HAZWOPER: Orientation

(16 min.) Over 70,000 chemicals are used by industries. Some 15,000 chemicals are made in industrial laboratories on a large scale today and between 500 and 1,000 new chemicals are introduced each year. These simple statistics provide the basis for increased awareness, training, and responsibility when working with any type of chemicals. As the environment becomes more fragile and our responsibilities in protecting the environment and people increase, training becomes absolutely critical in meeting these responsibilities. No matter how technologically advance we've become with improved machines, equipment, and processes, there's always the threat of an unplanned emergency. In emergencies the human factors and specifically the training of those persons working in and around hazardous materials must be of the highest caliber and intensity. The more you know, the better you will be able to react to emergencies. Your training can be the difference between successful containment or prevention of the emergency.

Topics included in this safety video are: HAZWOPER, federal requirements as identified in OSHA 29, code of federal regulations 1910.120, written emergency response plan, documented training, and requirements for post emergency response operations, basics of a written plan, emergency response plans, post-emergency response operations, emergency response shipment information, Bill of Lading, Material Safety Data Sheet, 7 major federal environmental statutes including Clean Air Act or CAA, Clean Water Act or CWA, Toxic Substance Control Act or TASCA, Resource Conservation And Recovery Act or RECRA, Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation And Liability Act or CERCLA, Hazardous And Solid Waste Amendments or HSWA, Super Fund Amendments And Re-authorization or SARA.

Program comes with a CD-ROM of written materials, including test questions and answers. English title also includes PowerPoint presentation.

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