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The Occupational Safety & Health
Administration (OSHA) confirms you need yearly training in hazardous
material.- a letter dated September 5, 1995 from the Office of
Health Compliance Assistance states the following:
"Employees who work in an area (or areas) where
there is a potential to witness or discover an uncontrolled release of a
hazardous substance and whose response actions will be limited to
initiating emergency response procedures by notifying the proper
authorities, must receive first responder awareness level training...Such
employees are not limited to police, hospital, or fire department
personnel as suggested in your letter, but would include any employee
meeting the above description...
In any case, all personnel who must receive emergency responder training
under 1910.120(q)(6) must also receive annual refresher training...." |
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| Also reference the following regulations: |
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1910.120(q)(8)
Refresher training. |
1910.120(q)(8)(i)
Those employees who are trained in accordance with
paragraph (q)(6) of this section shall receive annual refresher training
of sufficient content and duration to maintain their competencies, or
shall demonstrate competency in those areas at least yearly. |
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| Since the Awareness Level Hazardous Material training is
mandatory for peace officers in Missouri, annual refresher training would
also be a requirement. Many rumors exist about law enforcement exemptions.
While there are some limited exemptions, mostly military, our research
indicates no such exemption in this case. |
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| 21st Century Peacekeepers can provide
hazardous material training from a law enforcement perspective, but we
suggest you also consider utilizing resources through your local fire
department. |
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