Upcoming Safety Classes

AGC Houston is proud to partner with the The Region VI OSHA Education Center at The University of Texas at Arlington. The OSHA Education Center at The University of Texas at Arlington is the top-ranked OSHA Training Institute Education Center in the country. AGC Houston is not an OSHA Training Institute Education Center, but serves as a Host-Training Organization for The University of Texas at Arlington OSHA Training Institute Education Center.

View the full list of OSHA UT-A courses here.

MAY

2 - 5: OSHA #501 TRAINER COURSE IN OSHA STANDARDS FOR GENERAL INDUSTRY

5 - 26: OSHA 30-HOUR 

6: OSHA #7405 FALL HAZARD AWARENESS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

9 - 12: RM 101, SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT

9 - 12: #510 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION

10 - 11: OSHA 10-HOUR

10 - 12: OSHA #3015 EXCAVATION, TRENCHING, AND SOIL MECHANICS 

16 - 19: OSHA #511 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR GENERAL INDUSTRY

17 - 19: OSHA #2264 PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE ENTRY 

17 - 19: OSHA #3115 FALL PROTECTION 

23 - 26: OSHA #500 TRAINER COURSE IN OSHA STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION

23 - 26: OSHA #521 OSHA GUIDE TO INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

31 - June 2: OSHA #2055 CRANES IN CONSTRUCTION

 OSHA releases National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Outdoor and Indoor Heat-Related Hazards and It’s In Effect

What is the National Emphasis Program (NEP) on heat?

• The NEP creates, for the first time, a nationwide enforcement mechanism for OSHA to proactively
  inspect workplaces for heat-related hazards in general industry, maritime, construction, or agriculture
  operation alleging hazardous exposures to heat (outdoors and/or indoors). This means that OSHA can now launch heat-related inspections on high-risk worksites before workers suffer preventable injuries,illnesses or fatalities.
• The NEP encourages employers to protect workers from heat hazards by providing employee access to water, rest, shade, adequate training, and implementing acclimatization procedures for new or returning employees. It contains both enforcement and outreach/compliance assistance components.
• The NEP establishes heat priority days when the heat index is expected to be 80°F or higher. On heat priority days:
  - OSHA will initiate compliance assistance in the targeted high-risk industries.
  - OSHA will also continue to inspect any alleged heat-related fatality/catastrophe, complaint or
  referral regardless of whether the worksite falls within a targeted industry of this NEP.
  
• OSHA will conduct programmed (pre-planned) inspections in targeted high-risk industries on any day
  that the National Weather Service has announced a heat warning or advisory for the local area.
• OSHA also recognizes that many businesses want to do the right thing by developing heat illness
  prevention plans to keep their employees safe.
  - On heat priority days, OSHA field staff will engage in proactive outreach and technical/compliance
  assistance to help keep workers safe on the job.
  Impacted Industries
• The NEP targets over 70 high-risk industries based on:
  - Bureau of Labor Statistics data on incidence rates of heat-related illnesses and number of
  employee days away from work rate;
  - Elevated numbers of fatalities or hospitalizations reported by employers to OSHA; and
  - Highest number of heat-related general duty clause 5(a)(1) violations and Hazard Alert Letters over
  a 5-year period (1/1/2017 thru 12/31/2021), or highest number of OSHA heat inspections since
  2017.

Why is the NEP necessary?

• The danger of extreme heat increases each year due to continuing effects of climate change.
  - 18 of the last 19 summers were the hottest on record.
• Workers suffer over 3,500 injuries and illnesses related to heat each year.
• Low-wage workers and workers of color disproportionally make up the population of employees exposed to high levels of heat, intensifying socioeconomic and racial inequalities.

What are the timeframes?

• The NEP is effective April 8, 2022, and will remain in effect for three years unless canceled or extended by a superseding directive. 

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