Hazard Communication (Update Available)

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number

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Overview/Description
This one-hour course will acquaint you with the precautions that both you and your employer must take in order to safely use, handle, and dispose of hazardous chemicals in the workplace. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Learner objectives are to: identify the routes of chemical entry into the body, define various categories of chemical hazards, interpret warning labels, interpret information commonly found in a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), and identify types of controls commonly used to reduce or eliminate contact with hazardous materials in the workplace.

Target Audience
Employees and employers who work with hazardous chemicals

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Hazard Communication

identify the routes of chemical entry into the body.

define various categories of chemical hazards.

identify terms related to chemical hazards.

define materials that ignite spontaneously or cause a sudden release of energy.

interpret information found on chemical warning labels.

interpret numeric codes found on NFPA warning labels.

identify information found in a Material Safety Data Sheet.

identify types of controls commonly used to reduce or eliminate contact with hazardous materials in the workplace.

Course Number:
SAH0435