• Provide workers who participate only in limited
postemergency response clean-up operations with a minimum of
eight hours of training, when these conditions are met:
– Cleanup is at a site that is a hazardous waste
operation only because of an emergency response.
– Clean-up work is directly supervised by someone who has
completed at least forty hours of training in hazardous waste
operations as required in this chapter.
– Written documentation is maintained at the work site
supporting less than twenty-four hours of training.
– The work:
▪ Is performed in an area that has been monitored and
fully characterized by a qualified person as an area where
employee exposure cannot exceed PELs or other published
exposure levels.
▪ Does not require using respiratory protection.
▪ Does not require entry into permit-required confined
spaces.
▪ Involves minimal health risks from skin exposure and
absorption that are effectively controlled by PPE.
– Workers have received training in your emergency
response plan and hazard communication program.
Reference:
For additional information, see WAC 296-843-160, Emergency response, and WAC 296-800-170, Employer
chemical hazard communication.
You must:
• Make sure workers complete any other safety and health
training needed to perform assigned clean-up tasks in a safe
and healthful manner.
– Training may include topics such as the following:
▪ Safety hazards and controls.
▪ The content and availability of the site-specific
health and safety plan.
▪ Decontamination procedures.
▪ Operating procedures related to assigned clean-up
tasks.
▪ PPE use and limitations.
▪ Hands-on exercises for PPE and decontamination.
▪ Information about heat stress and hypothermia.
• Make sure workers have been trained within the last
twelve months.