Massachusetts Webinar Schedule
Date: Tuesday July 15, 2025
Time: 10:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Topic: DLS Safety Webinar – Seven Items to Improve Facility Safety
Link: https://eolwdma.webex.com/eolwdma/j.php?MTID=m0317663e8d12c6d16a522f7090a1c235
Webinar #: 2346 129 0311 Password: DLSSafety2025 (35772338 from phones)
Agenda: This webinar will discuss seven items to help managers improve safety in public works, housing authority maintenance, school buildings and grounds, and other public sector facilities.
You will learn:
- Forklifts
- Vehicle Lifts
- Eyewashes
- Abrasive Wheels
- Ladders
- Guardrails
- Common Electrical Safety Issues
Date: Thursday August 21, 2025
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Topic: Making Safer School Crossings – Presented by the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards and Safe Routes to Schools
Link: https://eolwdma.webex.com/eolwdma/j.php?MTID=macd75951e70612914d2061906cf12bfb
Webinar #: 2333 585 1151 Password: DLSSafety2025 (35772338 from phones)
Agenda: This webinar will discuss how to make school crossings safer in Massachusetts.
- Judy Crocker of Safe Routes to Schools will give an overview of the program. The overview will include a case study on how Safe Routes to Schools can assist school districts with improving school crossings.
- The Department of Labor Standards will discuss findings and corrective actions from recent enforcement inspections and consultation visits of school crossings.
Training checklist for public sector departments
Employee training requirements for DPW Garage
Employee training requirements for DPW Operations
Employee training requirements for schools
Employee training requirements for water and sewer departments
Sample safety and health training
- Recording-Employer-Led Accident Investigation
- Employer-Led Accident Investigation
- Recording- Emergency Action Plans
- Emergency Action Planning
- Recording-Picking Up Syringes for Non-Healthcare Workers
- Picking Up Syringes for Non-Healthcare Workers
- Recording-Hazardous Communications versus Right to Know
- Hazardous Communications versus Chemical Right to Know
- Recording-Personal Protective Equipment
- Recording-Office Ergonomics
- Office Ergonomics
- Recording-Fall Protection in Construction
- Crossing Guard Safety Tips for Supervisors
Department of Industrial Accidents' Safety Training Grant
The DIA offers a workplace safety training grant, available to both private and public sector employers. Find out more at https://www.mass.gov/dias-workplace-safety-training-grant.