Hazard Communications Training
Employers must provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area:
- at the time of their initial assignment,
- whenever a new chemical hazard is introduced into their work area, and
- when employees change jobs which exposes them to new hazards.
Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and SDSs.
While training is not required to be repeated on a regular basis, employers may want to consider doing that to be sure that workers remember what they have learned. It is also a good opportunity to review the hazard communication program and make sure that it is still working effectively.
The Hazard Communication training program should provide workers with the following information:
- requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard;
- operations in the work area where hazardous chemicals are present; and
- location and availability of the written hazard communication program.
In addition to providing this information to workers, they must be trained on the following:
- methods and observations that may be used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical in the work area;
- physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area;
- measures workers can take to protect themselves from these hazards; and
- details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer.
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