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Everyday Hazmat User’s Training Guide

Introduction

The Everyday Hazmat User’s Training Guide was designed for use by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service employees who come in contact with hazardous materials or regulated wastes. Using graphic images and text, this guide provides suggestions on how to manage these hazardous materials and regulated wastes, including labeling, placarding, storing, dispensing, and transporting them. The guide is intended for general use and does not cover specific operations such as dust abatement, or use of drip torches. The guide is divided into four sections.

Introduction—Introduction presents an overview of the Everyday Hazmat User’s Training Guide and a graphic table of contents to highlight areas of interest, describes how to determine if a product is hazardous, provides background on reading a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), includes a review of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) hazard identification, discusses hazardous product numbers, and provides a brief summary of the importance of local environmental recordkeeping.
Section I—Common USDA Forest Service Activities is where you will find information on a variety of painting operations and automotive and small engine services, covering products and activities such as lead-acid batteries, used oil, used oil filters, fuel, used antifreeze, tire changes, vehicle washing, degreasing solvents, and recordkeeping suggestions. A list of operational tips is provided for each activity.
Section II—Waste Management is where you will find out how to determine whether a waste is hazardous. You also will find information on common, but regulated wastes, such as mercury-containing lamps (for instance, fluorescent bulbs), aerosol cans, nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries, and unknown wastes. A second part of this section covers hazardous waste management and reviews several areas important to facility safety, employee health, and fulfilling regulatory obligations, with recordkeeping suggestions for all areas.
Section III—Hazardous Materials Management is where you will find extensive information on nearly every type of hazardous product found at USDA Forest Service units. Included in this section are details on corrosives, oxidizers, flammable liquids, combustible liquids, flammable solids, compressed gases, and pesticides, followed by suggestions on recordkeeping to fulfill critical regulatory obligations.

The Everyday Hazmat User’s Training Guide Roadmap

Image illustrating that fact that the Everyday Hazmat User's Training Guide covers the following topics: hazardous materials storage cabinets, painting, environmental recordkeeping, combustible liquids, common regulated wastes, handy tips, automotive and small engine services, pesticides, and identification numbers.

Image illustrating that fact that the Everyday Hazmat User's Training Guide also covers the following topics: material safety data sheets, hazardous wastes, flammable solids, reference materials, oxidizers, hazard identification, flammable liquids, placarding, compressed gases, and corrosives.