Safe Lifting and Ergonomics (Federal OSHA and Cal/OSHA) Online Training

This online course teaches safe lifting, how to spot repetitive motion injury, and the controls that reduce strain. It is written for workers in any industry who lift, carry, push, pull or repeat the same motion, and it says which parts are rules and which are guidance from NIOSH, OSHA and Cal/OSHA. It includes a lesson for California workers on 8 CCR 5110 (repetitive motion injuries) and the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (8 CCR 3203).

What you learn

• What the federal rules say
• How work strains the body
• How NIOSH judges a lift
• Lifting with less strain
• Carrying, pushing and pulling
• Get help: team lifts and lifting aids
• Reducing strain at the source
• Spot the signs and speak up
• California only: Section 5110 and your employer's program
• 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: Levantamiento seguro y ergonomía (OSHA federal y Cal/OSHA): 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

Federal OSHA has no lifting or ergonomics standard. This course teaches what OSHA's letters say and the NIOSH, OSHA and Cal/OSHA guidance, and says which is a rule and which is guidance. It has no hands-on lifting practice, and it cannot see your worksite or watch you lift. Your employer chooses your lifting aids and, in California where it applies, runs the Section 5110 program. The course does not teach the California rules for patient handling in general acute care hospitals (Section 5120) or for hotel housekeepers (Section 3345), or forklifts, cranes and other powered equipment. This course covers federal OSHA and Cal/OSHA. If you work in another state with its own OSHA-approved plan, that state may have different or more stringent rules. The course is online only.