Occupational Safety & Health Compliance
Occupational Safety & Health Compliance
Occupational Safety & Health Compliance
Course Overview
OSH Compliance
Meeting Regulatory Duties, Recordkeeping, and Inspection Requirements
Understand exactly what the law requires of employers, workers, contractors, and designers, and how regulators enforce it. You will learn to apply the general duty of care, run GHS-compliant hazard communication, select and maintain PPE, control high-risk work, keep injury logs and notify reportable events, handle an inspection, and build an auditable OSH compliance system.
What You Will Learn
The main objectives of the course are:
- Explain the scope and cost of occupational safety failure.
- Navigate OSHA, HSE, EU-OSHA, and ILO frameworks.
- Discharge employer, employee, and contractor duties.
- Uphold worker rights and anti-retaliation protections.
- Strengthen safety culture, leadership, and human factors.
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative risk assessment.
- Apply the five levels of the hierarchy of controls.
- Implement GHS hazard communication and safety data sheets.
- Select, fit, and maintain personal protective equipment.
- Control height, electrical, machinery, and confined-space hazards.
- Maintain injury logs and meet reporting timelines.
- Prepare for inspections, citations, and abatement.
Who Should Enroll
This certificate is designed for EHS and OSH managers, compliance officers, plant and construction supervisors, safety inspectors and auditors, HR and workers compensation staff, contractor management teams, union and safety representatives, and executives accountable for regulatory safety obligations.
Skills You Will Build
- OSH Regulatory Compliance
- Statutory Duty Application
- Hazard Communication
- Safety Data Sheet Management
- PPE Selection
- High-Risk Work Control
- Injury Recordkeeping
- Inspection Readiness
- Competency Training Design
- OSH Program Auditing
- Regulatory Framework Knowledge
- Worker Rights Protection
- Risk Assessment Technique
- Control Hierarchy Application
- Chemical Safety Management
- Reportable Event Notification
- Enforcement & Abatement Handling
- Occupational Health Surveillance
- Plan-Do-Check-Act Systems
- Gap Analysis & Reporting
Course Outline – Occupational Safety & Health Compliance
Module 1: Introduction to Occupational Safety & Health
- What Occupational Safety & Health Means Today
- The Human and Business Cost of Workplace Harm
- The Evolution of OSH: From Reaction to Prevention
- Key Terminology, Actors, and Scope
Module 2: The OSH Legal & Regulatory Framework
- How OSH Law Is Structured: Statutes, Regulations, and Standards
- Major Regimes: OSHA, HSE, EU-OSHA, and ILO Conventions
- Enforcement Bodies and Their Powers
- Voluntary Standards: ISO 45001 and ANSI
Module 3: Employer & Employee Duties
- The General Duty of Care Explained
- Employer Obligations: Safe Systems, Plant, and Premises
- Employee Responsibilities and Cooperation
- Duties of Contractors, Suppliers, and Designers
Module 4: Worker Rights & Protection from Retaliation
- The Right to a Safe and Healthy Workplace
- The Right to Know and the Right to Refuse Unsafe Work
- Whistleblower Protections and Anti-Retaliation Law
- Worker Participation, Consultation, and Safety Committees
Module 5: Safety Culture, Leadership & Human Factors
- What Safety Culture Is and Why It Matters
- The Safety Culture Maturity Ladder
- Leadership Commitment and Visible Felt Leadership
- Human Factors, Error, and Behavior-Based Safety
Module 6: Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
- Hazard vs. Risk: Core Concepts
- Techniques for Identifying Hazards
- Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Assessment
- Risk Matrices, Ranking, and Prioritization
Module 7: The Hierarchy of Controls
- The Five Levels of the Hierarchy
- Elimination and Substitution
- Engineering Controls and Isolation
- Administrative Controls and Safe Work Procedures
Module 8: Hazard Communication & Chemical Safety
- The Globally Harmonized System (GHS)
- Labels, Pictograms, and Signal Words
- Reading and Managing Safety Data Sheets
- Chemical Inventories and Storage
Module 9: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- PPE as the Last Line of Defense
- Assessing Needs and Selecting PPE
- Types of PPE by Hazard and Body Region
- Fit, Use, Inspection, and Maintenance
Module 10: Common High-Risk Hazards
- Working at Height and Fall Protection
- Electrical Safety and Lockout/Tagout
- Machinery Guarding and Mechanical Hazards
- Confined Spaces and Atmospheric Hazards
Learn at your convenience
*Note: These are self-paced courses, allowing learners to study independently at their own pace.
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