Managing Chemical Safety

Referencing key OSHA, EPA, and DOT requirements, this hands-on desk reference provides facilities that handle, process, or store chemicals and hazardous materials with a "how to" book of tools for implementing or maintaining a successful chemical safety management system. You'll discover how to protect workers by identifying the toxicity and assessing the threat of on-site chemicals and how to minimize workers' exposure to toxic chemicals and ensure active worker participation. You will also learn how to evaluate your workplace conditions for potential hazards. This evaluation includes reducing the occurrence of chemical hazards by implementing common control techniques, planning for a chemical response by calculating the possible impact of a significant release, and preventing the recurrence of accidents and incidents by identifying causative factors through an accident investigation program. Author Dennis Nelson shows you key management activities that ensure the long-term success of your facility's chemical safety system. He also shows you how to prevent human and property loss by establishing an effective fire prevention program and emergency response plan and how to judge your safety system's effectiveness by measuring the performance of top management.