM’s course on "Aerial Lifts in Industrial and Construction Environments: Types of Lifts and Their Hazards" is the first of a of a two-part series that has been designed to meet OSHA's training requirements in their "Mobile Elevated Work Platforms" (MEWPs) standard. The course discusses different types of aerial lifts, the hazards that you can encounter when you're using an aerial lift and the safety standards that you must follow when you're working with or near an aerial lift.
Before you begin work with an aerial lift, you need to know how to inspect it properly, set it up and operate it safely. This doesn't just help to keep you safe…it can make sure everyone on the ground stays safe as well. Falling objects, equipment "tipovers" and even electrocution hazards can make working near an aerial lift risky. Knowing how to operate a lift safely, and being aware of these hazards could save you and your co-workers from serious harm.
MARCOM’s course on "Aerial Lifts in Industrial and Construction Environments: Working With And Around a Lift" is the second of a two-part series that has been designed to meet OSHA's training requirements in their "Mobile Elevated Work Platforms" (MEWPs) standard. The course discusses how to inspect an aerial lift, how to prepare to use a lift, how to operate an aerial lift and how to work on the ground near a lift safely.
Getting to high places can be difficult in many work environments. Sometimes a ladder is all you need. But in some situations, you will have to use other equipment to do jobs that require you to be elevated while you work. Whether you're on a construction site, inside a warehouse or performing a maintenance job "up high", scissor lifts can help you to reach high places when a ladder just isn’t enough.
MARCOM’s course on "Scissor Lifts in Industrial and Construction Environments" has been designed to meet OSHA's training requirements in their "Mobile Elevated Work Platforms" (MEWPs) standard. It discusses the hazards associated with scissor lifts, the types of inspections that should be made before using a lift, the proper way to set up and operate a scissor lift and how to work safely on the ground near a lift.
This course is designed to provide four tips for pregnancy safety at work which are essential guidance for pregnant women to ensure their safety and well-being in the workplace. Throughout the course, you will learn about various aspects of maintaining a safe working environment during pregnancy, addressing concerns related to physical, mental, and chemical hazards.
The Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is a civil rights law that provides protections and reasonable accommodations for pregnant and postpartum workers. In this course, we will explore the key provisions of the PWFA, which is set to go into effect on June 27, 2023. Important areas in the act will be explored, such as preventing discrimination and ensuring that pregnant women can continue their jobs without being forced off or facing retaliation.
Great leadership skills are essential to a well-operating jobsite. The Leadership Essentials I course will introduce you to ideas and concepts around how to effectively interact with a team of individuals and guide them to success. You will learn how to identify your own thoughts and impulses, mitigate negative emotions, and engage with others in a way that produces positive results for all.
Human trafficking is a serious crime. Every day, women, men, girls, and boys are forced into commercial sex trafficking, forced labor situations, and domestic servitude across the globe. Unless you're specifically watching for it, it's likely you'll never see it. According to many human rights groups, the number of human trafficking incidents is rising at an alarming rate.Interestingly, the majority of trafficking-related cases are reported to law enforcement by members of the public. Truckers tend to frequent the most common places where many of these exchanges happen, including motels, restaurants, truck stops, rest areas, and gas stations. That puts them in a position to help disrupt established trafficking networks and enable law enforcement to rescue victims before it's too late.Human Trafficking Awareness for Drivers is designed to help drivers identify different types of human trafficking and those most at risk of becoming victims. It also provides drivers with various ways (phone numbers, text, website) to notify authorities.
In this Respiratory Protection training, learners are guided through different types of respiratory hazards, respirator types, cartridges and filters using engaging video and animations. This course uses real-life examples to prepare employees for what to expect for respirator exams and fit testing along with voluntary respirator use. Lastly, we show employees how to properly don, doff, seal check, adjust and care for their respirators so they can prevent exposure to hazardous substances. To increase learner retention, this course is broken up into 8, short video segments. Each segment is followed by a brief quiz on the key learning objectives. This course was designed to align with OSHA 1910.134 and 1926.103 for construction and general industry.
Falls from heights and falls on the same level are among the leading causes of serious work-related injuries and deaths. In 2017, OSHA issued a final rule on walking-working surfaces and personal fall protection systems to better protect workers from these hazards and ensure training is provided. In this Walking-Working Surface Training, we cover the major hazards that employees need to be able to identify and provide information on how to keep the workplace safe.The training is broken up into 9, short video segments. Each segment is followed by several key learning objective quiz questions. This helps to increase learner retention of the course material. This course was designed to be in alignment with OSHA 1910 Subpart D and I.
OSHA identifies struck-by hazards as one of the construction fatal four. This course will help you identify the most common struck-by hazards and provide solutions to effectively reduce risk. To increase learner retention, this course is broken up into 4, short video segments. Each segment is followed by a brief quiz on the key learning objectives.
