The Center for Risk Management (formerly the Risk Management Institute) at College of the Mainland invites you and your staff to attend health and safety classes held at our facilities. There is NO enrollment fee.  We have received generous support from the Texas Mutual Insurance Company to educate workers about occupational safety. These classes provide related materials to keep for future reference. The courses are excellent for organizations to update or include in their internal training.

Spring 2024 Class Schedule

Friday, January 12, 2024

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene, This course covers industrial hygiene practices and related OSHA regulations and procedures. Course topics include recognition, evaluation, and control of chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic hazards, Permissible Exposure Limits (PEL), OSHA health standards, respiratory protection, engineering controls, OSHA sampling protocols and strategies, and workplace health program elements. The course features workshops in health hazard recognition, OSHA health standards and use of sampling equipment. Upon course completion students will have the ability to recognize basic industrial hygiene principles and practices, identify characteristics of common air contaminants, locate PELs, perform basic industrial hygiene calculations, and determine methods for hazard control and abatement.

This course is taught by COM Faculty

Registration: Contact 409-933-8586 or conted@com.edu

Sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Friday, January 26, 2024

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Hazardous Materials and Compliance, This course covers OSHA General Industry Standards and other consensus and proprietary standards that relate to the use of hazardous materials. Course topics include flammable and combustible liquids, compressed gases, LP-gases, and cryogenic liquids. Related processes such as spraying and dipping, and use of electrical equipment in hazardous locations are also discussed. Students will have the knowledge and ability to assess compliance with OSHA hazardous materials standards, determine hazardous (classified) locations, and proper moving, storing, and handling of hazardous materials.

This course is taught by COM Faculty.

Registration: Contact 409-933-8586 or conted@com.edu

Sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Friday, February 9, 2024

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Introduction to Cranes in Construction, This course covers the best practices in crane and derrick operation using the OSHA Cranes and Derricks in Construction Rule as a guide. Course topics include hazards associated with crane assembly and disassembly, types of cranes, lifting concepts, rigging and wire rope, signaling, employee qualifications and training, and maintenance, repair, and inspection requirements. Students will participate in workshops to reinforce concepts of safe crane operation. Students will have the knowledge and ability to identify the types of cranes and their components and attachments, determine safe operating conditions, and recognize common violations of OSHA Standards.

This course is taught by COM Faculty.

Registration: Contact 409-933-8586 or conted@com.edu

Sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Friday, February 23, 2024

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Introduction to Machinery and Machine Safeguarding, This course covers the process of identifying, 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.

This course is taught by COM Faculty.

Registration: Contact 409-933-8586 or conted@com.edu

Sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Friday, March 8, 2024

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Excavation, Trenching and Soil Mechanics, This course focuses on the operations and safety aspects of excavation and trenching. Participants are introduced to practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of shored/un-shored slopes and walls. Various types of shoring (wood timbers and hydraulic) are explained. Testing methods are demonstrated, allowing students to use instruments such as Penetrometers, shears, and engineering rods. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the ability to assess employer safety with the current standard, utilize soil-testing methods to classify soil types, determine protective systems for excavation operations, and determine training requirements.

This course is taught by COM Faculty.

Registration: Contact 409-933-8586 or conted@com.edu

Sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Friday, March 22, 2024

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Principles of Scaffolding and Compliance, This course covers the requirements for safe construction and use of scaffolding using OSHA’s construction scaffold standards as a guide. Course topics include hazards associated with scaffold design, assembly, disassembly and use, types of scaffolds, determining scaffold capacity, employee qualifications and training and maintenance, repair, and inspection requirements. Students will participate in workshops to reinforce concepts of safe scaffolding. Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify the types of scaffolds and their components, determine safe assembly, use, and disassembly and recognize common violations of OSHA standards.

This course is taught by COM Faculty.

Registration: Contact 409-933-8586 or conted@com.edu

Sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Friday, April 5, 2024

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Introduction to Combustible Dust, This course covers the hazards posed by combustible dust within general industry. Course topics include recognizing the hazards and risks associated with combustible dust, control of electrical installation hazards, and developing controls and strategies to prevent or mitigate combustible dust fires and explosions. Upon course completion the student will have the ability to utilize strategies that assure employee safety while using or producing materials that generate combustible dust and the ability to use OSHA Standards, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards, and other applicable consensus standards that impact industries which generate combustible dust.

