Contractor Safety


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level



Overview/Description

Contractors are hired to perform services on worksites where a variety of hazards may be present. The hiring company shares some of the responsibility for the safety of the contractor. Often, jobs require contractors to work alongside the hiring company, and the safety of each impacts the other. Understanding contractor safety and acknowledging the benefit for both parties is important in providing a safe and healthful workplace. In this course, you will learn about different classifications of employers and their responsibilities to ensure a safe worksite.

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Target Audience
Supervisors, managers, and other personnel with responsibilities for having contractors or temporary workers on-site

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.4

Lesson Objectives

Contractor Safety

  • Contractor Safety
  • identify considerations when preparing for the safety of contractors
  • Knowledge Check: Contractor Safety on Multi-employer Worksites
  • define the different categories of employers on a worksite
  • identify roles that apply to a single employer in a given contractor safety scenario
  • Knowledge Check: Responsibilities of Employers
  • identify steps to take when determining employer responsibilities on multi-employer worksites
  • Knowledge Check: Determining Responsibility
  • recognize types of information that should be communicated to contractors to help ensure their safety and that of others on a worksite
  • Knowledge Check: Communicating Safety Concerns to Contractors
  • Course Number:
    ehs_hsf_e03_sh_enus

    Expertise Level
    Everyone