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This course covers the following information:

Dealing with Hazardous Spills: HAZMAT Basics and the Emergency Action Plan

  • The purpose and content of a company's Hazard Communication Program.
  • The types of information about HAZMATs that are included in their Safety Data Sheets (SDSs).
  • The purpose and content of a company's Emergency Action Plan.

Dealing with Hazardous Spills: The Spill Response Team

  • How a spill response team deals with a hazardous materials incident.
  • The titles of spill response team members and the tasks that they perform.
  • What types of training are required to be part of a spill response team.

Dealing with Hazardous Spills: Responding To A Spill... The First Steps

  • What hazards should be addressed during the initial response to a HAZMAT spill.
  • The actions that should be taken to reduce these hazards.
  • The equipment that should be used in making an initial response.
  • The hazards associated with HAZMATs leaking into any type of drain.

Dealing with Hazardous Spills: "Characterizing" a Spill and Cleaning It Up

  • What information about a spill should be gathered in the "characterizing" process.
  • The safe practices that should be followed to characterize and clean up a spill safely.
  • The types of equipment that may be used to assist in characterizing a spill.
  • What types of equipment and materials can be used to clean up a spilled material.

Dealing with Hazardous Spills: Special Hazards, Decontamination and Waste Disposal

  • How to avoid fire and electric shock hazards when handling HAZMAT spills.
  • The decontamination procedures that clean HAZMAT residue off spill response team members and their equipment.
  • How the contaminated waste that is generated by a spill cleanup should be disposed of.