119-01 Written Hazardous Communication Program - Part 1

This is the first of a two-part lesson dedicated to understanding and executing a workplace emergency response program. Course elements include:

  • The regulations and standards that mandate a safe and healthful workplace
  • Each employee’s responsibility to follow workplace safety rules
  • The importance of the hazardous communication standard
  • Common hazardous materials and their effect on the human body
  • The three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas
  • How a change in material state can impact the danger it poses
  • The meanings of:
    • Toxicology
    • Toxicity
    • Toxicant
    • Exposure
    • Target organs