Hazard Communication Safety Training

Learn how hazard communication supports the right to know by identifying chemicals, locating safety data sheets, labeling containers, applying PPE, and following spill cleanup procedures under the written program.

Identify which chemicals require safety data sheets and why most workplaces need them for nearly every chemical, since household-quantity exemptions rarely apply; obtain approval, label, dispose properly, and follow regulations.

Identify the nine GHS pictograms, including flame over circle, flame, gas cylinder, health hazard, corrosion, environment, exclamation mark, exploding bomb, and skull and crossbones.

Learn that chemicals are everywhere, including offices and maintenance areas, where they’re stored, how to respond to spills, and the right to know under hazard communication for all employees.

Identify every chemical with its primary manufacturer label, including chemical name, common name, and contact information, to access the safety data sheet, and apply GHS secondary labeling on day-use containers.

Keep day use containers in your possession and in sight, label or discard by end of day, and never reuse food or beverage containers for chemicals.

Identify chemicals safely by checking safety data sheets, labels, and nearby witnesses; if unknown, evacuate and bring in experts while considering air sampling.

Review hazard communication safety training elements to understand what you’re working with, and stay safe as you read ahead and ask questions.

Explore the three primary hazard controls—engineering, administrative, and PPE—and compare OSHA's order to the proposed administrative–engineering–PPE sequence.

Learn how engineering controls reduce hazards through full or partial enclosure, distance, ventilation, and barriers, with examples like air compressor noise and VOC control in painting.

Reduce exposure with administrative controls by scheduling, rotating workers, using relief workers, and time shifting, then consider contracting out hazardous tasks to manage costs.

Identify hazards through routine inspections, communicate findings to the responsible IIP, and report hazards using the designated line, while understanding inspection frequency and criteria.

Learn the code of safe practices as a concise restatement of safety policies under OSHA and Cal/OSHA injury illness prevention program, stressing hazard communication, reporting unsafe acts, and personal responsibility.