Heat Illness Prevention for Supervisors (Maryland MOSH) Online Training

This online course teaches Maryland's heat stress rules (COMAR 09.12.32.01 to .10), enforced by Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH), to supervisors in Maryland. The rule names supervisors for training but does not list supervisor duties, so the course presents them as employer duties that supervisors carry out. It covers what raises risk, water, shade, cool-down areas and rest breaks, checking the heat index and your crew, high heat procedures at a heat index of 90°F, getting used to the heat, signs of heat illness and reporting, getting help, and your training duties.

What you learn

• Maryland's heat rules
• What raises your risk
• Water
• Shade, cool-down areas and rest breaks
• Checking the heat index and your crew
• High heat procedures (heat index 90°F)
• Getting used to the heat (acclimatization)
• Types and signs of heat illness, and reporting
• Getting help
• Your training duties
• 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 you finish 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: Prevención de enfermedades por calor para supervisores (MOSH de Maryland): 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

Your employer must still give you training on your own worksite and its written procedures; this course cannot see your worksite or give you hands-on practice. This course covers Maryland's rule only. California, federal OSHA and other states have different rules. The course is online only.