HAZWOPER: Understanding Chemical Hazards

This online training video shows workers how proper knowledge and safe-handling techniques are a must when using hazardous chemical substances to avoid risky situations and accidents.

The online training video shows workers awareness is first and foremost in workplace safety. Employees learn how to use guides such as Material Safety Data Sheets, container labels and a company's hazard communication program for even seemingly harmless items like cleaners and solvents. The video gives examples of how information can make work safe from hazards posed by toxic substances, irritants, combustibles, flammables, corrosives and carcinogens.

The program addresses the varying degrees to which workers are affected by chemicals, the qualities that can further a chemical's hazards and the language used to describe these factors. What to do in case of exposure is also addressed in the video program with a focus on ingestion, inhalation, exposure to eyes, and splashes and spills.

This course has been updated to include GHS container labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for GHS compliance.

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Workers who use or may be exposed to hazardous chemical substances

• Introduction
• Safety Data Sheets
• Container Labels
• The Written Hazard Communication Program
• Toxins, Corrosives And Irritants
• Flammables, Combustibles And Gases
• Carcinogens And Radiation
• Exposure Situations
• Personal Protective Equipment And Storage
• Spills And Clean-Up
• Conclusion

• HAZWOPER: Heat Stress
• HAZWOPER: Accidental Release Measures and Spill Cleanup Procedures
• RCRA Training For Hazardous Waste Generators