The 8-hour HAZWOPER Refresher course satisfies OSHA's requirement for eight hours of annual HAZWOPER refresher training. This training is designed for workers and managers at uncontrolled hazardous waste operations who previously completed 40- or 24-hour HAZWOPER training. This course satisfies training requirements outlined in OSHA standards 29 CFR 1910.120 and 1926.65. The goal of refresher training is to ensure workers stay competent and up to date on safety practices related to operations involving hazardous substances

Speaker: Larry Alheim (DEQ)

Note: If registering for this session, attending all sessions of this series is required.

This course covers an introduction to basic incident investigation procedures and describes analysis techniques. Course topics include reasons for conducting incident investigations, employer responsibilities related to workplace incident investigations, and a four step incident investigation procedure. The target audience is the employer, manager, employee or employee representative who is involved in conducting incident and/or near-miss investigations. Upon course completion students will have the basic skills necessary to conduct an effective incident investigation at the workplace.

Speaker: Dale Robinson (Colorado Training Center)

The virtual meeting room for this session will be provided by the OSHA Training Institute Education Center via email but also will be available within this SafetyFestMT Virtual Event site.

Attendees who complete this course will gain a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of Montana's Workers' Compensation System. The course covers a wide range of foundational principles that have shaped the system, including: Historical Context - Evolution and development of Montana's workers' compensation framework, Policy Objectives - Core principles and goals of the system, Coverage Plans - Types of coverage and plan options available, Exemptions - Understanding who is and isn't covered under the system, Independent Contractor Requirements - Classification criteria and compliance obligations, Employee & Employer Responsibilities - Rights, duties, and obligations for all parties, Reporting Requirements - Mandatory documentation and filing procedures, Claim Processes - Step-by-step procedures from injury to resolution, Legal Theories - Underlying legal foundations and precedents, Penalties & Fines - Consequences for non-compliance and violations, This foundational course provides essential knowledge for anyone working within or interfacing with Montana's Workers' Compensation System.

Speaker: Nick Poole (DLI)

Participants who register for this course must have their cameras turned on during class. They also have to attend each session in order to earn their OSHA 10-Hour Card. The OSHA 10 class helps develop the critical skill of Hazard Awareness - an analysis of cause & effects of the most common injuries happening on any job site. Benefits include increased productivity, fewer worker injuries, greater employee engagement.

Speaker: Molly McNabb (DLI)

Note: If registering for this session, attending all sessions of this series is required.

Participants who take the OSHA 10-Hour Construction course must have their cameras on during the class. Participants must attend every session in order to earn their 10-Hour card. This training is designed to educate every construction worker on the recognition and avoidance of the top four hazards in your work environment. Topics include fall protection, personal protective equipment, health hazards, and more. It also includes an introduction to OSHA’s construction industry standards and requirements of the more frequently referenced and cited standards. Students receive an OSHA 10- hour card upon completion.

Speaker: CJ Holland (DLI)

Note: If registering for this session, attending all sessions of this series is required.

This course will cover the OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.132. During the course, we will discuss the various forms of PPE, hazard assessments, proper PPE selection, and training requirements associated with the PPE standard.

Speaker: Ryan Ashby (DLI)

This new 2-hour course offers solutions for the four major categories of winter driving problems. First, it offers tips on vehicle maintenance, both before and after problems occur. Second, it discusses how to overcome winter driving problems due to visibility and traction. Third, it explains how to avoid becoming stranded and how to survive if you do. Finally, it offers suggestions on how to avoid slips and falls while entering or exiting your vehicle. Not only will you learn how to stay out of trouble while driving in cold weather, but you will help your agency or university earn a 10 percent discount off of its motor vehicle insurance.

Speaker: Mike Anderson (DOA)

Note: Registration for this course will need to be completed in two areas, both on this site as well as at RMTD Training. Failure to register in both areas will result in your incomplete registration and inability to enter the course. The virtual meeting room for this session will be provided by RMTD Training and won't be accessed from this SafetyFestMT Virtual Event site. The RMTD system will send you all the information and links after you register.

Fentanyl and methamphetamine abuse profoundly impacts communities throughout the state. Methamphetamine is the most abused illicit drug in Montana and over the last decade illicit fentanyl use has increased at an alarming rate. This presentation will provide an overview of the history, current trends, social implications, and potential risks associated with a variety of occupations. The Bureau of Labor Statics has reported a significant increase in overdose deaths from nonmedical use in the workplace and NIOSH has developed guidance for workplace naloxone programs. Montana has regulations in place to address sampling and cleanup of contamiantion. Individuals that would benefit from this training include, employers and employees in all sectors of industry, individuals who work in emergency services, public health, property management, real estate, and the general public.

