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Document ID (ISN)53758
CIS number 90-783
Year 1989
Convention or series no.
Title Supervising hazardous waste operations
Bibliographic information Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, Department of Environmental Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, 1989. Illus.
Abstract This material for a 1-day university-level course includes: review of state and federal (US) health and safety regulations concerning hazardous waste operations (including full text of 29 CFR Part 1910, see CIS 89-1420); elements of a good health and safety plan; liability for supervisors at hazardous waste sites; interacting with the press and communities; safety at hazardous waste sites; review of hazardous waste site fundamentals; practical aspects of site supervision; exercises; a toxic substances fact sheet on underground storage tanks.
Descriptors (primary) disposal of harmful waste; training material; training course
Descriptors (secondary) USA; training manuals; legislation; safety programmes; neighbourhood protection
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Waste collection and disposal
OSH training