Hazardous Waste Management Safety Program
$25.00
The Hazardous Waste Management Safety Program establishes requirements for the safe identification, handling, storage, labeling, transportation, and disposal of hazardous waste generated by workplace operations. Hazardous waste may present chemical, fire, environmental, and exposure hazards if it is improperly handled, mixed, stored, or disposed of. The program emphasizes proper hazardous waste management, waste characterization, container management, employee protection, spill prevention, and compliance with applicable environmental and workplace safety requirements.
The program addresses hazardous waste identification, waste accumulation areas, container labeling, compatible storage, closed containers, secondary containment, inspections, hazardous chemical exposure, personal protective equipment (PPE), spill prevention and response, emergency procedures, and waste disposal. Employees must place hazardous waste only in designated and compatible containers, keep containers properly closed except when adding or removing waste, prevent incompatible wastes from being mixed, and promptly report leaks, spills, damaged containers, or other unsafe conditions. Hazardous waste must be stored and disposed of through approved methods and authorized waste-management providers. The program also addresses employee responsibilities, training, documentation, waste minimization, inspections, and safe work practices to help prevent employee exposure, spills, releases, fires, and environmental contamination.
Description
The Hazardous Waste Management Safety Program provides a structured framework for managing hazardous waste from the point of generation through accumulation, storage, handling, transportation, and final disposal. It establishes responsibilities for management, supervisors, and employees and addresses waste identification, container management, employee protection, inspections, spill prevention, documentation, and coordination with authorized waste-management providers.
The program addresses hazardous waste characterization, accumulation and storage areas, container selection and labeling, compatibility and segregation, closed-container requirements, secondary containment, inspections, PPE, hazardous chemical exposure, spill and release response, emergency procedures, waste minimization, transportation, disposal, and recordkeeping. It also establishes practices for preventing incompatible materials from being mixed, identifying and correcting leaking or damaged containers, maintaining orderly waste-storage areas, and ensuring hazardous waste is handled only by employees with appropriate training and authorization.
Provided in editable Microsoft Word format, the program can be customized for your company’s waste streams, hazardous materials, accumulation areas, container systems, disposal procedures, and employee responsibilities. It can be incorporated into a comprehensive Safety Manual or used as a standalone Hazardous Waste Management Safety Program.
