2012 Maintenance Safety Blitz
On September 12th, 13th & 14th, EH&S will provide six 4-hr long refresher training sessions on maintenance safety, a maintenance training blitz.
This safety training blitz is directed at affected employees in the Facility Services, Housing, Special Events, Physical Science Laboratory, Corbett, DACC, and ARS/agriculture as well as other NMSU departments or locations with maintenance activities.
Each session will include four 1-hour classes on the following topics:
1. Fire safety (to include fire prevention, hot works and extinguisher use;
2. Hazcom Program with GHS changes (see linked page) ;
3. Scaffold Awareness & Lifting injuries; and
4. Tool Safety & PPE selection (via Job Hazard Analysis).
Further details and a training matrix for maintenance workers are provided on the Safety website under training.
The safety training calendar is available online at http://www.nmsu.edu/safety/training/calendar/ehs_cal_go.htm. Individuals and/or their supervisors should register attendees via the safety class registration on the EH&S website.