Speaker: Tiffany Ott (DLI)

This course will cover Workplace Violence from a generic OSHA workplace environment setting including general industry, construction, and office settings as well as a portion outlining workplace violence specific to the healthcare industry and its workers.

Speaker: Drew Sheehy (DLI)

Training topics will include: health and safety requirements, transportation controls and communication systems; escape and emergency evacuation plans, fire warning and firefighting; ground conditions and control; traffic patterns and control; working in areas of highwalls; water hazards, pits, and spoil banks; illumination and night work; electrical hazards; prevention of accidents; health; explosives; and respiratory devices; mobile equipment (haulage and service trucks, front-end loaders and tractors); conveyor systems; crushers; excavators; and dredges; maintenance and repair; material handling; fall prevention and protection; and working around moving objects (machine guarding), and many others. 

Speaker: Ryan Gentry (DLI)

Note: If registering for this session, attending all sessions of this series is required.

This presentation will provide basic level awareness training regarding electrical hazards in the workplace. Course objectives include defining and understand what electricity is and the hazards associated with it. Describe hazard protection measures as well as identifying electrical hazards in the workplace.

Speaker: Breeinna Bosch (DLI)

Overview of noise hazards in the workplace, assessing noise exposure levels and controls to reduce harmful noise exposure to employees. This class will also review additional requirements per the OSHA noise standard.

Speaker: Shawn McLain (DLI)

Provides a general awareness of the risks and the regulatory requirements for protecting employees who work with or are exposed to substances or materials that contain silica. 

Speaker: Kaitlyn McGrath (DLI)

This course is for public sector entities and will discuss current trends in public sector safety inspections, along with professional safety, staff and inspectors will be available to answer your safety compliance questions.

Speaker: Alex Monteverde (DLI)

This course covers the process to identify, select and properly safeguard machinery to protect employees and others in the work area and deliver appropriate training in safe work practices. Course topics include types of machinery requiring guarding, point of operation, emergency eyewash/shower requirements, hazard communication, OSHA Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards violations, and corrective actions. Upon course completion students will have the ability to explain hazardous actions and motions of various types of machinery, identify methods of safeguarding, and match identified safeguards with the applicable OSHA Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards to reduce and eliminate the potential for accidents and injuries.

Speaker: Casey Spreeman (Utah Training Center)

Note: The virtual meeting room link and course information for this session will be provided by the Mountain West OSHA Education Center via email one day before the course begins. Please note that access will not be available through the SafetyFestMT Virtual Event site. For questions, contact: mountainwestosha@weber.edu

When a worker is injured, the workers’ compensation process begins immediately—and how you respond can significantly impact both the claim’s outcome and the employee’s safe return to work. Once an injury occurs, there are limited ways to keep the costs from ballooning: taking the right steps throughout the claims process can prevent costs from escalating. In this session, we will explore the critical actions that must be taken right away, including ensuring the injured worker receives proper medical care, monitoring restrictions, and facilitating a smooth transition back to full or modified duty. We will also discuss the importance of a strong Return-to-Work program and consistent follow-up on treatment, both of which can help contain claim costs, support your employees, and minimize the impact on your Experience Modification Rate.

Speaker: Tim Barth

This course focuses on the comprehensive Stay at Work/Return to Work (SAW/RTW) process within Montana's workers' compensation system. Attendees will receive an overview of evidence-based recommendations and the industry’s best practices for developing and managing effective SAW/RTW programs. Key concepts will include employer policies and cost containment, injured workers perspectives, medical provider involvement, communications for planning SAW/RTW. Participants will leave with practical tools and strategies to implement or improve SAW/RTW programs.

Speaker: Nick Poole (DLI)

The 8-hour HAZWOPER Refresher course satisfies OSHA's requirement for eight hours of annual HAZWOPER refresher training. This training is designed for workers and managers at uncontrolled hazardous waste operations who previously completed 40- or 24-hour HAZWOPER training. This course satisfies training requirements outlined in OSHA standards 29 CFR 1910.120 and 1926.65. The goal of refresher training is to ensure workers stay competent and up to date on safety practices related to operations involving hazardous substances.

Speaker: Larry Alheim (DEQ)

Note: If registering for this session, attending all sessions of this series is required.

Training topics will include: health and safety requirements, transportation controls and communication systems; escape and emergency evacuation plans, fire warning and firefighting; ground conditions and control; traffic patterns and control; working in areas of highwalls; water hazards, pits, and spoil banks; illumination and night work; electrical hazards; prevention of accidents; health; explosives; and respiratory devices; mobile equipment (haulage and service trucks, front-end loaders and tractors); conveyor systems; crushers; excavators; and dredges; maintenance and repair; material handling; fall prevention and protection; and working around moving objects (machine guarding), and many others. 

