Emergency Procedures for hazardous chemicals

Posted by Craig Thornton

Do you know much about the Emergency Procedures for hazardous chemicals?  If not you need to watch this video 

In this seventh whiteboard session with Laurie O'Donoghue from Total Management & Training, you'll learn how you can create an emergency plan for your workplace and how your workplace can respond to that plan.

You will also learn the importance of the information on the Safety Data Sheets for your workplace and how that information can help you evaluate the risk levels to enable you to react efficiently if there is an accident with hazardous chemicals.

 

Takeaways

  1. Emergency Procedures for hazardous chemicals
  2. Emergency Preparedness:
    1. Emergency Plan
    2. Emergency Procedures 
    3. Implementation and testing
    4. Review of Plan 
      1. Spills 
      2. Release
      3. Worker exposure
      4. Fire
      5. Explosion
      6. Offsite considerations
  3. Emergency Equipment
    1. PPE
    2. Spill kits
    3. Fist aid kits
    4. Fire protection systems
    5. Communications

 

Tags: Health & Safety, WHS, Compliance, Hazardous Substances, videos