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Course: BLD 167 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response > Section: BLD 167 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

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HAZWOPER Regulations

It is what you learn after you know it all that counts in HAZWOPER work.  The content in this unit is designed to keep you thinking about safety now and in the future when you work.  This could save your life or others.  All it takes is a second to make a big mistake.  Don't ever become complacent in this business concerning safety.

For example, one time there was a worker who did not have Personal Protective Equipment on cleaning up and old laboratory.  The unthinking worker picked up a bag of an unknown powder decommissioning a laboratory it burst and the dust was radioactive, things like this can cause medical severe problems nausea, vomiting and even death.

The regulations are more than printed mandates required by law.  The regulations are for protection of workers, public, the jobsite and the environment.
For more information about Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) contact OSHA at: 1-800-321-6742 (OSHA) – OSHA Main Number.

Twenty-seven states and territories operate their own occupational safety and health programs approved by OSHA. States enforce similar standards that may have different or additional requirements.  Some state may have regulations more stringent the federal regulations however must be at least as equivalent.

OSHA's On-site Consultation Program offers free and confidential advice to small and medium-sized businesses in all states across the country, with priority given to high-hazard work sites. On-site Consultation Programs are separate from enforcement and do not result in penalties or citations.