Demolition Safety (Federal OSHA) Online Training

This online course gives awareness training on demolition safety in construction under the OSHA rules (29 CFR 1926.850 to 1926.860 and 1926.21(b)(2)) and is written for people who work on demolition crews and around demolition work.

What you learn

• The engineering survey and the competent person
• Utilities, dangerous substances and glass
• Stairs, ladders and entrances
• Wall and floor openings
• Dropping debris: chutes and barricades
• Top-down order, walls and debris storage
• Removing floors and steel
• Demolition with equipment
• Asbestos, lead, silica and falls: other rules apply
• A final lesson listing what to review with your supervisor at your company

How it works

• You take the course online, at your own pace, on a phone or a computer.
• The final exam opens after at least 60 minutes of active study in the lessons.
• Each topic lesson ends with practice questions that do not count toward your score.
• The final exam has 25 questions drawn at random. You need 80 percent to pass, and you get 3 attempts.
• When you pass, you get a certificate of completion from M Squared Safety Solutions, Inc. The certificate expires 1 year after it is issued.
• This course is also available in Spanish: Seguridad en la demolición (OSHA federal): capacitación en línea.

Questions

Call an M Squared trainer at 949-954-6581, Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM Pacific time. A trainer answers in English and Spanish.

Your employer's part

This online course does not replace the training your employer must give on your own job: site-specific training, and hands-on practice and evaluation where the rule requires them.

What this course does not do

This course does not make you the competent person who makes the engineering survey and the continuing inspections (1926.850(a), 1926.859(g)). Your employer must have an engineering survey of the structure made by a competent person, with written evidence that it was done (1926.850(a)), and must instruct you on the unsafe conditions of your own job (1926.21(b)(2)). The course does not train you to run a crane, a wrecking ball or any other machine. It does not teach the work rules for asbestos, lead or silica, or blasting. Those have their own rules and training. This is the federal OSHA course. If you work in a state with its own OSHA-approved plan, your state may have different or more stringent rules. The course is online only.