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General Safety- Materials Handling and Storage for General Industry: Basic  

This course specifies the materials handling and storage procedures developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to reduce injuries resulting from mishandling or improper storage.

OBJECTIVES:
  • Understand general material handling concepts
  • Service multi-piece and single-piece rim wheels
  • Identify powered industrial trucks
  • Maintain overhead and gantry cranes
  • Understand the safety requirements for crawler, locomotive, and truck cranes
  • Identify different types of slings
  • Understand the requirements for inspecting derricks
  • Recognize the safety requirements for helicopter operations
TOPICS COVERED:
  • Using Material Handling Equipment
  • Tire Servicing Equipment
  • Wheel Component Acceptability
  • Safety Operating Procedure
  • Powered Industrial Trucks
  • Overhead and Gantry Cranes
  • Crawlers, Locomotives and Truck Cranes
  • Slings
  • Derricks
  • Helicopters
Please see the state/regulatory requirement from the course catalog page. This course has been approved for one hour, and requires no prerequisites.

This course includes individual quizzes which must be passed with a 100% to proceed forward to the next lesson. Additionally the final exam must be passed with a 70% to pass the course.

The final exam can be taken up to three times if necessary