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Thursday, 14 July 2016

CFR 1910 Requirement for Employee Training

Employers shall provide employees with 
  • effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, 
  • and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area.
  •  Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. 
  • Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.


-CFR 1910 Source @ OSHA

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