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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Oregon Administrative Rules AO 3-2019 Division 2 The 8-hour annual refresher training required in 29 CFR 1910.120(e)(8) should be conducted by qualified training providers. Refresher training should include at a minimum the following topics and procedures: - a. Review of and retraining on relevant topics covered in the 40-hour program, as appropriate, using reports by the students on their work experiences. - b. Update on developments with respect to material covered in the 40-hour course. - c. Review of changes to pertinent provisions of EPA or OSHA standards or laws. - d. Introduction of additional subject areas as appropriate. - e. Hands-on review of new or altered PPE or decontamination equipment or procedures. Review of new developments in personal protective equipment. - f. Review of newly developed air and contaminant monitoring equipment. - 3. On-site training. - a. The employer should provide employees engaged in hazardous waste site activities with information and training prior to initial assignment into their work area, as follows: - (1) The requirements of the hazard communication program including the location and availability of the written program, required lists of hazardous chemicals, and safety data sheets. - (2) Activities and locations in their work area where hazardous substance may be present. - (3) Methods and observations that may be used to detect the present or release of a hazardous chemical in the work area (such as monitoring conducted by the employer, continuous monitoring devices, visual appearances, or other evidence (sight, sound or smell) of hazardous chemicals being released, and applicable alarms from monitoring devices that record chemical releases. - (4) The physical and health hazards of substances known or potentially present in the work area.

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Division 2 AO 3-2019 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Preplanning for releases that are more serious than incidental releases is another important line of defense to be used by the employer. When a serious release of a highly hazardous chemical occurs, the employer through pre-planning will have determined in advance what actions employees are to take. The evacuation of the immediate release area and other areas as necessary would be accomplished under the emergency action plan. If the employer wishes to use plant personnel such as a fire brigade, spill control team, a hazardous materials team, or use employees to render aid to those in the immediate release area and control or mitigate the incident, these actions are covered by 1910.120, the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) standard. If outside assistance is necessary, such as through mutual aid agreements between employers or local government emergency response organizations, these emergency responders are also covered by HAZWOPER. The safety and health protections required for emergency responders are the responsibility of their employers and of the on-scene incident commander. Responders may be working under very hazardous conditions and therefore the objective is to have them competently led by an on-scene incident commander and the commander's staff, properly equipped to do their assigned work safely, and fully trained to carry out their duties safely before they respond to an emergency. Drills, training exercises, or simulations with the local community emergency response planners and responder organizations is one means to obtain better preparedness. This close cooperation and coordination between plant and local community emergency preparedness managers will also aid the employer in complying with the Environmental Protection Agency's Risk Management Plan criteria.

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Division 2 AO 3-2019 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (i) General site workers (such as equipment operators, general laborers and supervisory personnel) engaged in hazardous substance removal or other activities which expose or potentially expose workers to hazardous substances and health hazards shall receive a minimum of 40 hours of instruction off the site, and a minimum of 3 days actual field experience under the direct supervision of a trained, experienced supervisor. - (ii) Workers on site only occasionally for a specific limited task (such as, but not limited to, ground water monitoring, land surveying, or geophysical surveying) and who are unlikely to be exposed over permissible exposure limits and published exposure limits shall receive a minimum of 24 hours of instruction off the site, and the minimum of 1-day actual field experience under the direct supervision of a trained, experienced supervisor. - (iii) Workers regularly on site who work in areas which have been monitored and fully characterized indicating that exposures are under permissible exposure limits and published exposure limits where respirators are not necessary, and the characterization indicates that there are no health hazards or the possibility of an emergency developing, shall receive a minimum of 24 hours of instruction off the site and the minimum of 1day actual field experience under the direct supervision of a trained, experienced supervisor. - (iv) Workers with 24 hours of training who are covered by paragraphs (e)(3)(ii) and (e)(3)(iii) of this section, and who become general site workers or who are required to wear respirators, shall have the additional 16 hours and 2 days of training necessary to total the training specified in paragraph (e)(3)(i). - (4) Management and supervisor training. On-site management and supervisors directly responsible for, or who supervise employees engaged in, hazardous waste operations shall receive 40 …

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Division 2 AO 3-2019 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - 7. What are the program's main weaknesses? - 8. What is recommended to improve the program? - 9. Are instructors instructing according to their training outlines? - 10. Is the evaluation tool current and appropriate for the program content? - 11. Is the course material current and relevant to the target group? ## Suggested Training Curriculum Guidelines The following training curriculum guidelines are for those operations specifically identified in 29 CFR 1910.120 as requiring training. Issues such as qualifications of instructors, training certification, and similar criteria appropriate to all categories of operations addressed in 1910.120 have been covered in the preceding section and are not readdressed in each of the generic guidelines. Basic core requirements for training programs that are addressed include: - 1. General Hazardous Waste Operations; - 2. RCRA operations - Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities; - 3. Emergency Response. - A. General Hazardous Waste Operations and Site-specific Training - 1. Off-site training. Training course content for hazardous waste operations, required by 29 CFR 1910.120(e), should include the following topics or procedures: - a. Regulatory knowledge. - (1) A review of 29 CFR 1910.120 and the core elements of an occupational safety and health program. - (2) The content of a medical surveillance program as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.120(f). - (3) The content of an effective site safety and health plan consistent with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120(b)(4)(ii). - (4) Emergency response plan and procedures as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.38 and 29 CFR 1910.120(l). - (5) Adequate illumination. - (6) Sanitation recommendation and equipment.