Training hazard identification

Has an effective safety and health program (for example, safety procedures, training, hazard identification and analysis) been established to protect personnel on the work site, including employees and contractors If no, explain. 

Member companies are required to have programs to manage reactive hazards that address, at a minimum, hazard identification, hazard evaluation, management of change, inherently safer design, and adequate procedures and training. 

EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 2005. RCRA Hazardous Waste Identification Training Module, 40 CFR Part 261, September. Washington, D.C. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

NUS Corp., HAZOP Study Team Training Manual. Predictive Hazard Identification Techniques for Dow Corning Facilities, Gaithersburg, MD (July 1989). 

Safety and Health Procedures Personnel Responsibilities Decontamination Procedures Required Monitoring Training Requirements Hazards Identification Personnel Protective Equipment Emergency Procedures Hazardous and Toxic Materials On Site Medical Surveillance Hospital Location Emergency Response Personnel... 

Employee/employer responsibilities, hazard identification, monitoring, medical services, employee training, protective equipment, and facility-specific Chemical Hygiene Plan. 

More than one year after withdrawal of the Hazard Identification proposed standard, the new proposed standard (standard) entitled Hazard Communication, was published in the Federal Register, Volume 47, No. 5, Friday, March 19,1982. It proposes that chemical manufacturers assess the hazards of chemicals which they produce and that all employers in SIC Codes 20 through 39 (Division D, Standard Industrial Classification Manual) provide information to their employees about the hazardous chemicals which they use by meems of a hazard communication program, labels, placards, material safety data sheets, and information and training. 

On March 19,1982, a new proposed standard entitled Hazard Communication, was published by OSHA in the Federal Register. It differs from the Hazard Identification standard in that it emphasizes Conununication rather then Identification. It is more performance oriented and less specific. The coverage is more limited and the evaluation less extensive. It allows for trade secrets and provides for performance-oriented education and training. In this standard only chemical manufacturers evaluate the hazards whereas in the earlier proposal all employers were required to evaluate hazards. 

The system, as described in the first portion of this manuai, is the basic Hazardous Materials Identification System. As noted earlier, it is a flexible system which may stand on its own as a means of worker hazard identification and is also compatible with other existing plant education and training programs. Legislative or regulatory provisions that cail for the special identification of extremely hazardous materials (such as carcinogens) can easily be incorporated into the HMIS. too. 

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