Safety Orientation Training

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Office of Statistics reports that 40 percent of workplace injuries happen to employees who have been on the job for less than one year; safety orientations set employees off on the right path.

Function

• Safety orientation training is geared towards informing and educating employees about ways to identify hazards and avoid dangers in the workplace. For new employees, it is especially significant that they understand the hazards that pervade their particular work environment.

Features

• Various safety issues are reviewed during a safety orientation training. Such issues include, but are not limited to, hazard communication, chemical safety, how to recognize and read warning labels, blood-borne pathogens safety, electrical safety, fire drills and emergency evacuation procedures.

Contacts

• Safety orientations inform employees about who to contact in the case of an accident, injury, emergency or identification of a hazard. Typically, companies assign safety managers to be points of contact for safety and health concerns. Orientation trainings should cover where employees can find their company's safety policies and procedures in case they need to reference them.