Speaker: Ryan Gentry (DLI)

Note: If registering for this session, attending all sessions of this series is required.

Join us for an informative training session on the recent updates to ANSI Z359.14-2021 and what they mean for your company. We’ll break down the transition from the previous SRL classifications to the Class-1 & 2 designations.

Speaker: Marc Malezija

This session will highlight OSHA's recordkeeping and reporting requirements. This will include when to record and report work-related injuries and illnesses and how to complete the required forms.

Speaker: Jim Messer (OSHA)

Slips, trips, and falls are one of the leading causes of accidents, both in and out of the workplace. As a result, they are a significant problem both to the public and the workplace. This class will cover practical methods to reduce slips and falls.

Speaker: Ryan Ashby (DLI)

This course covers the requirements of the OSHA Permit-Required Confined Space Standard. Course topics include safety and health hazards associated with confined space entry, and the evaluation, prevention, and abatement of these hazards. The course covers OSHA requirements and is designed for small employers or a designated representative (line supervisor or manager) with the responsibility to develop a permit-required confined space program. Upon course completion students will have a basic understanding of confined space hazards, evaluating and abatement of the hazards, and determining when a confined space shall be classified as a permit-required confined space. 

Speaker: Consultation (DLI)

This course covers OSHA requirements for maintaining and posting records of occupational injuries and illnesses, and reporting specific cases to OSHA. Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify OSHA requirements for recordkeeping, posting and reporting and to complete OSHA Form 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, and OSHA Form 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report.

Speaker: Shelley Tijerina (Colorado Training Center)

The virtual meeting room for this session will be provided by the OSHA Training Institute Education Center via email but also will be available within this SafetyFestMT Virtual Event site.

This course explains the process to identify, select and properly safeguard machinery, to protect employees and others in the work area and deliver appropriate training in safe work practices. Intended as an overview course for employees in a machining environment and allied safety professionals who can benefit from attending to enhance on-site machine guarding applications.

Speaker: Ethan Anderson (DLI)

Being safe online is no different than in being safe in everyday life. With over a billion individuals on the internet, the risk of becoming a victim is even higher. This is why we are taking to the communities in Montana to educate citizens on some of the threats that are related to the many financial scams as well as some basic cyber security that everyone should be aware of. Our emphasis will be on the red flags that can be found in most financial scams. We will also discuss how individuals can fall victim to cyberbullying and sextortion.

Speaker: Rebecca Leary & Education Team (FBI)

Participants who take the OSHA 10-Hour Construction course must have their cameras on during the class. Participants must attend every session in order to earn their 10-Hour card. This training is designed to educate every construction worker on the recognition and avoidance of the top four hazards in your work environment. Topics include fall protection, personal protective equipment, health hazards, and more. It also includes an introduction to OSHA’s construction industry standards and requirements of the more frequently referenced and cited standards. Students receive an OSHA 10- hour card upon completion.

Speaker: CJ Holland (DLI)

Note: If registering for this session, attending all sessions of this series is required.

This class will discuss best practices related to working in and around sewage lagoons. Topics discussed will include; policies associated with lagoon work, training topics for lagoon work, and PPE usage in and around sewage lagoons.

Speaker: Brian Walsh (DLI)

Speaker: Consultation (DLI)

Participants who register for this course must have their cameras turned on during class. They also have to attend each session in order to earn their OSHA 10-Hour Card. The OSHA 10 class helps develop the critical skill of Hazard Awareness - an analysis of cause & effects of the most common injuries happening on any job site. Benefits include increased productivity, fewer worker injuries, greater employee engagement.

Speaker: Molly McNabb (DLI)

Note: If registering for this session, attending all sessions of this series is required.

This course covers OSHA requirements for emergency action and fire protection plans. Course topics include purpose and requirements of emergency action and fire prevention plans, elements of emergency evacuation plans, and features of design and maintenance of emergency exit routes. Students will participate in workshops pertaining to the development of emergency action plans. Upon course completion students will have the ability to list the elements of an emergency action plan and emergency evacuation floor plans, recognize violations of OSHA exit route requirements, determine whether their organization requires an emergency action plan, and develop and implement workplace emergency action and fire protection plans. 

Speaker: Shawna Page (Utah Training Center)

Note: The virtual meeting room link and course information for this session will be provided by the Mountain West OSHA Education Center via email one day before the course begins. Please note that access will not be available through the SafetyFestMT Virtual Event site. For questions, contact: mountainwestosha@weber.edu

Overview trenching hazards and question and answer session.

