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HAZWOPER: Safety Data Sheets in HAZWOPER Environments
Familiarize yourself with the standardized informational sheets used worldwide to quickly and easily tell what a substance is, whether it’s hazardous, and how it should be handled.Preview the first lesson free — get full access to all 7 lessons.
Essential Provider : KnowledgeCity 7 Lessons · 15m in English
Course Description
There are countless chemical substances used in the modern-day workplace, and it’s important to know how any one of those substances might impact your health or safety. Familiarize yourself with safety data sheets, the internationally used standard for documenting a substance’s identity, properties, hazards, and safe handling and containment procedures. In these lessons, we’ll introduce you to the history behind the safety data sheet (SDS), and its adoption worldwide. We’ll then break down what information goes into all 16 sections of a typical SDS, starting with substance identification, hazards identification, and composition or ingredients. We’ll proceed to the sections covering specific measures for first aid, firefighting, and accidental release. Following that, we’ll go over handling and storage, exposure controls, unique physical and chemical properties, and reactivity or radioactivity. Finally we’ll cover the sections on toxicological, ecological, and regulatory information as well as transport and disposal procedures.
What You'll Learn
- Understand the history and purpose of safety data sheets (SDS) and their worldwide adoption
- Identify a substance and recognize its associated hazards using SDS information
- Interpret details about toxicity, reactivity, and radioactivity from an SDS
- Navigate all 16 sections of a typical safety data sheet and the information each contains
- Locate guidance on first aid, firefighting, and accidental release measures within an SDS
- Apply SDS information on handling, storage, exposure controls, and disposal procedures
Key Takeaways
- Safety data sheets are the internationally used standard for documenting a substance's identity, properties, hazards, and safe handling and containment procedures.
- A typical SDS is organized into 16 sections, beginning with substance identification, hazards identification, and composition or ingredients.
- The SDS covers specific measures for first aid, firefighting, and accidental release of a substance.
- Later SDS sections address handling and storage, exposure controls, physical and chemical properties, and reactivity or radioactivity.
- The final SDS sections cover toxicological, ecological, and regulatory information along with transport and disposal procedures.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this course cover?
It introduces safety data sheets (SDS) — the internationally used standard for documenting a substance's identity, properties, hazards, and safe handling and containment — including the history behind the SDS and a breakdown of all 16 sections of a typical SDS, from substance and hazards identification through first aid, firefighting, accidental release, handling, storage, exposure controls, physical and chemical properties, reactivity or radioactivity, and toxicological, ecological, regulatory, transport, and disposal information.
Who is this course for?
It is for anyone working with chemical substances in the modern-day workplace who needs to understand how a substance might impact their health or safety and how to interpret safety data sheets in HAZWOPER environments.
What skills will I gain?
You will gain familiarity with chemical hazards, chemical safety, safety data sheets (material safety data sheets), Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems, and the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard (HAZWOPER).
How is the course structured?
The course is delivered in lessons covering an Introduction, Proper Safety Data Sheets Format, SDS Sections 1-3, Sections 4-6, Sections 7-10, and Sections 11-16, followed by a Conclusion.
What will I be able to do after completing it?
You will understand the history and purpose of safety data sheets, know how to identify a substance and any associated hazards, and be able to recognize and interpret details about toxicity, reactivity, and radioactivity.
