In 1976-after conferring with groups like the American Medical Association-and The Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement-the EPA issued the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to regulate the handling of hazardous materials.
Ancillary legislation such as OSHA's 29 CFR 1910.120 (AKA: HAZWOPER) requires employee training to reduce to boost occupational safety and health. It provides training in HAZWOPER medical program surveillance - for such things as exposure monitoring equipment to evaluate the health of employees who may have suffered from exposure to hazardous materials.
ALWAYS READY'S online training course "HAZWOPER: Medical Surveillance Programs" discusses various kinds of "medical surveillance" and how they're used to evaluate the health of anyone who works around hazardous materials.
Areas covered in this course include:
. Definition of Medical Surveillance
. Medical Examinations
. Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs)
. The Written Medical Opinion
. Medical Records
. And More.
ALWAYS READY'S Online Interactive Training Library delivers the most cost-effective online safety and regulatory compliance training available today. This course averages around 45 minutes to complete, but each course taker should work at a comfortable pace. It's divided into logical sections so that the material is easily understood and retained.
Have your employees take this "HAZWOPER: Medical Surveillance Programs" online training course today. It's "anytime" convenience makes it easy to do. It will satisfy your employee training requirement, and give them tools to be safer and more productive.
Use this online training site for annual HAZWOPER refresher presentations.
Select from 108 safety courses in ALWAYS READY'S online safety training library. Please also preview, "HAZWOPER: Personal Protective Equipment", "HAZWOPER: Respiratory Protection" and "HAZWOPER: Fire Prevention".
