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The Safety And Health Administration

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1. Purpose In order to ensure a safe productive work environment at _________________, this chemical and hazardous materials health and safety training program will introduce. This training program will cover the regulations and standards, accidents and their effects, and hazard analysis/prevention and safety management. In addition, this program will highlight accident causation theories to introduce or refresh the theories to all employees of _________________. By the conclusion of this program, all participants should have working knowledge of the hazard chemical possess, the laws and standards governing the use of chemicals, how to assess a safe work environment evolving chemical, and theories on why accidents occur. 2. Regulations & …show more content…

It is the hope of the UN that the standardize system will: • Enhance the protection of human health and the environment by providing and internationally comprehensible system for hazard communication; • Provide a recognized framework for those counties without an existing system; • Reduce the need for testing and evaluation of chemicals; and • Facilitate international trade in chemicals whose hazards have been properly assessed and identified on an international basis (UN, 2011). 3. Chemical Accidents & Their Effects While chemicals have become a part of our daily lives the potential of harm is still there. Part of the complexity is understanding the nature, or make up, of the chemical(s). Depending on the chemical properties, chemicals and substances react differently in certain situations. Due to this, the mechanism of injury varies depending on the chemical and its physical state. The World Health Organization [WHO] list for mechanisms of injuries as fire, explosion, toxicity, and mental health: •

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