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HAZWOPER: HAZWOPER Overview for Waste Site Workers
Course Length: 60 minutes
Overview: HAZWOPER: HAZWOPER Overview for Waste Site Workers is designed to introduce hazardous waste cleanup site hazards, tells the history behind the HAZWOPER Standard, gives on overview of the paragraphs of the standard that impact cleanup workers, covers the different cleanup worker roles and training requirements, and summarizes important worker rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Recognize the importance of hazardous waste cleanup site work and the many hazards that are present at hazardous waste cleanup sites
- Describe the history behind the HAZWOPER Standard and some of the laws that brought it about
- Discuss an overview of the paragraphs of the HAZWOPER Standard that impact cleanup workers
- List the five cleanup worker roles and their training requirements
- Summarize key employee rights and employer responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act
Outline:
HAZWOPER: HAZWOPER Overview for Waste Site Workers covers the following topics:
HAZWOPER Basics
- Hazardous Waste Cleanup Worker
- Why is Cleanup Necessary?
- Worker Protection is Important
- Standard Needed
History of HAZWOPER
- Why HAZWOPER?
- Three Laws
- The Regulations
HAZWOPER Standard
- Overview
- Safety & Health Program
- Site Characterization & Analysis
- Site Control
- Training
- Medical Surveillance
- Control Measures
- Monitoring
- Informational Programs
- Handling Drums & Containers
- Decontamination
- Emergency Response
- Illumination
- Sanitation
- New Technology Programs
Roles & Training
- Five Distinct Roles
- General Site Employee
- Routine Site Employee
- Non-Routine Site Employee
- Onsite Supervisor or Manager
- Emergency Response Personnel
Rights & Responsibilities
- Employee Rights
- Employer Responsibilities
Intended Audience: Any worker who may be involved or expected to engage in hazardous waste cleanup operations where the worker may be exposed to hazardous substances, health hazards, or safety hazards. These cleanup workers include:
- General site workers, such as equipment operators, general laborers, and supervisory personnel;
- Workers on the site only occasionally for a specific limited task (such as, but not limited to, groundwater monitoring, land surveying, or geo-physical surveying) and who are unlikely to be exposed over permissible exposure limits; and
- Workers regularly on the site who work in areas which have been monitored and fully characterized indicating that exposures are under permissible exposure limits where respirators are not necessary, and the site characterization indicates that there are no health hazards or the possibility of an emergency developing.
Regs Covered:
- 29 CFR 1910.120
- 29 CFR 1926.65
- 40 CFR 311
Statutes Covered:
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
- Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
- Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Copyright Date: 2018
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