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The Innovative Manufacturers' Center recently announced its continued partnership with The Manufacturers' Association to support training in electrical safety in central and southcentral Pennsylvania through December 2024.
According to a news release, the association was awarded a $157,833 training grant by the Federal Susan Harwood Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which will focus on manufacturing but also other industrial sectors.
"This electrical safety training will help workers and employers recognize serious workplace hazards, including implementing injury prevention measures and understanding rights and responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act," the news release said. "The grant audience also focuses on small businesses as well as temporarily unemployed workers and recent graduates seeking to enter manufacturing or industrial sectors. The initiative will include training such as electrical safety, lockout tagout, arc flash and NFPA 70e and will be offered in English and Spanish."
IMC has scheduled open enrollment no-cost electrical safety training courses with dates and locations throughout its 12-county region. These dates and locations can be found under Events and Training on IMC's website at imcpa.com. Employers are also able to host training sessions at their own locations, in conjunction with the IMC.
This is the fourth grant received in Central PA from the Susan Harwood Program, the third for electrical safety, which has been received two years in a row and is projected to train another five hundred employees and individuals, the news release said.
This federal program honors the late Susan Harwood, former director of OSHA's Office of Risk Assessment, who died in 1996. According to the news release, during her 17-year OSHA career, she helped develop federal standards to protect workers exposed to bloodborne pathogens, cotton dust, benzene, formaldehyde, asbestos, and lead in construction. The training material was produced under grant funding from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. It does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government, the news release said.
For questions about no-cost training in electrical safety and to schedule your onsite training, please contact Lauri Moon, manager of training and outreach at 800-326-9467, or by email at laurim@imcpa.com.
"Founded in 1988, the Innovative Manufacturers' Center assists in connecting manufacturers in 12 Pennsylvania counties with the most effective regional, state and national resources to help them innovate, grow and prosper," the news release said. "IMC is supported through the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology's Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development's Industrial Resource Center program. IMC serves manufacturers in Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Union, Snyder, Clinton, Centre, Mifflin, Juniata, Huntington, Blair and Bedford counties."