PESO: Hazard Communication
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PESO: Easy-To-Use Training in English and Spanish
PESO: Easy-To-Use Training in English and Spanish PESO is an easy-to-use, bilingual toolkit created by the Oregon OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Program to help employers deliver job safety training and reduce workplace injuries and illnesses. The complete toolkit contains tookbox talks, handouts,training modules and overheads to use for presentations. The complete toolkits are posted on the OR-OSHA website at www.orosha.org. The following are links to the PESO toolbox talks in this collection:
Documents
- PESO: Accident Investigation
- PESO: Biological Hazards
- PESO: Excavations
- PESO: Hazard Communication
- PESO: Hazardous Energy Control
- PESO: Hazard Identification
- PESO: Industrial Vehicles
- PESO: Machine Guards
- PESO: Manual Material Handling
- PESO: Health in Construction
- PESO: Portable Ladders
- PESO: Scaffolds
- PESO: Slide Guards
- PESO: Safety Committee
Summary Statement
Brief description of OSHA’s hazardous communications requirements including information on MSDS and training. Part of a collection. Click on the 'collection' button to access the other items.
WRITTEN PROGRAM
Tells you:
- Who to ask if you have questions about chemicals.
- Where are the MSDS.
- Who to ask about chemicals in pipes.
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS (MSDS)
Tell you:
- What to do in an emergency.
- What personal protective equipment to use.
- What are the physical and health effects of the chemicals.
LABELS
Tell you:
- The name of the chemicals.
- The hazard warnings of the chemicals. Including target organ effects.
- The name and address of the manufacturer.
INFORMATION AND TRAINING
Tells you:
- The chemicals present in your work areas.
- What to do in an emergency.
- How to read an MSDS and a label.
- How to reduce or prevent exposure to hazardous chemicals through use of control or work practices and personal protective equipment.
- The health and physical effects of the chemicals.
- How to detect the presence or release of a chemical.