This course is taught by COM Faculty.

Registration: Contact 409-933-8586 or conted@com.edu

Sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Friday, April 19, 2024

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

OSHA Electrical Standards, This course covers OSHA Electrical Standards and the hazards associated with electrical installations and equipment. Course topics include single- and three-phase systems, cord- and plug-connected and fixed equipment, grounding, ground fault circuit interrupters, and safety-related work practices. Emphasis is placed on electrical hazard recognition and OSHA Standards, policies, and procedures and applicable portions of the National Electrical Code (NEC). Students will participate in workshops on the safe and correct use of electrical testing equipment. Upon course completion students will have the ability to understand the severity of electrical current on the human body, recognize and evaluate actual and potential electrical hazards and reference the applicable OSHA Standard, determine hazard abatement measures, and understand the proper use of electrical testing equipment.

This course is taught by COM Faculty.

Registration: Contact 409-933-8586 or conted@com.edu

Sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Friday, May 3, 2024

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Warehousing and Storage, This course covers the hazards and injuries likely to occur in public warehousing and storage operations, including encounters with powered industrial trucks, material handling, lifting and ergonomics, hazard communication, walking and working surfaces, and life safety including fire protection and evacuation. This course is intended for warehouse workers, supervisors, and employers responsible for developing safe work practices and procedures in a warehouse setting. Upon course completion students will have the ability to recognize the potential for injuries from forklifts, material handling and lifting, exposure to hazardous substances, slips, trips, and falls and methods to control and abate these hazards. 

This course is taught by COM Faculty.

Registration: Contact 409-933-8586 or conted@com.edu

Sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Friday, May 17, 2024

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Silica in Construction and General Industry, This course covers the development and implementation of controls and strategies to prevent or mitigate silica exposures in construction, maritime, and general industries. Course topics include describing the requirements of OSHA’s Respirable Crystalline Silica standards and recognizing the hazards and risks, assessment options, and exposure control measures associated with silica exposure.

This course is taught by COM Faculty.

Registration: Contact 409-933-8586 or conted@com.edu

Sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Friday, May 31 2024

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Hazard Communication Program, Lesson objectives is to identify the employer’s responsibilities under the HCS, including training requirements, identify components of a Hazard Communication program, describing requirements of the different types of Hazard Communication labels, locating pertinent information about chemicals on labels, including other forms of hazard communication, to ensure “right to understanding” provisions of GHS requirements.

This course is taught by COM Faculty.

Registration: Contact 409-933-8586 or conted@com.edu

Sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Cancellation Policy:

Please give at least 24 hours' notice if you are not able to attend class so we may register other students from the wait list. If you have any questions before the class, or need assistance on the day of the class, please send email to riskmanagement@com.edu. You can also call 409-933-8162 and leave a message. Your call will be returned within 24 hours.

Who can benefit from these classes?

  • Safety trainers/personnel
  • Physical plant directors
  • Health personnel
  • Office personnel
  • All workers
  • Human resources personnel

Comments from evaluations:

  • "This was a much-needed course for safety professionals!"
  • "I wish more of my co-workers would take this course!"
  • "Well organized! Speaker was very knowledgeable of subject at hand!"
  • "These classes are a great resource for my business!"
  • "We will not miss a single offering!"
  • "Great hospitality! I'll be back!"
  • "Great course materials, and the refreshments were a nice addition. Thank you!"

Continuing a 20-year partnership, Texas Mutual Insurance Company,
the state's leading worker's compensation insurance company, has given $100,000 to fund safety and health classes taught by experts at the Gulf Coast Safety Institute.

From left: Mary Amelang, Vice President for Institutional Advancement; SeAlice Hemphill, Program Assistant at the Gulf Coast Safety Institute; Cindy Lewis, Director of the Gulf Coast Safety Institute; Dr. James Templer, Vice President of Instruction; Woody Hill, Texas Mutual Insurance; and Wayne Faircloth, Texas House of Representatives.