The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has laid down certain rules and regulations regarding the safety and well being of employees working at hazardous waste sites. The federal agency has made it mandatory for employers to provide training to employees involved in hazardous waste operations. Workers face greater health and safety risks without adequate knowledge and skills. The main important facets of this training program should be training to employees on all the best practices that should be carried out during hazardous operations and the correct emergency response actions that should be taken in case of an emergency. If employees fail to undertake this mandatory training, they will not be allowed to work at hazardous work sites.
Employees carrying out activities like hazardous waste removal at a particular site should undergo adequate training programs. Workers under this category include supervisory personnel equipment operators and also the general labors who are at a risk of being exposed to hazardous substances and other types of health hazards. These workers should receive a minimum of 40 hours off site training and another three days of field exposure and training. This training has to be conducted under the management of a supervisor who has enough experience in the field.
Training also has to be provided to those on site workers who are responsible for only a limited number of tasks that involve hazardous waste operations. These tasks may include anything from land surveying, geographical surveying and ground water monitoring. These workers are hardly likely to exceed hazardous exposure limits. However, even they should receive a minimum of 24 hours of off-site training and one day of field experience.
The staff that has been employed for emergency response should receive adequate training. This is liable to especially those employees whose job is to respond to the emergency situations that take place at work sites and face substantial exposure to hazardous materials and substances. The training provided to them involves how to manage hazardous exposure and ways to respond appropriately to emergency situations.
Those employed as managers and supervisors also require training. Their job is to oversee workers who are performing hazardous waste operations. The training required by them has been prescribed for 40 hours of initial instruction. Also, an additional 3 day training is provided under the supervision of an expert. A minimum of 8 hours training should also be undertaken by these employees in addition to the 40 hour training. This includes the health and safety program for the employer, associated employee program, spill containment program, health hazard monitoring procedure and personal protective equipment program.
All workers are required to undergo a refresher training program each year. The topics included in this program are safety and health hazards that are found at the work site, work practices that can help avoid risks, personal protective equipments, safe usage of machinery and other equipments on the site. Also, the curse discusses evaluating hazardous incidents that have occurred in the past year. These incidents act as a basis for training sessions.
Employees carrying out activities like hazardous waste removal at a particular site should undergo adequate training programs. Workers under this category include supervisory personnel equipment operators and also the general labors who are at a risk of being exposed to hazardous substances and other types of health hazards. These workers should receive a minimum of 40 hours off site training and another three days of field exposure and training. This training has to be conducted under the management of a supervisor who has enough experience in the field.
Training also has to be provided to those on site workers who are responsible for only a limited number of tasks that involve hazardous waste operations. These tasks may include anything from land surveying, geographical surveying and ground water monitoring. These workers are hardly likely to exceed hazardous exposure limits. However, even they should receive a minimum of 24 hours of off-site training and one day of field experience.
The staff that has been employed for emergency response should receive adequate training. This is liable to especially those employees whose job is to respond to the emergency situations that take place at work sites and face substantial exposure to hazardous materials and substances. The training provided to them involves how to manage hazardous exposure and ways to respond appropriately to emergency situations.
Those employed as managers and supervisors also require training. Their job is to oversee workers who are performing hazardous waste operations. The training required by them has been prescribed for 40 hours of initial instruction. Also, an additional 3 day training is provided under the supervision of an expert. A minimum of 8 hours training should also be undertaken by these employees in addition to the 40 hour training. This includes the health and safety program for the employer, associated employee program, spill containment program, health hazard monitoring procedure and personal protective equipment program.
All workers are required to undergo a refresher training program each year. The topics included in this program are safety and health hazards that are found at the work site, work practices that can help avoid risks, personal protective equipments, safe usage of machinery and other equipments on the site. Also, the curse discusses evaluating hazardous incidents that have occurred in the past year. These incidents act as a basis for training sessions.
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