What safety education does a garden center merchandiser need

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take to assist in their own and other employees' safety. - (D) Reliance on a third party provider of training. The employer may not rely on a third party or former employer of current employees unless the employer has determined through testing and evaluation of employees that the past training has met the requirements of this chapter. Generic training must be supplemented with site-specific information and an opportunity to practice using the equipment that is specific to the jobsite. - (E) Retraining. When the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee has already been trained does not have the understanding and skill required by this chapter, the employer shall retrain or provide retraining or additional training. Circumstances where retraining or additional training is required include, but are not limited to, situations where: - (i) Changes in the workplace render previous training obsolete; - (ii) Changes in the types of fall protection systems or equipment to be used render previous training obsolete; or - (iii) Inadequacies in an affected employees knowledge or use of fall protection systems, hazard controls, or equipment to be used indicate that the employee had not retained the requisite understanding or skill. - (F) Special training programs. In addition to the training required in paragraphs (1) and (2), the employer shall provide

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## OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, 2020 - (3) An employer shall ensure that a worker who works with a hazardous product or may be exposed to a hazardous product in the course of the worker's work activities is educated and trained respecting: - (a) the content that is required to appear on a supplier label and workplace label for the hazardous product and the purpose and significance of the information contained on those labels; - (b) the content that is required to appear on a safety data sheet for a hazardous product and the purpose and significance of the information contained on the safety data sheet; - (c) all necessary procedures for the safe use, storage, handling and disposal of the hazardous product; - (d) all necessary procedures to be followed if fugitive emissions are present where workers may be exposed to those fugitive emissions; and - (e) all necessary procedures to be followed in case of an emergency involving a hazardous product. - (4) An employer shall ensure that the education and training required by subsection (3) is developed and implemented: - (a) for that employer's place of employment; and - (b) in consultation with the committee, if there is an occupational health committee. - (5) An employer shall ensure that: - (a) the education and training required by subsection (3) results in a worker being able to apply the information as needed to protect the health and safety of that worker or any other worker; - (b) the necessary procedures mentioned in clauses (3) (c) to (e) are implemented; and - (c) the knowledge of the workers is periodically evaluated using written tests, practical demonstrations or other suitable means. - (6) An employer shall review at least annually, or more frequently if required by a change in work conditions or available hazard information, the education and training programs provided to workers on the safe use, storage, handling and disposal of hazardous products, in c…

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## HAZARD COMMUNICATION - (3) Training. Employee training shall include at least: - (i) Methods and observations that may be used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical in the work area (such as monitoring conducted by the employer, continuous monitoring devices, visual appearance or odor of hazardous chemicals when being released, etc.); - (ii) The physical, health, simple asphyxiation, combustible dust, and pyrophoric gas hazards, as well as hazards not otherwise classified, of the chemicals in the work area; - (iii) The measures employees can take to protect themselves from these hazards, including specific procedures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures, and personal protective equipment to be used; and, - (iv) The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, including an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information. ## (i) Trade secrets. - (1) The chemical manufacturer, importer, or employer may withhold the specific chemical identity, including the chemical name, other specific identification of a hazardous chemical, or the exact percentage (concentration) of the substance in a mixture, from the safety data sheet, provided that: - (i) The claim that the information withheld is a trade secret can be supported; - (ii) Information contained in the safety data sheet concerning the properties and effects of the hazardous chemical is disclosed; - (iii) The safety data sheet indicates that the specific chemical identity and/or percentage of composition is being withheld as a trade secret; and, - (iv) The specific chemical identity and percentage is made available to health professionals, employees, and designated rep…