[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1960.55]

[Page 185]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR--(CONTINUED)
 
PART 1960--BASIC PROGRAM ELEMENTS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS AND RELATED MATTERS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart H--Training
 
Sec. 1960.55  Training of supervisors.

    (a) Each agency shall provide occupational safety and health 
training for supervisory employees that includes: supervisory 
responsibility for providing and maintaining safe and healthful working 
conditions for employees, the agency occupational safety and health 
program, section 19 of the Act, Executive Order 12196, this part, 
occupational safety and health standards applicable to the assigned 
workplaces, agency procedures for reporting hazards, agency procedures 
for reporting and investigating allegations of reprisal, and agency 
procedures for the abatement of hazards, as well as other appropriate 
rules and regulations.
    (b) This supervisory training should include introductory and 
specialized courses and materials which will enable supervisors to 
recognize and eliminate, or reduce, occupational safety and health 
hazards in their working units. Such training shall also include the 
development of requisite skills in managing the agency's safety and 
health program within the work unit, including the training and 
motivation of subordinates toward assuring safe and healthful work 
practices.