New Safety Training Materials for Small Business Owners and Managers

Check out the new Small Business Resources (http://www.dir.ca.gov/chswc/SBMRhealthandsafety.htm) recently released by the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC).  These materials will help you provide a one-hour interactive safety training to your employees designed to engage them in your safety program, and help ensure that your business meets Cal/OSHA training requirements. The materials include: a training guide for owners or managers; a Safety Orientation Checklist; Tip Sheets on preventing injuries from ergonomic hazards, robberies and assaults, and emergencies on the job; and Fact Sheets on Controlling Hazards and the Basics of Cal/OSHA. 

Free training workshops for small business owners on how to use the materials are also available.  This project is part of the Worker Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Program (WOSHTEP) administered by CHSWC in partnership with the Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP) at the University of California, Berkeley and the Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Contact Diane Bush at UC Berkeley LOHP, dbush@berkeley.edu, 510-643-2424, or Laurie Kominski at UCLA LOSH, 310-794-5964, lauriek@ucla.edu.