Introduction to Chemical Safety

This course will describe how to evaluate chemical hazards and develop controls to protect workers and the public from the hazard. Additionally, the webinar will discuss the need for OSHA training and present techniques for developing a safety plan that addresses the use of chemicals.

Why Should You Attend:

The webinar will discuss how to perform chemical safety audits and address site specific training needed to work safely with chemicals. The instructor will present several scenarios that attendees can relate to. Further, the webinar will also:

• Discuss how to develop a job hazards analysis
• Address the need for OSHA training
• Discuss the hazards associated with ammonia, sulfuric acid, hydrofluoric acid and peroxides
• Discuss medical monitoring programs
• Discuss handling of chemicals
• Address hazardous waste management

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Review of operations conducted at the facility
• Inventory of hazardous chemicals
• Environmental review of facility
• Need for chemical experts
• Properties of peroxides
• Hydrofluoric acid hazards and treatments
• Sulfuric acid hazards and treatments
• Medical treatments
• Ammonia hazards and treatments

Who Will Benefit:

• Project Managers
• Executives
• Civil Engineers
• Environmental Engineers
• Ecologists
• Chemists

Keith Warwick
President, Patty & Keith, Inc

Keith Warwick, PE earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Davis. He became a California Professional Engineer in 1983 and has also held PEs in Indiana, Tennessee, Illinois and New York. He has 34 years of civil, environmental and safety engineering experience. He is a professor at Yuba College in Marysville, California, and has experience teaching engineering, safety and related subjects. He has conducted several hundred construction, environmental and safety walk-throughs and audits. He is also the author of Arcadia Publishing’s, “California’s Highway 99: Modesto to Bakersfield.”

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