Hazardous Communications: Employee Right To Know

OSHA Compliant Online Safety Training for Cleaning Companies

All workplaces have hazards. Employees must be educated—in advance—about the potential hazards in their work environment. Employees who work in the cleaning industry deal with safety hazards every day. Some of the potential hazards include exposure to toxic cleaning chemicals, exposure to infectious agents and bloodborne pathogens, electrical and equipment hazards, and more.

Hazardous Communications, also known as an Employee's Right-To-Know, covers both identified and potential hazards in the workplace, specifically chemical hazards, physical hazards, noise hazards, and infectious hazards.

Hazardous Communications also introduces employees to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and the information the documents contain, so employees know how to use these documents to keep themselves safe when handling chemical products. Employees must be alerted to the potential hazards present in their workplace prior to performing job tasks that involve these hazards.

Included in this OSHA Compliant, online training program are the following topics:

• The Purpose of Hazardous Communications
• Examples of Occupation Physical & Chemical Hazards
• Topics Covered In A Hazardous Communications Program
• Chemical Labels
• All Employees Are Responsible To Follow Label Instructions
• Chemical Misuse
• Workers must know how to read and locate the following:
• Forms of Chemicals
• What are hazardous chemicals?
• Chemical Hazards & Their Hazardous Properties
• Chemical properties to be aware of
• Acute Health Hazards v. Chronic Health Hazards
• Primary Routes of Entry for Chemical Exposure
• Inhalation Resource
• Absorption Resource
• Ingestion Resource
• Injection Resource
• Chemical Labeling Standard
• Chemical labels must include
• Label Warning Definitions
• Color and Number Coding of Labels
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
• Examples of Special Chemical Hazards
• NFPA Labels
• Hazardous Materials Identification System (HMIS)
• OSHA Standard for Eyewash Stations
• Chemical Labels Versus MSDS
• Chemical Labels
• Chemical Manufacturer's Labels
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
• What does an MSDS cover?
• Normal Format of a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
• Prevention of Chemical Catastrophes
• Placards
• Hazardous Substances
• Labeling of Hazardous Materials
• Control Methods for Occupational Hazards
• Engineering Controls
• Administrative Controls
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
• Various Categories of Personal Protective Equipment
• Physical Hazards
• Heat Stress
• Factors Leading To Heat Stress
• Machine Guarding
• Guarding Devices Must Be Respected
• Hearing Conservation
• Hearing Conservation PPE
• Eye Strain
• Infectious Agents & Bloodborne Pathogens
• OSHA's Definition of an Occupational Exposure
• What are Bloodborne Pathogens?
• The Top Three Infectious Diseases In The Workplace
• Safe Handling of Fluids and Materials
• Disposing of, and picking up blood-saturated items
• Personal Protective Equipment for Bloodborne Pathogens
• Back Strains & Back Injuries
• Contributing Factors to Back Strains & Back Injuries
• Preventing Back Injury
• Lifting Tips for Back Safety
• Ergonomics
• Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Tendonitis
• Practicing Effective Ergonomics
• What Can You Do To Insure A Safe Work Environment?
• Hazardous Communications: How to get the word out