When Must Re-Training Be Done

OSHA does not specify that employers must perform refresher training, or when refresher training must be given. 

However, OSHA does require that additional training is to be done whenever a new physical or health hazard is introduced into the work area. If a new solvent is brought into the workplace, and you have already had training on similar chemicals, no new training is required. 

If a new process is introduced, with different chemical hazards than the ones you have been trained on, then new training must be provided for employees working in those areas. 

General information, such as the basics of the HCS, would stay with an employee. In this case, the employee would not have to receive additional training, unless the hazards of the new position called for it. 

It is always the employer s responsibility to make sure that employees are properly trained and equipped with the knowledge and information necessary to do their jobs safely. 

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