Before you begin this assignment, review the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR §1910.1200.
After you have reviewed the webpages above, imagine that you have been asked to present to the senior leadership team at a chemical manufacturing company. The goal of the presentation is to inform senior leadership about OSHA Hazard Communication regulations and hazardous materials control technologies, so they can develop a hazardous communications program for their company.
In a PowerPoint presentation, address the areas below.
· Classify hazardous waste using Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations.
· Explain the purpose of OSHA and its importance to management practices.
· Explain OSHA’s hierarchy of controls for hazards and provide an example of a control method for each level of the hierarchy (four total).
· Explain why laws, regulations, and standards need to be considered when drafting a communications program.
· Summarize the requirements of the OSHA Hazardous Communication program that regulates the control of hazardous materials in the workplace.
· Provide the steps that leadership should take to develop their hazardous communications program at their company.
· Describe common hazardous materials control technologies.
Your PowerPoint presentation must be at least 12 slides in length, not counting the title slide and references slides. Support your presentation with at least two references. Use APA Style for in-text citations and references. Your references can include but are not limited to the textbook or any OSHA websites. Support your presentation with at least two images or graphics. Speaker notes are not required for this assignment.
Reference:
Haight, J. M., Butler, T. S., Caccavale, S., Campbell, S. L., Fender, D. L., & Hamid (2013). Hazardous Material Management and Hazard Communication. American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP). https://online.vitalsource.com/books/9781885581822
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