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OSHA HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD INFORMATION

SAMPLE TRAINING PROGRAM

Training is an integral part of your hazard communication program.

Under the Hazard Communication Standard, effective May 23, 1988, each employer is required to inform and train employees at the time of their initial assignment to a work area where hazardous chemicals are present and whenever a new hazard is introduced into the work area.

While the outline of topics to be presented in employee information and training programs is the same for all employers, the actual information presented must be based on the specific hazard information conveyed by labels and MSDS's for that particular workplace or work area.

These are the general topics to be covered in all information and training programs:

• The provisions of the Hazard Communication Standard
• Any operations in employees' work areas where hazardous chemicals are

  present

• The location and availability of the company's written hazard

  communication program, including the required list(s) of hazardouschemicals and MSDS's required by the Hazard Communication Standard

• Methods and observations that may be used to detect the presence or

  release of a hazardous chemical in the work area

• The physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area
• The measures employees can take to protect themselves from these

  hazards, including information on work practices, emergency procedures and personal protective equipment required by the employer

The details of the employer's written hazard communication program, including an explanation of the labeling system used by the employer, MSDS's, and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information on the labels and in the MSDS's.

See the PENpages article titled "OSHA-Training Program Outline" for an illustration of how a typical training program might be designed and describe a training guide developed by OSHA for conducting any effective training program. Using this information, together with establishment-specific label and MSDS information, employers can develop effective employee training programs that achieve the objective of the Hazard Communication Standard.

Additional information concerning the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard can be found by searching PENpages using the keyword OSHA.

SOURCE: Hazard Communication - A Compliance Kit, by U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1988, OSHA 3104.

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%f DATE_INCLUDED;June 1992