Custodial Safety

This Custodial Safety course provides essential training to protect custodial staff from workplace hazards such as slips, trips, falls, chemical exposure, and ergonomic injuries. The program emphasizes best practices, safe equipment use, and hazard awareness to create a safer and more efficient work environment.

• Understanding common custodial safety hazards, including slips, trips, falls, chemical exposure, and ergonomic injuries
• Importance of injury prevention for both employees and workplace operations
• Slip, trip, and fall prevention practices, including slip-resistant footwear, wet floor signage, and maintaining clear walkways
• Immediate response procedures for spills and identification of floor hazards or defects
• Safe handling and use of cleaning chemicals in custodial environments
• Reading, understanding, and following Safety Data Sheets (SDS) requirements
• Proper storage, labeling, and use of cleaning chemicals and personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Preventing hazardous chemical reactions by avoiding unsafe chemical mixing
• Ergonomic safety practices to reduce strain and repetitive motion injuries
• Proper lifting techniques and use of carts, dollies, and assistive equipment
• Reducing physical stress through stretching, task rotation, and safe work habits
• Ladder safety procedures, including proper ladder selection and pre-use inspections
• Maintaining three points of contact and correct ladder positioning during use
• Bloodborne pathogen awareness and safe handling of blood or bodily fluid incidents
• Proper use of PPE during cleanup and disposal of biohazardous materials
• Approved decontamination and sanitation procedures for exposure incidents
• Real-world impact of custodial safety training in reducing workplace injuries and incidents
• Shared responsibility for maintaining a safe work environment
• Employer responsibilities, including providing training, equipment, and safe working conditions
• Employee responsibilities, including following safety procedures, reporting hazards, and properly using PPE

Certificate of Completion for Custodial Safety Training

OSHA General Duty Clause (Section 5(a)(1)) requiring a safe workplaceOSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030)OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200)

This course is ideal for custodial staff, facility managers, and safety officers responsible for maintaining safe and clean work environments.Emphasis is placed on practical safety measures, proper equipment use, and fostering a culture of safety in the workplace.