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.
This HAZWOPER training course is designed to introduce hazardous waste cleanup site hazards, tells the history behind the HAZWOPER Standard, gives on overview of the paragraphs of the standard that impact cleanup workers, covers the different cleanup worker roles and training requirements, and summarizes important worker rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Recognize the importance of hazardous waste cleanup site work and the many hazards that are present at hazardous waste cleanup sites
- Describe the history behind the HAZWOPER Standard and some of the laws that brought it about
- Discuss an overview of the paragraphs of the HAZWOPER Standard that impact cleanup workers
- List the five cleanup worker roles and their training requirements
- Summarize key employee rights and employer responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act
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, 40 CFR 311
Statutes Covered: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Product Codes:
- E-Learning - English: 51597
- E-Learning - Spanish: 66678
- Classroom - English: 68557
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: HAZWOPER Overview for Waste Site Workers covers the following topics:
The Basics
- Hazardous Waste Cleanup Worker
- Why Is Cleanup Necessary?
- Worker Protection Is Important
- Standard Needed
History
- Why HAZWOPER?
- Three Laws
- The Regulations
Standard
- Overview
- Safety & Health Program
- Site Characterization & Analysis
- Site Control
- Training
- Medical Surveillance
- Control Measures
- Monitoring
- Informational Programs
- Handling Drums & Containers
- Decontamination
- Emergency Response
- Illumination
- Sanitation
- New Technology Programs
Roles & Training
- Five Distinct Roles
- General Site Employee
- Routine Site Employee
- Non-Routine Site Employee
- Onsite Supervisor or Manager
- Emergency Response Personnel
Rights & Responsibilities
- Employee Rights
- Employer Responsibilities
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