Governing regulations

The regulations intend to protect workers from falling victim to the unexpected exposure of hazardous wastes at workplaces and impose healthy practices for safe disposal and handling of industrial wastes. As per the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, which put hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) also known as rick-ra, employers must ensure that all kinds of hazardous wastes are properly documented, checked and disposed of to safeguard workers and also the environment.

Course Overview

This online safety course provides complete analysis of OSHA regulations on hazardous waste disposals and explains how hazardous wastes are classified, defined, recognized and safe disposal methods. Participants get awareness on various properties of hazardous wastes, health impacts on human lives and other forms due to mismanagement of chemical wastes and its environmental impacts. Students get to know the procedures to treat, store and manage hazardous wastes and how to prevent physical contacts with such harmful wastes.

Who Must Take this Course?

Industries which are handling hazardous wastes such as chemical and biological wastes must adhere to the OSHA standards of waste disposal management and follow the compliance procedures to protect workers and environment. So, every employee must have awareness on the health impact of untreated wastes and how to prevent physical contacts and safe disposal methods. Apart from general workers, employees who are specifically assigned to collect, carry, dispose or transport hazardous items and wastes must undergo this course to gain complete awareness on safe disposal methods and regulations.

Course Format

Our OSHA Hazardous Waste Safety training course contains quality content prepared by experts, graphical and audio explanations, self-check questions for better preparation for the final exam and important case studies.

Each candidate after successfully complete this course, will get a hard copy of completion certificate along with a printable wallet card.

Continuing education credits?

All the students who clear this course are entitled for 0.2 CEUs (or 2 CMEs) at the end of this training program.

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