Federal Employee Training Requirements

Qualifications of Safety and Health Inspectors and Agency Inspections—1960.25(a) Subpart E General Services Administration and Other Federal Agencies 

Collateral Duty, Safety and Health Personnel, and Committee Members—1960.58 Employees and Employee Representatives—1960.59(a) and (b) 

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The fact that they are still available doesn t mean they are as easy to obtain as they once were. In 2005, the Federal Combat Methamphetamine Act was approved. As of September 30, 2006, retailers were required to follow strict employee training, product placement, identification, and logbook procedures connected with the purchase of any OTC medication that can be used in the production of methamphetamine, including DXM. Sales... 

Of the violations of the Laboratory Standard issued by OSHA, many have been for failure to have a Chemical Hygiene Plan or for a missing element in the plan. Another commonly cited violation is failure to meet the "Employee Information and Training" requirements of the Laboratory Standard. It is likely that OSHA enforcement of the Laboratory Standard will increase in the future, as state and federal OSHA inspectors focus more on laboratory activities and the implementation of this still relatively new standard. 

Although the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) does not specifically require the creation of policies and procedures (except for the hazmat secruity plan), it does mention having safety management controls in place. Having a system of checks and balances, such as pohcies and procedures, self-au ts, and employee training is demonstrating yom efforts to comply with a set of regulations. 

The toller needs to be familiar with all raw materials, intermediate materials, products and wastes, used, produced or generated, respectively, while operating the process. Tollers in the U.S. should comply with the Federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, codified as 29 CFR. 1910.1200 and any similar state right-to-know laws that are currently in force or may be enacted during the term of the contract. This is often stated in the contract. The contract may require the toller to inform its employees of the chemical hazards associated with products or chemicals and may also be responsible for training its employees in the proper handling methods. The toller has an obligation when in doubt about a product or chemical, to seek further information from the product s manufacturer. 

This chapter covers existing DOE and other federal requirements for the training of employees involved in the handling, storage and use of chemicals. State and local requirements are not included. The requirements included here apply to all locations that use and/or store chemicals or chemical products. The key message of this chapter is that those who work with chemicals must be appropriately trained to recognize both the hazards of the chemicals they work with and the ways in which they may protect themselves from those hazards - i.e., they must be trained to safely perform their jobs and follow prescribed procedures. 

Medical recordkeeping, covered by 29 CFR 1910.1020(h), requires employers to keep medical and training records for each employee. OSHA permits employers not to retain medical records of employees working for less than a year need if given to the employee upon termination of employment. Keep medical records confidential except for disclosures permitted by the standard or by other federal, state, or local laws. Make all medical records required by the standard available to OSHA. The compliance officer must protect the confidentiality of these records. If copied for the case file, follow the provisions of 29 CFR 1913.10. Consider records about employee exposure to bloodborne pathogens and documenting their HIV/HBV status as medical records. 

The preamble to the proposed rule (available at 63 Federal Register 43451 (Aug. 13,1998)) states that 1926.760(c)(3) is intended to limit access to the zone. The preamble to the final aile (available at 66 Federal Register 5195 (Jan. 18,2001)) explains that 1926.760(c)(3) requires that the boundaries of the CDZ be designated and clearly marked and that access be limited exclusively to those employees engaged in and trained in leading edge work. 

A. 3 Yes. As noted in the preamble to the final rule, the 1926.1928(a)(3) requirement was included in the final rule because OSHA and the C-DAC committee felt that it is important for employers to make the documentation of signal person qualifications readily available to employees and others who need to rely on those qualifications, such as crane operators who rely on signal persons provided by a different employer, or OSHA for compliance purposes (75 Federal Register 48029). In practical terms, this availability requirement means that if a crane operator or that operator s employer, an OSHA compliance officer, or another person who needs to verify the qualifications of the signal person requests to see the documentation, the employer must produce it immediately. So long as the card qualifies as documentation of training in accordance with the answer to Question... 

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