Hazardous Waste Training

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Division 2 AO 3-2019 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (5) The measures employees can take to help protect themselves from worksite hazards, including specific procedures the employer has implemented. - (6) An explanation of the labeling system and safety data sheets and how employees can obtain and use appropriate hazard information. - (7) The elements of the confined space program including special PPE, permits, monitoring requirements, communication procedures, emergency response, and applicable lockout procedures. - b. The employer should provide hazardous waste employees information and training and should provide a review and access to the site safety and plan as follows: - (1) Names of personnel and alternate responsible for site safety and health. - (2) Safety and health hazards present on the site. - (3) Selection, use, maintenance, and limitations of personal protective equipment specific to the site. - (4) Work practices by which the employee can minimize risks from hazards. - (5) Safe use of engineering controls and equipment available on site. - (6) Safe decontamination procedures established to minimize employee contact with hazardous substances, including: - (A) Employee decontamination, - (B) Clothing decontamination, and - (C) Equipment decontamination. - (7) Elements of the site emergency response plan, including: - (A) Pre-emergency planning. - (B) Personnel roles and lines of authority and communication. - (C) Emergency recognition and prevention. - (D) Safe distances and places of refuge. - (E) Site security and control. - (F) Evacuation routes and procedures.

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Division 2 ## Appendix E - Training Curriculum Guidelines The following nonmandatory general criteria may be used for assistance in developing site-specific training curriculum used to meet the training requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120(e); 29 CFR 1910.120(p)(7), (p)(8)(iii); and 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6), (q)(7), and (q)(8). These are generic guidelines and they are not presented as a complete training curriculum for any specific employer. Site-specific training programs must be developed on the basis of a needs assessment of the hazardous waste site, RCRA/TSDF, or emergency response operation in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.120. It is noted that the legal requirements are set forth in the regulatory text of 1910.120. The guidance set forth here presents a highly effective program that in the areas covered would meet or exceed the regulatory requirements. In addition, other approaches could meet the regulatory requirements. ## Suggested General Criteria ## Definitions: Competent means possessing the skills, knowledge, experience, and judgment to perform assigned tasks or activities satisfactorily as determined by the employer. Demonstration means the showing by actual use of equipment or procedures. Hands-on training means training in a simulated work environment that permits each student to have experience performing tasks, making decisions, or using equipment appropriate to the job assignment for which the training is being conducted. Initial training means training required prior to beginning work. Lecture means an interactive discourse with a class lead by an instructor. Proficient means meeting a stated level of achievement. Site-specific means individual training directed to the operations of a specific job site. Training hours means the number of hours devoted to lecture, learning activities, small group work sessions, demonstration, evaluations, or hands-on experience. ## Suggested Core Criteria:

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division AO 3-2019 Division 2 - (3) Elements of the site control program. The site control program shall, as a minimum, include: A site map; site work zones; the use of a 'buddy system'; site communications including alerting means for emergencies; the standard operating procedures or safe work practices; and, identification of the nearest medical assistance. Where these requirements are covered elsewhere they need not be repeated. - (e) Training. - (1) General. - (i) All employees working on site (such as but not limited to equipment operators, general laborers and others) exposed to hazardous substances, health hazards, or safety hazards and their supervisors and management responsible for the site shall receive training meeting the requirements of this paragraph before they are permitted to engage in hazardous waste operations that could expose them to hazardous substances, safety, or health hazards, and they shall receive review training as specified in this paragraph. - (ii) Employees shall not be permitted to participate in or supervise field activities until they have been trained to a level required by their job function and responsibility. - (2) Elements to be covered. The training shall thoroughly cover the following: - (i) Names of personnel and alternates responsible for site safety and health; - (ii) Safety, health and other hazards present on the site; - (iii) Use of personal protective equipment; - (iv) Work practices by which the employee can minimize risks from hazards; - (v) Safe use of engineering controls and equipment on the site; - (vi) Medical surveillance requirements, including recognition of symptoms and signs which might indicate overexposure to hazards; and - (vii) The contents of paragraphs (G) through (J) of the site safety and health plan set forth in paragraph (b)(4)(ii) of this section. - (3) Initial training.

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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.