Safety & Health Program for Carroll County High School Building Trades

• Instructors are trained OSHA 500 trainers
• Students are required to complete the OSHA 10-hour certification course before any lab or live work.
• Students are trained on all hand and power tools that are used in Building Trades at Carroll County High School.
• Students are never allowed to use any power tools without instructor permission and presence.
• The 6" rule is strictly enforced: "students are never allowed to have any body parts within 6" of moving blades."
• Shop, lab, and job sites are maintained in a clean, neat, orderly training area.
• Slips, trips, and falls are prevented by orderly work site, fall protection use and training.
• Plan is developed for remediation training for incidents, accidents, and any disregard for our shop rules through Career Safe.
• Building Trades has a Zero tolerance policy for accidents in and out of school.
• Carroll County High School Emergency codes and plan are taught and practiced (Fire, Hazardous Weather, Lock Down, Evacuation Plan).