Monday, March 1, 2010

40 Hazwoper

n 1976, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to legalize the treatment of hazardous waste. Ever since then other conventions have followed, including OSHA's 29 CFR 1910.120, as well acknowledged as 40 HAZWOPER.

Hazardous waste materials are part of numerous work situations, and can be initiated on many types of job sites. In OSHA's point of view it is so vital for employees to know how to be aware of these potentially dangerous substances (as well as how to handle and dispose of them appropriately) they have mandated that anyone working with these materials receive comprehensive training in this area.. As part of these regulations, there are varying requirements for employee hazwoper training, depending on an employee specific level of involvement with hazardous materials.

Here we are going to cover 40 Hazwoper training; its overview for the workers to better understand its importance. Plus the requirements etc

40 HAZWOPER Hour is mandatory for staff working on a project consisting of uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Operation mandated by the administration. This course is exclusively designed for employees who are involved in cleaning operations, voluntary clean-up operations, urgent situation response operations, and storage, disposal, or handling of hazardous substances or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.

Training objectives

1. Recognize the point of OSHA and its role in regulating OSHA safety training

2. Measures that can be implemented to remove hazards

3. Classify hazardous materials existent in the workplace

4. Use of Material Safety Data sheets (MSDS) to identify and properly handle hazardous materials

5. Establish an effective Site Control Program to perimeter the risk of exposure to only those working in the hazardous work zone

6. Procedures for treating workers in the event of hazardous exposure

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Author: Matt Parkman- SME

1 comment:

  1. A lot of types of businesses and companies produces a lot of those hazardous wastes and to those workers who handles and disposes them, it can get really dangerous. It is a good thing that OSHA has hazwoper certification courses that they can take to make sure that they are trained well in handling those chemicals.

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