Safety and Health Training Program - Employees

OSHA requires the written safety and health program to incorporate the "safety and health training program (described in detail in Appendix C of 29 CFR 1926.65)." Appendix C of 1926.65 requires training to address the following:

• The safety and health hazards employees should expect to find on hazardous waste clean-up sites
• What control measures or techniques are effective for those hazards
• What monitoring procedures are effective in characterizing exposure levels
• What makes an effective employer's safety and health program
• What a site safety and health plan should include
• The employer's safety and health program elements impacting employees
• The hazard communication program
• The medical surveillance program
• The hazards and controls for such hazards that employees need to know for their job duties and functions
• Hands-on training (using personal protective equipment and clothing they may be expected to use according to the OSHA standard relevant to the employees' responsibilities)
• Employees' responsibilities related to OSHA and other regulations (possibly State Plans)

Supervisors will need training in their responsibilities under the safety and health program and its subject areas such as the following:

• The spill containment program
• The personal protective equipment program
• The medical surveillance program
• The emergency response plan

All employees must attend annual refresher training.

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