Speaker: Doral Stayner

This course will help attendees be able to identify ethical conflicts and apply standards of right and wrong to avoid ethical dilemmas. Key concepts will include communication, active listening, confidentiality, use of social media, working relationships, service delivery, diversity, protected classes, policy, rule & law, & bad faith. Participants will have a working guide for maintaining their standard of ethical performance in their work settings

Speaker: Jason Swant (DLI)

This course covers the requirements to manage excavation/trenching operations. The course will include an understanding of the OSHA excavation requirements, excavation/trenching hazards, and control measures. Additionally, participants will learn about soil analysis techniques and protective system requirements. At the conclusion of this course, participants will understand how to manage excavation/trenching operations.

Speaker: Colorado Training Center

The virtual meeting room for this session will be provided by the OSHA Training Institute Education Center via email but also will be available within this SafetyFestMT Virtual Event site.

The primary goal of an MSHA workplace exam is to proactively identify and mitigate potential safety and health hazards in mining operations. This involves a physical inspection of the working area to assess conditions that could negatively impact miners. In this training we will cover High walls & Ground conditions, Roadways, Dump points, Ramps, Screens, Crushers, Conveyors, Shop areas and how to perform and document a proper workplace examination.

Speaker: Ryan Gentry (DLI)

This 4-hour National Safety Council course educates state and university drivers about common risks associated with driving. The course includes learning modules to help state and university drivers avoid the most common causes of crashes and suggestions on how to obtain the safest performance from your vehicle. The course also emphasizes preparation for the driving experience and ways to be more aware and defensive in daily driving.

Speaker: Mike Anderson

Note: Registration for this course will need to be completed in two areas, both on this site as well as at RMTD Training. Failure to register in both areas will result in your incomplete registration and inability to enter the course. The virtual meeting room for this session will be provided by RMTD Training and won't be accessed from this SafetyFestMT Virtual Event site. The RMTD system will send you all the information and links after you register.

This training course will review the requirements of the Lockout/Tagout regulation under OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147. This program will also cover the various types of active and stored energy sources and the controls necessary for employee protection. The various categories of tasks and activities requiring energy isolation will be reviewed including typical lockout procedures, equipment and devices used as well as an understanding of employee lockout and verification responsibilities.

Speaker: Alex Monteverde (DLI)

When workplace conflict escalates, the path forward can feel anything but clear. In this session, we’ll introduce a powerful tool for de-escalation: reframing. But before we jump into solutions, we’ll lay the foundation—starting with the biochemistry of stress and the ways our brains respond to perceived threats during conflict.

Speaker: Crystal Armstrong (DLI)

The purpose of this course is to provide workers with information that will enable them to recognize common struck by and caught in/between hazards at the worksite.

Speaker: Amy Horne (DLI)

This course will review Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) which are written documents required by OSHA standard 1910.38 that should address emergencies that could occur in the workplace.

Speaker: Amy Horne (DLI)

Cumulative trauma injuries are becoming one of the top workers' compensation claims that employers face. This presentation will discuss physical work place risk factors and methods to reduce hazards.

Speaker: Theresa Stack (DLI)

Participants who register for this course must have their cameras turned on during class. They also have to attend each session in order to earn their OSHA 10-Hour Card. The OSHA 10 class helps develop the critical skill of Hazard Awareness - an analysis of cause & effects of the most common injuries happening on any job site. Benefits include increased productivity, fewer worker injuries, greater employee engagement.

Speaker: Molly McNabb (DLI)

Note: If registering for this session, attending all sessions of this series is required.

Participants who take the OSHA 10-Hour Construction course must have their cameras on during the class. Participants must attend every session in order to earn their 10-Hour card. This training is designed to educate every construction worker on the recognition and avoidance of the top four hazards in your work environment. Topics include fall protection, personal protective equipment, health hazards, and more. It also includes an introduction to OSHA’s construction industry standards and requirements of the more frequently referenced and cited standards. Students receive an OSHA 10- hour card upon completion.

Speaker: CJ Holland (DLI)

Note: If registering for this session, attending all sessions of this series is required.

This presentation focuses on suicide within our culture with specific attention towards Montana. The presentation covers national and Montana data, demographics of a suicidal person, warning signs, and risk assessment, training on how to intervene with a suicidal person, evidenced-based practices, and resources available.

Speaker: Karl Rosston (DPHHS)

This course will provide an overview of the Hazard Communication Standard. We will cover the methods for learning about chemical hazards, including labels, safety data sheets and hazard assessments, as well as standard requirements in the workplace.

Speaker: Shawn McLain (DLI)

Learn about the State agency that enforces discrimination laws and the administrative process that discrimination cases go through in Montana. Also, garner a basic understanding of the federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination and retaliation and pick up some tips to avoiding and dealing with these issues in the workplace.

Speaker: HRB Representative