Site Safety Course

Course Description: 

Combined 8 Hour Fall Prevention and 2 Hour Drug and Alcohol course. This course, along with the 30-Hour OSHA card, is required for an individual applying for a New York City (NYC) “Worker” Site Safety Training card (SST).

Topics include:

• New General Industry Walking Working Surfaces and Fall Protection standard.
• Background of Local Law 196.
• Fall protection options.
• Rope descent systems.
• Ladder safety.
• Training requirements.
• Guardrails, netting and hole covers.
• Slips, trips and falls.
• Statistics.
• Stigma and drugs.
• Occupational statistics.
• Signs and symptoms of abuse.
• Physical symptoms.
• Drug and alcohol effects in the workplace.
• Prevention of drug and alcohol in the workplace.
• Why do some people become addicted to drugs while others don't?
• Drug and alcohol financial effects.
• Behavioral signs.
• Health effects.
• Adverse synergistic use of drugs along with alcohol.

Pre-requisites:  

• There are no pre-requisites for this course.

Objectives: 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Be familiar with terms associated with falls in construction.
• Recognize, avoid and prevent fall hazards.
• Be aware of regulatory safety requirements associated with falls, including OSHA’s Subpart M.
• Learn how to make informed decisions when working at heights.
• Be familiar with adverse effects of drug and alcohol in the workplace.
• List and identify the consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse.
• Recognize problems associated with substance dependency.
• Recognize and understand issues of chemical dependence that may adversely affect the lives of others.