OSHA Reduces Daily Hours for 10- and 30-Hour Training to Avoid Mental Fatigue, Improve Training | EHS Today

OSHA Reduces Daily Hours for 10- and 30-Hour Training to Avoid Mental Fatigue, Improve Training EHS Today

Studies are showing the hands on training is more effective compared to lectures, slides, and boring computer training modules, but fatigue is also an issue when long class hours prevent the information from being absorbed. OSHA is taking a new step to make your squeeze on providing 10 and 30-hour training more challenging - limit your training to 7.5 hours per day. Effective immediately, training classes that exceed 7.5 hours in the day and do not meet all program content requirements will not be recognized for 10 and 30-hour outreach programs for construction, general industry and maritime, and for 16-hour disaster site worker training. The reasoning - long, mentally fatiguing classroom time might make students miss essential safety and health training.