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Safety and Health Topics: Hazardous Waste In Focus OSHA Alliances OSHA eTools Quick Links This page provides a comprehensive guide to information regarding Safety and Health topics in Hazardous Waste Operations. It briefly covers emergency responses on hazardous waste sites. Refer to the Emergency Preparedness and Response Safety and Health Topic page for additional information on that topic. The following questions link to resources that provide safety and health information relevant to Hazardous Waste in the workplace. What standards apply? OSHA Standards | ASTM Standards | EPA Standards How can I recognize hazards associated with hazardous waste? Hazard Recognition How can I evaluate waste site hazards? Evaluation How can exposure to hazardous waste be controlled and prevented? Control and Prevention Where can I find additional information? Related Safety and Health Topics | Training | Additional Resources   In Focus OSHA Alliances American Biological Safety Association (ABSA). OSHA (2002, September 23), 2 pages. The ABSA Alliance focuses primarily on biological safety in the workplace, emerging biological safety issues, and potential methods to address those issues. This Safety and Health Topic Page is maintained as a product of the alliance between OSHA and ABSA; it is also sponsored in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). OSHA eTools e-Hasp Expert System. OSHA (2003, September). The electronic, interactive e-HASP Guide is intended to be used by health and safety professionals to provide "model" language that is acceptable to OSHA in preparing a site's HASP. These same professionals can also draw on the chemical database and embedded decision logic to assist them in identifying the hazards associated with site-specific contaminants and in choosing effective site controls for worker protection. Incident Command System/Unified Command (ICS/UC) eTool. OSHA (2003, November). An Incident Command System/Unified Command (ICS/UC) is an efficient on-site tool to manage all emergency response incidents, and UC is a necessary tool for managing multi-jurisdictional responses to oil spills or hazardous substance releases. Quick Links Several general references regarding Hazardous Waste Operations are covered in the following documents. OSHA FAQs - HAZWOPER. OSHA, 5 pages. This document assists in determining who is covered by OSHA's HAZWOPER Standard. Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. OSHA Fact Sheet No. 93-31 (1993, January 1), 4 pages. This page gives a brief overview of requirements found in the HAZWOPER standard.   Revised: 04 May 2004		Safety and Health  Topics     Hazardous Waste   Standards   Hazard Recognition   Evaluation   Control and Prevention   Additional Information   Credits
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