Hazard Communication and Workplace Safety
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard in a behavioral health workplace: which chemicals are covered, reading labels and pictograms, Safety Data Sheets, safe storage and handling, your employer's written program, the 2024 update, and recognizing other everyday workplace hazards.
Online, self-paced · about 25 minutes · graded exam and certificate
Who should take it
Employees who may be exposed to hazardous chemicals at work beyond ordinary consumer use, such as staff who clean and disinfect, handle lab or specimen chemicals, maintain facilities, or manage supplies.
This course provides general hazard communication training. Your employer must add workplace-specific information: the chemicals in your work area, where the written program and Safety Data Sheets are, and your procedures. States with OSHA-approved state plans may have additional requirements.
What employees will learn
- ✓Decide when the Hazard Communication Standard applies to a product you use at work.
- ✓Read the required elements of a chemical label, including pictograms and signal words.
- ✓Find and use the main sections of a Safety Data Sheet.
- ✓Store, handle and label chemicals safely, including secondary containers.
- ✓Respond to spills and exposures according to your workplace's procedures.
- ✓Recognize other common workplace hazards and report them.
Topics covered
- •Hazardous materials
- •Safety Data Sheets
- •Chemical labeling
- •Safe storage
- •Exposure prevention
- •Workplace hazard recognition
- •Emergency response
- •Employer-specific hazard information
Sources this course is based on
This course is not accredited for continuing education credit and is not approved by a government agency. Training supports, but does not guarantee, your organization's compliance. Course content explains federal rules and accepted practice; state requirements may differ.