Training staff member is responsible for the employee training program. These include:
•The methods used for general and site-specific training.
•How employees will be informed when non-routine tasks arise.
If your employees work at other employers’ job sites, Training staff member specifies where and how these employees will have access to SDSs and labels and how they will be informed of precautionary measures to take during normal or emergency operations, if any.
Training staff member ensures that before starting work, each new employee of Cardiology Medical Group attends a health and safety orientation that includes information and training on the following:
•An overview of the requirements contained in the Hazard Communication Standard.
•Hazardous chemicals present at Cardiology Medical Group.
•Physical and health risks of the hazardous chemicals.
•The symptoms of overexposure.
•How to determine the presence or release of hazardous chemicals in his or her work area.
•How to reduce or prevent exposure to hazardous chemicals through use of control procedures, work practices, and personal protective equipment.
•Steps Cardiology Medical Group has taken to reduce or prevent exposure to hazardous chemicals.
•Procedures to follow if employees are overexposed to hazardous chemicals.
•How to read labels and review SDSs to obtain hazard information, including:
•What are pictograms?
•What are the signal words?
•What are the hazard statements?
•What are the precautionary statements?
•Location of the SDS file and written hazard communication program.
Before introducing a new chemical hazard into any section of this office, each employee in that section will be given information and training as outlined above for the new chemical. After attending the training, employees will sign a form verifying that they understand the above topics and how the topics are related to our hazard communication plan.