Training Records
One of the best ways to keep both the employer and all employees safe is to ensure strong safety training documentation. It's not just a good idea for the employer to keep complete and accurate records of all safety and health training; it's required by more than 100 OSHA standards. It's also recommended by ANSI Z490.1-2009.
Records can provide evidence of the employer's good faith effort to comply with OSHA standards. Strong documentation can also help the employer defend against claims of negligence. Documentation can also supply an answer to one of the first questions an accident investigator will ask: "Was the injured employee adequately trained to do the job?"
Attendance Rosters
If your training or safety meeting presents general information related to safety it's most likely considered safety "instruction." When conducting general safety instruction, we may not need to evaluate employee performance to determine ability to perform specific hazardous procedures. It may be perfectly fine to use a simple attendance roster to document the training. An attendance roster may include the following information:
- date
- subject
- names attendees
- other identifying information
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
6-5. Safety and health training is required by more than _____ OSHA standards.
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