Safety/OSHA
Safety training can be offered for your staff, at your site. Trainers will customize each course and offer training using the equipment that your staff encounters on a daily basis. Minimum class size is 5 participants. Grant funding is available through the Department of Labor and SUNY. The applications are submitted once each year, so watch our grants page for additional information on funding requirements and procedures.
If you don’t have enough participants to meet the minimum course requirement, we may run limited courses at our main campus. Not all courses are eligible to be offered off-site. For example, forklift training must be provided using the equipment that a participant is certified to operate. Therefore, forklift training will never be provided in an open enrollment format.
If you have any questions about safety training for your organization or if you need a course for a limited number of participants, please contact Cory Green at 585-343-0055 ext. 6602.
Training Courses
Accident Investigation
Thousands of accidents occur throughout the United States every day. The failure of people, equipment, supplies, or surroundings to behave or react as expected causes most of the accidents. Accident investigations determine how and why these failures occur. By using the information gained through an investigation, a similar or perhaps more disastrous accident may be prevented. Conduct accident investigations with accident prevention in mind. Investigations are NOT to place blame.
American Heart Association First Aid/CPR/AED
This course provides the student with the basic background material and skills required to recognize and treat adult patients suffering from airway obstruction, respiratory arrest and cardiac arrest. Variations in the course exist to add CPR, AED training to the traditional first aid component.
Electrical Safety (including NFPA70E)
These courses provide students with knowledge of working with electricity safely, for both qualified and unqualified employees.
Ergonomics, including Back Safety
Ergonomics is the science of designing or redesigning work, to be compatible with the physical limitations and capabilities of workers. The objective is to have the job demand be less than the worker’s capabilities. This program is designed to help individuals recognize how their anatomy was designed to move correctly and lift properly. The focus is on the individual and the lifestyle choices a person makes and how that affects physical health and strength. This course provides information to help individuals make good, healthy decisions that can be tailored to your company’s specific needs. This program is designed to be highly interactive and gives participants a chance to experience what they learn as well as being given visual aids through PowerPoint or overhead slides.
Fall Protection (Initial and Refresher)
Initial – this 8 hour course covers the OSHA requirements under 29 CFR 1926 Subpart M. Topics include analysis of the standard, types of equipment, written programs, hands-on exercises, stairway/roof/ladder/scaffold, and guardrail safety and restraint and arrest system safety.
Refresher – this course provides an overview of state-of-the-art technology for fall protection awareness and current OSHA requirements. Pre-requisite: Fall Protection Initial.
Forklift Safety (Initial and Recertification)
This class is designed to provide the operator with the proper safety procedures and safe operation of a lift truck.
Hazardous Communication
OSHA requires that all employees, including maintenance and contractor employees, and supervisors involved with hazardous chemicals must fully understand the safety and health hazards of the chemicals and processes with which they work for the protection of themselves, their fellow employees, and the citizens of nearby communities.
Lockout-Tagout (Authorized and Affected)
Authorized – this 4-hour class is designed for authorized employees (example: maintenance personnel) in safely locking out machinery to be repaired and includes video, test, and lab exercises in locking out various controls and devices.
Affected – this 2-hour class is designed for personnel such as operators, engineers, etc. Standard course to explain company posted procedures and OSHA standard. There is no refresher required.
OSHA Construction Safety (10 hr. or 30 hr.)
The 10-hour OSHA Construction Industry Outreach Training Program is intended to provide entry level construction workers general awareness on recognizing and preventing hazards on a construction site. The training covers a variety of construction safety and health hazards which a worker may encounter at a construction site. OSHA recommends this training as an orientation to occupational safety and health. Workers must receive additional training on hazards specific to their job. Instructional time must be a minimum of 10 hours.
The 30-hour Construction Outreach Training Program is intended to provide a variety of training to workers with some safety responsibility. Workers must receive additional training on hazards specific to their job. Training should emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention, not OSHA standards. Instructional time must be a minimum of 30 hours.
OSHA General Industry Outreach (10 hr. or 30 hr.)
The 10-hour General Industry Outreach Training Program is intended to provide entry level general industry workers broad awareness on recognizing and preventing hazards on a general industry site. The training covers a variety of safety and health hazards which a worker may encounter at a general industry site. OSHA recommends this training as an orientation to occupational safety and health. Workers must receive additional training on hazards specific to their job. Instructional time must be a minimum of 10 hours.
The 30-hour General Industry Outreach Training Program is intended to provide a variety of training to people with some safety responsibility. Workers must receive additional training on hazards specific to their job. Training should emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention, not OSHA standards. Instructional time must be a minimum of 30 hours.
Safety Program Development
This service is based on the inspection process performed by OSHA. Key elements of the program are as follows:
- Review of your OSHA Form #300 forms (last 5 years)
- Development of Safety & Health programs with Safety Committee
- Review of existing Safety & Health training records
- Development of documentation of Safety & Health programs
- Applicable standards, policies, or programs identified
- Working with company safety committee in developing written procedures
Safety Program Developing/Review training will assist companies in establishing their safety program, safety process; such as, commitment, involvement, responsibilities, authority, hazard assessment, accident prevention, and training issues, just to name a few.
Slips, Trips, and Falls
Slips, trips, and falls constitute the majority of general industry accidents. They cause 15% of all accidental deaths, and are second only to motor vehicles as a cause of fatalities. The OSHA standards for walking and working surfaces apply to all permanent places of employment, except where domestic, mining, or agricultural work only is performed.
Violence in the Workplace
Violence in the workplace is a serious safety and health issue. Its most extreme form, homicide, is the fourth-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), there were 521 workplace homicides in the preliminary count of 2009 in the United States, out of a total of 4,349 fatal work injuries. Environmental conditions associated with workplace assaults have been identified and control strategies implemented in a number of work settings. OSHA has developed guidelines and recommendations to reduce worker exposures to this hazard but is not initiating rulemaking at this time.