Online training for Hazard Communication

Hazard Communication training is required because hazardous materials are part of our everyday activities in the workplace. When we use chemicals correctly, they provide many benefits to us. However, some materials can be very hazardous if not handled properly. This hazard communication training course uses broadcast video and interactions to teach workers how to identify hazardous materials, read labels, use an MSDS, and identify hazards by category. This hazard communication training also discusses how a chemical can enter the body and the difference between acute and chronic health problems. It thoroughly teaches safe work practices when handling hazardous materials and how to store them properly. Proper emergency response procedures are also covered in the hazard communication training course.

OSHA REGULATION: 29 CFR 1910.1200.

Hazard communication training is required for all workers.

• Identification
  • Labels
  • MSDSs
• Hazard Categories
  • Grouping chemicals
  • Flammable
  • Corrosive
  • Toxic
  • Reactive
• Safe Work Practices
  • Health hazards
  • Physical hazards
• Emergency Procedures
  • Spills
  • Injuries

• Use labels properly.
  • List ways to identify a hazardous chemical.
  • List elements of a label.
  • Match a label's color code to that hazard.
  • Analyze a label's numbering system.
  • Relate label warning words to required personal precautions.
• Use material safety data sheets properly.
  • Identify information contained in an MSDS.
  • Locate answers to questions regarding a chemical on an MSDS.
• Identify hazards by category.
  • List the four hazard categories [referenced in this course].
  • Given a chemical's characteristics, select the appropriate hazard category.
  • List the forms that flammable substances may be in.
• Recognize chemicals' health hazards.
  • List a chemical's possible routes of entry.
  • Differentiate between acute and chronic health problems.
• Follow safe work practices.
  • Select appropriate procedures to follow to protect yourself against health hazards.
  • Identify appropriate procedures to follow to prevent hazards.
  • Agree to bond and ground all flammable material containers when dispensing.
• Safely store hazardous materials.
  • Explain storing procedures for reactive materials.
  • Recognize the need to store flammable materials in special containers or cabinets.
• Follow your company's emergency procedures.
  • Choose gloves as one form of necessary personal protective equipment for spill clean-up.
  • Recall that facilities provides their own emergency procedures.
  • Agree that special training and equipment may be required for spill clean-up.

Mastery awards 0.125 CEUs to participants who successfully complete this program.

Mastery Technologies, Inc. has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider by: The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)

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