The fall OSHA 30 Course will be held from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM on Friday & Saturday (October 11, 12 & 25, 26).
You must attend every session in order to receive OSHA 30 certification.
We have reserved a room at the Four Points Sheraton in Wakefield.
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Confined Spaces Training
Confined spaces incidents aren’t the most common, but they can be the most deadly. As we have seen in numerous incidents throughout New England, confined spaces hazards tend to be misunderstood or underestimated. In addition, many confined spaces injuries or fatalities involve not one, but two, victims: the worker and the rescuer.
BTEA and Contractor’s Risk Management (CRM) are working together to offer this training to all our signatory contractors. Make sure your employees are up to date on the latest in confined spaces regulations and procedures!
The course covers:
- Key elements of the OSHA Permit-Required Confined Spaces Regulation
- Confined spaces concepts and terminology
- The difference between confined spaces and permit-required confined spaces
- How to identify and evaluate hazards: atmospheric, mechanical, chemical
Procedures for controlling hazards - Proper protective equipment for confined spaces
- Duties of the entry supervisor, entrant, and attendant
- Procedures for self-rescue, non-entry rescue, entry rescue by company employees, and entry rescue by emergency responders
- Completing the entry process
OSHA 30 Training – Friday & Saturday (March 9, 10, & 23, 24)
The Winter OSHA 30 Course will be held from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM on Friday & Saturday (March 9, 10 & 23, 24).
You must attend every session in order to receive OSHA 30 certification.
We have reserved a room at the Hyatt Place in Braintree by the South Shore Plaza.
OSHA Inspections Down in 2016
Given the increasing focus on safety, you would expect OSHA had a busy year. However, continuing an ongoing trend, OSHA inspections dropped to the lowest level in 20 years. This marks the 4th consecutive year that inspections have fallen.
In the Northeast, inspections of construction contractors have fallen by more than 30% over the last 5 years from about 6,800 to about 4,700 total.
The graph above illustrates the Northeast average compared to the average with its three biggest states. These declines in the Northeast make up about a third of the overall decrease in construction inspections nationwide.
The OSHA budget peaked in 2012, but was down by about 3% in 2016. OSHA has cited budget cuts as causing the decrease in inspections. However they have found citations 5% more often than in 2015. In addition, appeals of OSHA citations were roughly equivalent in 2015 and 2016 at around 9%. BTEA recommends our members always work with our legal safety consultant before settling a case with OSHA.