Homeless Encampment Clean-up Safety

Duration (Hours and Minutes): 4 Hour

Description (include topics covered with bullets):

The focus of this course is how to plan, approach, and clean up homeless encampments safely. This course addresses safety topics that will/may apply to encampment clean-up sites located on city streets, construction sites, remote (undeveloped land) locations, etc.

This course will assist employees with what they need to know to protect themselves from the potential hazards associated with homeless encampment cleanup and what Cal/OSHA regulations they must follow to protect their employees.

Topics to be discussed are, but not limited to:

  • Introduction to the general hazards of homeless encampment sites
  • Site safety control of persons and animals prior to clean-up crew arrival
  • Site safety control of persons and animals during clean-up activities
  • Tools & Equipment
  • Subject-Specific Safety Topics
  • Personal Protective Equipment (glasses, respirators, gloves, footwear, bodywear)
  • Respiratory Protection Training (contaminated soil / objects, illicit drugs)
  • Bloodborne Pathogens Safety (blood and bodily fluids and contaminated sharps)
  • Heat Illness Prevention (Outdoor clean-up activities)
  • Hazardous / unknown Substances
  • Reptile and Insect Safety (snakes, spiders, etc.)
  • Animal Attack Safety (dogs, cats, rats, other rabid animals)
  • De-Escalation Awareness Training (incidental confrontation with inhabitants)

Objectives (written as “upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to…”): .  The objective is to provide necessary safety information to employees and their supervisors who are tasked to perform this clean-up activity.

Code/Regulation (what Cal/OSHA or other regulations this course relates to): 3203, 3380, 5144, 5193, 3395, 5194.

Frequency (ex.  Required as an initial course, recommended every 3 years thereafter): Initial, recommended every year

Who Should Attend (ex. Employees who operate forklifts): All employees who may have potential exposure to the encampment clean-up job activity.