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Finding the Right Formula: DuPont Sustainable Solutions adds Two New Chemical Safety Training Programs

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DuPont Sustainable Solutions has updated its training curriculum with two new chemical safety training programs to help employees manage chemical hazards and understand key practices of modern hazard communication. These offerings come as businesses are working to comply with the recently revised HazCom standard.

DuPont Sustainable Solutions
DuPont Sustainable Solutions 

DuPont Sustainable Solutions has updated its training curriculum with two new chemical safety training programs to help employees manage chemical hazards and understand key practices of modern hazard communication. These offerings come as businesses are working to comply with the recently revised HazCom standard.

Chemical Safety: A Formula for Success covers the hazard categories of chemicals; the components of hazard communication such as labels and safety data sheets; the storage and handling of chemicals; and timely responses to chemical emergencies. It defines and gives examples of toxic, flammable and combustible, corrosive, and reactive substances, along with their attendant health hazards.

The program explores the key features of hazard communication, from reading labels and signal words to precautionary statements, pictograms, and the safety data sheet. It also describes the proper means of storing and handling various chemicals. It stresses the importance of personal protective equipment and housekeeping, shows viewers how to handle chemical emergencies, and provides information on how to perform first aid for chemical-related injuries like inhalation, skin and eye contamination, and ingestion.

The second program, Hydrogen Sulfide: Detect and Defend alerts employees to the dangers of hydrogen sulfide, a toxic, flammable substance that is one of the leading causes of inhalation-related deaths in the workplace. This training program discusses how and where hydrogen sulfide is produced and examines its physical and chemical properties as described under the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The program lists the symptoms of hydrogen sulfide inhalation and describes basic first-aid procedures to perform upon exposure to the substance. It identifies various hazard prevention strategies including safe work permits, effective communication and noting wind direction.

Stressing that sense of smell is not enough to detect the presence of hydrogen sulfide, the program explains the importance of air monitoring through detector tubes, multigas meters and gas monitors. The program also covers hygiene and personal protective equipment such as air respirators, safety goggles, face shields and gloves.

Both programs are available on DVD, streaming video and are coming soon as interactive, customizable online training courses.