CHEMICAL SAFETY ONLINE COURSE OVERVIEW

Where hazardous chemicals are used, a single exposure can be life-threatening. Chemicals, especially inorganic compounds, are often unpredictable, unstable, and dangerous when handled unsafely. If you work with industrial chemicals each day, then you work in a high-risk environment.

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

- Explain what a chemical is and that use of any chemical constitutes potential for an exposure risk
- Explain your responsibility as a worker to prevent exposure incidents
- Recognize hazardous chemicals as classified by the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) and sort them into their respective categories
- List conditions that may present an exposure risk, possible routes of exposure, and factors that influence an individual’s reaction to a chemical exposure incident
- Identify who is responsible for evaluating chemical hazards and how the result of the evaluation is communicated to the end user
- Demonstrate safe transport, storage, and disposal practices for hazardous chemicals
- Describe the procedures for detecting and reacting to potential chemical exposure
- Identify how to prepare for a chemical related accident
- Describe the actions to be taken should a chemical related accident occur

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CHEMICAL SAFETY ONLINE COURSE TOPICS

- - Recognizing hazardous chemicals and their characteristics
  - Factors that can affect your risk
  - Hazard identification
  - Safe handling
  - Steps to detect and protect
  - When an accident occurs