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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Crackdown On Bogus OSHA Classes
The article provides more information on the extent of the lack of actual training in some OSHA classes, and the ability to purchase fake OSHA cards that certify the holder as having completed OSHA training. This article reports:
"In July, an undercover investigator working for the city School Construction Authority was able to buy six fake OSHA cards certifying the holder had completed a rigorous 30-hour OSHA course. A certified OSHA trainer has been suspended as the investigation continues."
"And in June, OSHA officials confirmed, the agency suspended another trainer in response to a News report that an immigrant worker who received no more than a two-hour safety lecture was able to obtain a certificate stating he had completed 30 hours of lessons on tower crane safety."
Last year the NY Daily News reported on the worker who had been found to have a fake OSHA card. (Click on the link to read that report.)
Our previous post on bogus OSHA safety classes.
Labels: OSHA, osha information, Safety Training
posted by Steve Hudgik | Workplace Safety Post 1 Comments | 
1 Comments:
Anyone who takes a few days to take the OSHA trainer course can become a trainer, so there are many bad apples out there amoung the good trainers. However, now the OSHA 10 hour construction course can be taken online, and it is approved by OSHA at www.osha10hourtraining.com . Because the trainee has to answer questions as the course progresses, they cannot leave the computer unless they log out. So you know the trainee gets all the required material. It also is available in spanish, so you do not have to worry about those trainers who teach to them in english and the trainee does not understand.
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