Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Manual and Desk Reference

9780071378819

0071378812

IMPLEMENT BY THE BOOK HAZARDOUS WASTE OPERATIONS TO AVOID PENALTIES AND SAVE LIVES! Includes a searchable companion CD-ROM containing downloadable and easily customized training aids and reference materialscovering the entire 40-Hour HAZWOPER Certification Exam! Here in a single, definitive reference is the information environmental safety and health managers, trainers for large and small organizations, and site project and plant managers need to implement effective preventive and response strategies to workplace accidents involving the release of hazardous substances--in full compliance with the 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) regulations. In Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response: Manual and Desk Reference, experienced and expert authors cover every topic crucial to those training and managing HAZWOPER personnel. Sections include: * Regulations and Legislation * Material Hazards and Chemical Incompatibility * Toxicology * Personal Protective Equipment * Decontamination * Labels, Placards, and Other Identification * Interpreting MSDSs and International Chemical Safety Data Cards * Overcoming Hazards in Confined Spaces * Other Workplace Hazards--Proactive and Reactive Safety * Sampling and Monitoring of Gases, Liquids, and Solids * Work at Hazardous Materials Generators and at Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities * Superfund Sites and Brownfields-Site Investigation, Control, and Remediation * Emergency Response * Site Health and Safety System * Exhaustive Glossary and Appendixes Also included is a searchable Companion CD-ROM providing essential training and informational databases, and practice aids such as: * The Table of Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health Concentrations; International Chemical Safety Data Cards; NIOSH Certified Equipment List; Manual of Analytical Methods; Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards; OSHA Sampling and Analytical Methods; Recommendations for Chemical Protective Clothing; Specific Medical Tests Published for OSHA Regulated Substances; Toxicologic Review of Selected Chemicals; and the complete, searchable Emergency Response Guidebook. * "Key Facts" preparatory for the 40-Hour HAZWOPER exam * A Model Site Health and Safety Plan (HASP) * Sample HAZWOPER exams and answer sheets * And much more HAZARDOUS WASTE OPERATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE: MANUAL AND DESK REFERENCE is invaluable as a training manual as well as a life-saving reference. It answers those questions asked during the 40-hour certification process and lays the groundwork for a coherent site environmental, safety, and health compliance and emergency response plan.