RIGHT TO KNOW

Employee RTK Training Hazardous Substance in work place

Knowing what to do in an Emergence { Physical & Health Hazardous

2020 RefResHeR TRaINING

Part 1

OHSA / N.J. PEOSH HCS and RTK ACT Importance Information:

You “MUST” train on the chemical products in the your work Place

“All” Departments should Have a written SOP’s SOG s For Chemical or Bloodborne Pathogens Exposures

Your Company or Department “Must” have a Safety Data Sheets for all the chemicals your facility.

Employer have to train you how to use the Safety Data Sheets

Hazard Communication & Right to Know Act

We are here to review the Workers’ rights, under New New Jersey & Federal RTK & HCS Act :

Examine employer & employee roles under HCS & RTK Act

Educate workers on hazards of Chemicals Discuss policies & procedures for working safely with chemicals in the work place

FEDERAL / STATE MANDATES

OHSA was required by the Federal Government to develop a regulation covering activities ….. that involve Hazardous Materials

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response {29 CFR 1910.120}

This Regulation is known as:

Became “Law” on March 6, 1989

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response {29 CFR 1910.120}

In some States, the Haz-Woper Law only covered the Private Sector

FEDERAL EPA came up with new Regulation

Know as Haz-Woper Law

(40 CFR 310) Mandating “ALL” persons working with chemicals’ have to be covered regardless of their employment status

Legislative Intent Was to ensure that hazards of All Chemicals, before they are used in the workplace

Intent was also to ensure that information concerning chemical hazards

Safety Data Sheet Employees have certain rights

are tested and valuated,

when dealing with exposure or potential exposure of hazardous substance

are “TRANSMITTED” to affected employee.

Covers information for the Public Sector under Right To Know

Legislative Intent for RTK (Cont.)

Also covers the Private Sector under the Hazard communication

Employer “Must” supply you all the necessary personal protective equipment when you are working with Hazardous chemical

EMPLOYER should have SOP ‘s or SOG’s …to protect your from getting exposed,

“29 CFR 1910.120 Code of Federal Regulations”

“All” information for Emergency Respond, on Hazardous Material incidents can be found in the

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

The Right to Know Act and the Code of Federal Regulation

Information that Emergency Responder must abide by: is under this section of 29 CFR 1910.120

work hand & hand with each other.

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response {29 CFR 1910.120 }

Paragraph “q” is the section under this law that Responder must abide by:

Covers the Public Responder under the Right To Know Law

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response … {29 CFR 1910.120 }

Example of Public response Teams

Local Police Fire Department N.J. State Police

Haz-MatTeam Public Works First Aid

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response {29 CFR 1910.120 }

Paragraph “q” is the section under this law that Responder must abide by:

Covers the Public Responder under the Right To Know Law

Also covers the Private Responder under the Hazard Communication Law

Requirement of 8 hours Annual refresher training

Confined Space Team

Example of Private , Response Teams

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response ,,,{ 29 CFR 1910.120 }

Factory Fife Teams

Factory Haz-Mat Team

First Aid Team

Incident Command Working with Chemicals Plant Security

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Requires Incident Command System be used

(AT ALL Haz-Mat Incidents)

Safety Officer be appointed, (AT ALL Haz-Mat Incidents)

Two (2) “IN” & Two (2) “OUT” RULE

Fire or HatMat Incidents

Proper PPE “MUST BE USED” All the Time

and Must have a Incident Commander

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

SPECIALIST TRAINING

ALL Fire Fighter must be trained to Awareness

AWARENESS TRAINING

Level 1 Level 2 OPERATION TRAINING Level 3

TECHNICIAN TRAINING

Level 4 Level 5 INCIDENT COMMAND

Four (4) Federal Levels

OSHA has a Fifth Level

4 Hours 16 Hours

24 Hours

24 Hours 24 Hours

before going to a HazMat Incident &Operation level

RTK Training “Must” be given to new or resigned employees with-in 30 days.

Requirements & Responsibility

Employers have up to 6 month to get qualified personal

(Outside qualified trained responders

Class size, No more then 25 people is recommended

to cover chemical emergency at your facility

or qualify responders in house)

The Major goals of a Right To Know Program To make sure employers and employees, know how to work with hazard chemical safely

Remember “YOU” are always # 1 So based on the concept that all employees, have the “right “ and also “need” to know about all the chemical hazards they work with

WHY” ?

ALL THE TIME

What is a Hazardous Chemical ? Any chemical which is a physical or health hazard to you.

Health hazard ” A chemical for which there is statistically evidence, that a acute or chronic health effects that may occur in exposed employees. The more training you receive

from your Employer will benefits the both of you.

Chemical Health Exposure

Inhalation Hazards Ingestion Hazards

Chemical can enter your body in many different ways, the primary routes of entry are:

Mouth& Noise

Skin Absorption

Chemical on Body

Mouth

INJECTION

Needle stick to body

“Physical hazard”

A chemical for which there is scientifically valid evidence that it is a flammable liquid, Explosive, oxidizer,

Compressed Gas, and Organic peroxide

As Responders, how can we Detect the presence of Hazardous chemicals ?

One-time Monitoring

Continuous Monitoring

Visual Appearance

Odor

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