OSHA regulations (29 CFR 1910.120(e)(4) require that on-site management and supervisors directly responsible for, or who supervise employees engaged in, hazardous waste operations, receive at least eight additional hours of specialized training at the time of job assignment on such topics as, but not limited to, the employer’s safety and health program and the associated employee training program, personal protective equipment program, spill containment program, and health hazard monitoring procedure and techniques. Prerequisite: Completion of 40 hour waste site worker training.

This course meets the requirements in OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120(e)8 for eight hours of annual refresher training for workers at hazardous waste sites. This course is designed for general site workers who remove hazardous waste or who are exposed or potentially exposed to hazardous substances or health hazards. Topics include reviewing attendees past years experiences, new applicable regulations and standards, PPE, air monitoring and site safety plans..

This course is specifically designed for workers who are involved in government mandated and voluntary clean-up operation of hazardous substances and uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. This course covers topics included in 29 CFR 1910.120 (e) 3. Such as air monitoring, hazard assessment, selection and use of personal protection equipment including respiratory protection, site safety plans, decontamination and site emergencies. Typically presented in 4 ten hour days, the course will focus on identifying site hazards and how to protect the worker on hazardous waste sites.

Each year the affected employees must satisfy the 8 hour annual refresher training requirements by their respective anniversary date.

This refresher class will be focused solely on the requirements as listed in 29 CFR 1910.120(e) 8 and will related to work on hazardous waste sites. We will cover a variety of related topics including excavation safety, working around heavy equipment, site safety plans and toolbox/tailgate talks, chemical safety, risk assessment, PPE selection, and control of contamination.

Other areas of discussion will include work zone safety, fall protection, respiratory protection, on site emergencies and a review of past year’s experiences of the attendees.

Our presentation will be a directed round table discussion so as to address specific issues brought up by the attendees. We will present case studies to evaluate safety and both positive and negative examples of work practices.

The course will not be 8 hours of power points, interaction is promoted during all parts of the class.

We will also present new PPE and other related equipment. All attendees will have an opportunity to evaluate this new equipment with hands on experiences.