Office Safety

Overview/Description
 When you think about safety in a work environment, you may think of a construction site with employees wearing hard hats and eye goggles for protection. You may not think that an office environment needs safety processes. However, accidents don't just happen around heavy machinery at construction sites. Many accidents happen in office environments. Accidents such as tripping over electrical cords or hurting oneself on a paper cutter can be avoided if you follow the proper processes and know potential office hazards. This course, Office Safety, introduces procedures and processes to help you reduce office-related illness and injury as well as ensure personal safety. In part, this course is meant to address aspects of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's general duty clause, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, section 5(a)(1). This SkillSoft Corporation training course has been reviewed by attorneys from the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green, PA, of Manchester, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts for accuracy under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the "Act") and certain regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA"), as to the matters covered and as of the date reviewed. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information in this course may become outdated.

Target Audience
 Office employers and employees in general industry

Expected Duration
3.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Preventing Office-related Illness and Injury

  • select the benefits of preventing office-related illness and injury.
  • identify fall prevention techniques to use in a given situation.
  • recommend proper ergonomic practices for a given situation.
  • differentiate between proper electrical situations and hazardous electrical situations.
  • use proper electrical hazard knowledge in a given scenario to limit the possibility of injury.
  • use noise and lighting principles to reduce hazards in a given situation.
  • match air quality controls to specific situations in which the control would best protect employees from poor indoor air quality.

    • Ensuring Personal Safety in the Office Environment

  • identify the benefits of understanding personal safety in the office environment.
  • determine the proper personal safety awareness principles to use in a given situation.
  • determine the appropriate emergency preparedness actions for a given situation.

    • Course Number: SFTY0092