This program equips construction supervisors, foremen, and safety professionals with both core OSHA compliance knowledge and advanced safety management practices. It blends required OSHA Focus Four training with higher-level topics such as leadership, legal implications, risk management, and crisis response. The intent is not only to meet OSHA 30 standards but to develop participants into proactive safety leaders capable of integrating compliance with organizational culture and long-term risk reduction.

By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

• Understand OSHA’s structure, enforcement, and compliance requirements, including MNOSHA.
   
• Identify and mitigate the Focus Four hazards (falls, electrocution, struck-by, caught-in/between).
   
• Develop, implement, and evaluate Safety and Health Programs tailored to construction environments.
   
• Apply leadership skills and risk management strategies to strengthen safety culture.
   
• Recognize the legal, contractual, and reputational implications of safety decisions.
   
• Plan and coordinate effective responses to crises, multi-employer site dynamics, and high-risk operations.
   

• OSHA & MNOSHA Fundamentals: Rights, responsibilities, standards, inspections, and citation process.
   
• Focus Four Hazards: In-depth study of fall protection, electrocution, struck-by, and caught-in/between hazards, with real-world case studies.
   
• Safety Management Systems (SMS): Building systematic approaches to hazard identification, mitigation, and monitoring.
   
• Safety and Health Programs: Transitioning from compliance-driven safety management to leadership-based safety culture.
   
• Advanced Topics:
   
  • Risk management frameworks for construction.
     
  • Legal and contractual aspects of safety.
     
  • Multi-employer worksite responsibilities.
     
  • Crisis management planning and response.
     
• Technical Safety Areas: PPE and lifesaving equipment, health hazards in construction, stairways and ladders, cranes, hoists, conveyors, hand and power tools.
   

• Case Studies & Investigations: Review of real-world incidents to connect OSHA standards with practical lessons.
   
• Hazard Identification Exercises: Applied activities where students evaluate jobsite conditions.
   
• Safety Program Development: Drafting and critiquing written safety and health programs.
   
• Interactive Discussions: Guided prompts on leadership, continuous improvement, and safety culture.
   
• Scenario-Based Planning: Crisis response simulations and multi-employer worksite coordination drills.
   
• Knowledge Checks & Exams: Daily quizzes and a final 50-question exam to reinforce key learning.