Hazardous waste is a serious problem that continues to endanger humans, animals, and environmental quality. However, as workers clean up hazardous waste sites, they face safety and health hazards. OSHA issued the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Standard to protect workers during cleanup operations and help them handle the wastes safely and effectively.

Electricity and sudden releases of hazardous energy cause thousands of injuries and deaths each year. Most of these injuries and deaths can be avoided if the proper precautions are used. It’s important for learners to understand the dangers of electricity and hazardous energy particularly in a hazardous waste environment. They also need to be aware of what measures are in place, that if adhered to, can provide them protection from these hazards.

This HAZWOPER training course is designed to familiarize learners with the basics of electrical safety, how to recognize and avoid electrical hazards, what hazardous energy is, and how to properly perform lockout/tagout procedures to help learners avoid incidents involving electricity and other hazardous energy.

• Electricity Fundamentals
• Electrical Hazards
• Electrical Safeguards
• Power Tool & Extension Cord Safety
• Emergency Procedures
• Sources of Hazardous Energy
• Hazardous Energy Accidents
• OSHA Regulations
• Lockout vs. Tagout
• Special Situations & Exceptions for Lockout/Tagout
• And more

After completing this course, learners will be able to:

• Explain electrical hazards and how a worker could become injured by electricity
• Distinguish between a qualified and an unqualified employee
• List safe work practices they can use around electricity
• Describe emergency procedures they can follow if they witness an electrical injury
• Describe the three different types of employees recognized in a lockout/tagout program, including authorized employee, affected employee, and other employees
• Explain how to perform lockout/tagout procedures
• Describe how to handle special situations involving lockout/tagout including group lockout/tagout, shift changes, and when an authorized employee is unavailable

Approximately 50 minutes

Testing conducted in this online course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. Users are able to repeat the course twice if the pass mark is not achieved.

Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available to download and print.