Temporary Worker Safety
Learning objectives
- Explain the responsibilities of staffing or employment agencies, host employers, and temporary workers in promoting workplace safety
- Identify workplace safety programs and rights that apply to temporary workers across various industries
- Describe when and how to report hazards, incidents, and injuries in the workplace
Course overview
In this lesson, you’ll learn how staffing or employment agencies and host employers work together to keep you safe as a temporary worker. You’ll also learn about challenges unique to temporary work, shared employer responsibilities, how to recognize hazards, your right to be safe at work, and how to report hazards and injuries.
The individuals involved in the development and promotion of this course do not receive any compensation or financial benefits outside of their regular employment for their work on this course.
- 22 minutes
- Format: Video
- Tier: 2
- Course ID: 18239
English, Spanish, French Canadian, Korean, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Bosnian, Japanese, Dutch
Course Outline
- Rights and Safety Programs
- Reporting Hazards and Retaliation
Regulations
- 29 CFR 1904 - Subpart D - Other OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Requirements - 1904.31 Covered employees
- 29 CFR 1910 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards - 1910.9 Compliance duties owed to each employee
- 29 CFR 1910 Subpart I - Personal Protective Equipment - 1910.132 General Requirements
- 29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances - 1910.1200 Hazard Communication Standard
- 29 CFR 1926 Subpart D - Occupational Health and Environmental Controls - 1926.59 Hazard Communication
- 29 CFR 1926 Subpart E - Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment - 1926.28 Personal Protective Equipment