Hazardous waste is a serious problem that continues to endanger humans, animals, and environmental quality. However, as workers clean up hazardous waste sites, they face safety and health hazards. OSHA issued the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Standard to protect workers during cleanup operations and help them handle the wastes safely and effectively.
Electricity and sudden releases of hazardous energy cause thousands of injuries and deaths each year. Most of these injuries and deaths can be avoided if the proper precautions are used. It's important for learners to understand the dangers of electricity and hazardous energy and what measures are in place, that if adhered to, can provide them protection from these hazards.
This HAZWOPER training course is designed to familiarize learners with the basics of electrical safety, how to recognize and avoid electrical hazards, what hazardous energy is, and how to properly perform lockout/tagout procedures to help learners avoid accidents involving electricity and other hazardous energies.
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Explain electrical hazards and how you could become injured by electricity
- Distinguish between a qualified and an unqualified employee
- Identify common ways to prevent electrical accidents and protect yourself from electrical hazards
- Identify sources of hazardous energy
- Describe the three different types of employees recognized in a lockout/tagout program including authorized employee, affected employee, and other employee
- Recognize the difference between lockout and tagout
- Explain how to perform lockout/tagout procedures
- Describe how to handle special situations involving lockout/tagout including group lockout/tagout, shift changes, and when an authorized employee is unavailable
Intended Audience: Any employees who may be involved or expected to engage in hazardous waste cleanup operations where the employee may be exposed to hazardous substances, health hazards or safety hazards. These cleanup workers include:
- General site workers, such as equipment operators, general laborers and supervisory personnel
- Workers on the site only occasionally for a specific limited task (ie: groundwater monitoring, land surveying or geo-physical surveying) and who are unlikely to be exposed over permissible exposure limits
- Workers regularly on the site who work in areas which have been monitored and fully characterized indicating that exposures are under permissible exposure limits where respirators are not necessary, and the site characterization indicates that there are no health hazards or the possibility of an emergency developing
Regulations Covered: 29 CFR 1910.120, 29 CFR 1926.65, 29 CFR 1910.147, 29 CFR 1910.333
Product Codes:
- E-Learning - English: 51602
- E-Learning - Spanish: 66672
- Classroom - English: 68547
NOTE: In OSHA's view, HAZWOPER online training, by itself, is not sufficient to meet the intent of the agency's training requirements for HAZWOPER, 29 CFR 1910.120 for general industry or 29 CFR 1926.65 for construction. Therefore, online training must be supplemented by site-specific elements, hands-on training and exercises, and an opportunity for trainees to ask questions of a qualified trainer. When using this course as a tool to help with training under 1910.120(q)(6)/1926.65(q)(6), we suggest you:
- Ensure your trainer is qualified, in accordance with 1910.120(q)(7)/1926.65(q)(7);
- Augment the online training with site-specific elements;
- Tailor your training to the employees' assigned duties;
- Include hands-on training to familiarize trainees with equipment, personal protective equipment (PPE), and safe practices;
- Provide trainees with immediate and direct access to a qualified trainer as they are taking the course;
- Offer an opportunity for trainees to ask questions of the qualified trainer;
- Ensure all training elements listed in the regulation are covered; and
- Ensure the employer certifies the trainee has met the training requirements in accordance with 1910.120(q)(6)/1926.65(q)(6). (NOTE: The online training does not provide HAZWOPER certification; the online course certificate only acknowledges the completion of the online training itself.)
HAZWOPER: Electrical Safety & Lockout/Tagout covers the following topics:
Electricity Fundamentals
- How Electricity Works
- Electrical Hazards
Electrical Safety
- Employee Categories
- Electrical Safeguards
- Power Tool & Extension Cord Safety
- Emergency Procedures
Hazardous Energy
- Sources of Hazardous Energy
- Hazardous Energy Accidents
Lockout/Tagout
- OSHA Regulations
- Employee Roles
- Lockout vs. Tagout
- Lock & Tags
- Applying Lockout/Tagout
- Removing Lockout/Tagout
Special Situations & Exceptions for Lockout/Tagout
- Special Situations
- Exceptions to Lockout/Tagout
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