Msha Toolbox Topics
Toolbox Talks for OSHA Safety and Health are an easy way for foremen and supervisors to supplement the OSHA training efforts of their company or organization, and to keep safety front and center in their workers' minds. These short pre-written safety meetings are designed to heighten employee awareness of workplace hazards and OSHA regulations.
They are not intended to take the place of formal OSHA safety training for workers, but to supplement it. Here are a few tips to keep in mind when conducting a toolbox talk for your workers: • Read the toolbox talk to yourself a couple of times before you hold the actual meeting with workers. That way you will be more familiar with the content to be covered and therefore less apt to stumble while reading to the group. • Try to hold the toolbox talk in an area that is free of noise and other distractions.
Free Toolbox Talks. The free toolbox talks provided below on this website are available for you to download and print at no cost for use within your company. OSHA Toolbox Talks Free Downloads. Windows Backdoor Program. Toolbox talks are a mainstay of occupational job safety at the level where it counts: the worker doing the job.
If the workers cannot hear you talking, or are distracted by other activities in the area, they won’t be focusing on your talk. • Speak clearly and directly. Mumbling or reading too fast makes it difficult for the workers to understand you. Just take a deep breath, and then speak clearly and at a natural pace. • Use a prop when possible to help you keep the workers attention. If you are giving a toolbox talk on setting up a portable step ladder, have one set up nearby so you can point out things as you read the toolbox talk. To really drive home a point, have an unlabeled container you found on the jobsite available when giving a toolbox talk on OSHA’s hazard communication standards about labeling requirements.
• Always give workers an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the toolbox talk. Don’t make snide remarks to employees who do ask a question, as this will discouraging others from asking questions later.
• Always document your toolbox talks. Even if certain OSHA standards do not require documentation of safety training, it can’t hurt to have the information about the topic, the trainer, the date, and names of the workers on file.
• Last but not least, practice what you preach. Nothing makes a trainer lose credibility faster than to have a worker see them doing something that violates the safety precautions that were covered in a previous toolbox talk. Always set a good example. Free Toolbox Talks The provided below on this website are available for you to download and print at no cost for use within your company or organization. They are not to be used for commercial gain, nor can they be republished on any other website or in any document without our explicit permission. A new toolbox talk will be published on this site each month.
Each topic selected is generic enough to be applied to many different work environments ( and ). While the information contained in each toolbox talk is believed to be accurate, remember that these toolbox talks are not intended to take the place of formal OSHA training, they are only intended to supplement the mandatory training and help maintain awareness. You are responsible for checking the and / or the to determine the actual training that must be provided to your workers. Cannot be held liable for the content in, or misuse of, these generic toolbox talks. Note: Do you appreciate these free toolbox talks? If so, please help increase the visibility of this resource on the internet by clicking the Facebook 'LIKE' button and/or the Google +1 button located at the bottom of this page.
One free OSHA training toolbox talk is posted every month. Open one up, print it off, and read / discuss with your workers. They all come with a sign-in sheet you can use to document the toolbox talk and keep on file to demonstrate your on-going commitment to workplace safety, and a few even come with a handout for the employees.
Topics covered include, but are not limited to, personal protective equipment (PPE), Hazard Communication, the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for container labeling requirements, the new format for Safety Data Sheets (SDSs), tool safety, ladder safety, and lockout/tagout. These free OSHA training toolbox talks are appropriate for use in most any work environment (manufacturing, construction, medical/dental, service industry...). Many other OSHA training topics covered as well. Download one, or all, of them today!