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• What law applies
• What are hazardous materials?
  • Understanding hazardous materials
  • Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
  • Health effects from hazardous substances
  • Assessing the risk of exposure
  • Controlling the risk of exposure
• Type of hazardous substance – Rural chemicals and pesticides
• Type of hazardous substance – Lead
  • What is lead and how can I be exposed
  • How to avoid lead exposure
  • Health effects from lead absorption
  • How to control lead risks
  • Working with lead based paint
  • Lead audit checklist
  • Lead paint removal/residential buildings audit checklist
• Dangerous practices with hazardous substances
• Hazardous substances and laboratories
• Dangerous goods
  • What are dangerous goods?
  • Responsibilities for dangerous goods
  • Classes of dangerous goods
  • Key stakeholder agencies
  • Managing the risk from dangerous goods
  • Transport and storage of dangerous goods
• Type of dangerous goods – ammonium nitrate
  • What is ammonium nitrate?
  • Hazards of ammonium nitrate
  • Storage and handling
  • Hazard identification and risk management
  • Security checklist
• Type of dangerous goods - gas cylinders
  • Hazards
  • Gas cylinder markings
  • Provision of information
  • Storage
  • Safe handling practices
  • Housekeeping
  • Safety signs
  • Emergency planning
• Managing incompatible goods
  • Storage management
  • Segregation tool for hazardous goods
  • Segregation techniques
  • Other issues

Hazardous materials codes of practice

• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Risk management
• Rural industry

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What are hazardous materials?

Understanding hazardous materials
What they are, what they are not, hazardous substances, dangerous goods, examples

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
What is an MSDS, what should be included on container labels

Health effects from hazardous substances
What are the health effects and how do hazardous substances get into the body

Assessing the risk of exposure
Who is responsible for managing exposure and how to conduct a risk assessment

Controlling the risk of exposure
Methods of control including monitoring, health surveillance, designated doctors, training and emergency procedures

Last updated March 7, 2006

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