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Training is one of the most critical elements in safety. Providing workers with the required skills and knowledge to safely do their work is extremely important to OSHA. So important, in fact, that more than 100 of OSHA’s current standards contain specific training requirements.
Scissor lifts and aerial lifts have replaced ladders and scaffolding in many general industry workplaces due to their mobility and flexibility in allowing workers to perform certain job tasks.
OSHA requires that employers provide emergency eyewashes when employees may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials during the course of their work under 29 CFR 1910.151(c)