Do new team members get their OSHA training on day-1, or are you leaving yourself liable?  Is all of your team member’s OSHA training up to date?  Do you have an “instant” OSHA training system in place?  If not, maybe this pearl can help.

If the term “OSHA” were never mentioned again, it would be too soon.  Unfortunately, like taxes, it is a fact of life and the penalties can be severe, especially when it comes to team training.  If you willfully don’t OSHA train your team member before she starts working with patients, the fine is between $5,000 and $70,000 per team member…not fun.

There is no reason not to have a system in place that lets you OSHA train your new team members on day-1 of employment.  Just make that training a part of your new team member “legal orientation”, which every new team member must go through, whether highly experienced or not.  If you only use a periodic OSHA consulting “service” that does not provide “instant” OSHA training, you can be liable.

What you need:

A team member "Legal Orientation Checklist” to make sure that all is accounted for (see page-1 of "Employee Medical & Personnel Record"  PDF)

A “Medical/Personnel Record” (paper file) on every employee indicating that all of the OSHA requirements are accounted for (see pages 2-16 of "Employee Medical & Personnel Record" PDF)

A book/manual, computer program or online "OSHA Training System"