Top 10 American Safety Programs

1. OSHA for Workers (US Only)

First on this list of American Safety Programs is SC Training (formerly EdApp)’s OSHA for Workers (US Only) course. In just five lessons, your American teams will gain a deeper understanding of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations as well as their roles in maintaining a safe workplace environment.

This course starts off with an introduction to different OSHA standards, covering safety subtopics like fall protection, machine guarding, and asbestos exposure. It then proceeds to give a rundown of the step-by-step process for filing complaints. This is helpful, especially if team members need to report health hazards like harmful chemical exposure and lack of safety equipment.

Before wrapping up with a lesson on OSHA’s standard inspection process, it also discusses whistleblower protections as well as workers’ rights and responsibilities. 

SC Training (formerly EdApp)'s course microlearning design model is based on the concept of breaking down the lessons into bite-sized, easy-to-digest modules. With this approach, learners can focus on one topic at a time and retain the information more effectively.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Definition of OSHA, workers’ rights and responsibilities, filing a complaint, whistleblower protections, OSHA inspection

Created By SC Training (formerly EdApp)

3. OSHA Focus Four Hazards | Caught In or Between Hazards

Employees who work in the manufacturing or construction industries are at a higher risk of being caught in or between different hazards. This OSHA Focus Four Hazards course by SC Training (formerly EdApp) will define these risks, explain how to guard against them and outline the duties of an employer with regard to employee safety.

The first lesson talks about the definition of caught-in or -between hazards and lists specific examples, which include machinery hazards, cave-ins, and pinning hazards.In the second lesson, you’ll learn more about ways to protect yourself and others against hazards, including understanding how to use machines safely and adhering to safe excavation standards.

This American safety program ends with a list of employer responsibilities specified by OSHA. To help make learning more fun and fascinating, a few interactive questions are sprinkled throughout the course.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Caught-in or -between hazards, protection against caught-in or -between hazards, and employer responsibilities against hazards

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

5. OSHA Focus Four Hazards | Fall Hazards

Falls are among the most common causes of serious injuries and fatalities in many industries that demand working at heights. To mitigate these risks and help your organization adhere to American fall protection laws, OSHA has come up with a set of standards and requirements for workers around the US.

And in line with this, SC Training (formerly EdApp) designed the OSHA Focus Four Hazards | Fall Hazards course to help US teams identify different ways to prevent falls and understand fall protection topics like guardrails and safety nets, fall arrest systems, and safe ladder use. 

One of the lessons in this American safety program also covers the basics of scaffold safety, which is a vital aspect of working at heights. You can quickly import free fall protection training courses like this from SC Training (formerly EdApp)'s editable course library.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Preventing falls, guardrail and safety net, personal fall arrest systems, safe ladder use, basics of scaffold safety

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

6. Emergency and Fire Preparedness

HSI’s course on Emergency and Fire Preparedness is an American safety program that will introduce your team to fire and emergency dangers and their corresponding prevention plans. As they go through the lessons, they’ll also learn more about topics like evacuation planning, housekeeping guidelines, emergency alarm response, and region-specific safety. 

All of the lessons in this course are supported by specific OSHA regulations under 29 CFR Part 1910 and 29 CFR Part 1926. Your team can also take the course at their own pace since the training materials are presented in online lecture, video, and audio formats.

• Cost: Request for a quote
• Scope: Fire and emergency dangers, emergency actions and prevention plans, emergency exits, emergency alarm response

Created by HSI

8. ASSP | Industry Consensus Standards

SC Training (formerly EdApp) has collaborated with the American Society of Safety Professionals to develop this American safety program called ASSP | Industry Consensus Standards. Through the course, your workers will be given a quick overview of industry consensus standards, how they are developed, and why they are vital to improving health and safety in the workplace. 

The first lesson talks about the main differences between mandatory and voluntary standards. Then, it goes into detail about ASSP safety standards, which include confined spaces, construction and demolition operations, fall protection and restraint, and hydrogen sulfide training. The last lesson touches on ways that individuals can become ASSP volunteers and help uphold different industry standards.

If you want to incorporate on-site group training together with this online safety course, SC Training (formerly EdApp)’s got you covered with its Group Training feature. No need for manual attendance sheets. Instead, you can track who’s completed their in-person and online training all in one central database.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Industry consensus safety standards, ASSP safety standards, becoming an ASSP volunteer

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

10. OSHA First Aid Training and Standards

As an employer, it's your responsibility to keep your at-risk US workforce safe from the occupational hazards they face on a regular basis. That means delivering a safe working environment and making sure your team is trained in first aid according to OSHA standards.

You can easily incorporate first aid basics in your American safety program using SC Training (formerly EdApp)'s OSHA First Aid Training and Standards. The fundamentals of first aid, the OSHA First Aid Standard, and the significance of first aid training are all covered in this course. 

Through a set of instructional photos, it gives examples of both life-threatening and non-life-threatening emergencies, as well as external and internal injuries. The final lesson, which is very important, details how to do a victim assessment, common first aid techniques, and what should be included in a first aid bag.

Compared to other health and safety courses, one of the highlights of this first aid training course is how interactive and gamified it is, which can help workers overcome the feeling of monotony that comes with this kind of technical training. It also comes with a completion certificate to allow your employees to prove their first-aid training knowledge.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: OSHA First Aid Standard, the purpose of first aid and first aid training, life-threatening and non-life-threatening emergencies, victim assessment, first aid training kit content, common first aid techniques

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)