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CHEMICAL SAFETY TRAINING
generate distain among trainees. Your workers will come to loathe HazCom training, which isn’t exactly a recipe for success.
This is another area where a good training solution helps streamline organization-wide course management, so you know exactly who needs what training when. The best systems not only give you access to engaging HazCom training content but also give you the tools to schedule trainings, document and verify training completion, and have built-in email notification features that re- mind employees and managers when training deadlines and certi- fication dates are upcoming or past due. Central systems for access- ing and storing training tracking metrics keep your information up-to-date and make it accessible from multiple locations. These tracking tools are particularly useful for safety managers who over- see a large workforce or are coordinating training over multiple locations to ensure all local training requirements are being met. Ensure All Workers Are Getting Trained
OSHA has stated that it expects the staffing agency and the host employer to share the responsibility for worker safety. This means that if your facility uses contract or temporary workers, you are responsible as the host employer for training them on your work- place hazards and HazCom management practices.
It is also important to keep open lines of communication with
the staffing agency so you both understand the other’s roles and
responsibilities when it comes to training. While the agency should
hazards of chemicals they regularly work with from one job site to another, you are responsible for providing site-specific hazard communication to employees. Among other things, it’s critical that the training includes how to access SDSs because this can become important very quickly during an emergency.
Keep an Eye on the Bigger Picture
While evaluating, deploying, and tracking training may seem like an overwhelming task, it’s a critical part of your company’s success. Effective HazCom training does more than just empower workers to be safe and reduce the risk of workplace safety failures or govern- mental fines and citations; the right tools and approach can trans- form a business, leading to greater productivity and contributions to the bottom line. Regular evaluation and review of your training program goes a long way toward eliminating the negative feelings employees often associate with the training process and ensures it continues to engage them with the information they need to do their jobs safely and in compliance.
Phil N. Molé, MPH is an EHS & Sustainability Expert at Veloci- tyEHS, the global leader in cloud environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability software. To learn more about VelocityEHS and the ways its MSDSonline Chemical Management solutions can help you manage your chemical inventory and reach your EHS goals faster, visit MSDSonline.com and EHS.com.
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