Hazardous Chemical Information

Workers in hazardous waste operations and emergency response, or HAZWOPER, face challenges every day that are both complex and vital to the health and safety of people and the environment. Take these courses to learn about how HAZWOPER workers can maintain their own safety while they perform tasks to help others. This suite is ideal for industrial plant and laboratory employees including maintenance personnel and first responders who are responding to hazardous material incidents. This suite provides 7 hours of online instruction. When combined with course job aids and tests, this training can satisfy the OSHA 8-hour requirement. The suite will take more than 8 hours to complete.

Spills in the workplace are almost inevitable. Because of the range and quantity of substances used in laboratories, manufacturing facilities and other work areas, preplanning is needed to respond safely to chemical spills. Spills should be cleaned up only by knowledgeable and experienced staff. This training will provide the information needed to handle small chemical spills in the workplace. Ideal learners are those who work around chemicals.

Working with electricity can be dangerous. Workers performing service or maintenance on machinery and equipment may be injured by the unexpected startup of the machinery or equipment, or release of stored electrical energy in the equipment. In fact, failure to lock out machinery before working on it is a major cause of injury and death. These deaths and injuries can be prevented by establishing and following an effective lockout/tagout program. This training will tell you more about electrical hazards, safe practices when working with electricity, and the lockout/tagout program and how it can save your life. Ideal learners are any employee who works on or around electrical machinery.

Workers are near hazardous chemical products every day. This poses serious problems for workers and their employers. Hazard Communication (HazCom) training is designed to provide workers with the information they need to recognize and avoid exposure to hazardous chemicals. This course will introduce learners to the HazCom Standard as well as demonstrate how Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) and chemical labels help workers to prepare for hazards and react to exposures.