OSHA Crude Oil Hazards Certification
Health and Safety Concerns online training
Crude oil, also known as Crude Petroleum and Sweet Crude, is volatile and flammable and may cause flash fires. If ingested, aspiration (the entry of crude oil into the trachea and lungs) may occur causing lung damage or death.
OSHA requires that employers provide their employees with working conditions that are free of known dangers.
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Governing regulations.
This online course satisfies the training requirements of OSHA 29 CFR § 1910.1200 Hazard Communication for Crude oil.
Who must take this course?
According to OSHA 29 CFR § 1910.1200 Appendix E:
Each employee who may be "exposed" to hazardous chemicals when working must be provided information and trained prior to initial assignment to work with a hazardous chemical, and whenever the hazard changes.
This course is intended for those persons working in or around crude oil, in particular those persons involved in oil spill cleanup activities.
It will take a MINIMUM of 1 hour to complete this online course. The student may log on and off as needed. A bookmark will be set so when they log back in they will return to where they left off.
Upon successful completion each student will have immediate access to a printable OSHA Crude Oil Hazards Training certificate and wallet card.
We have no restrictions on how long a person takes to complete a course.
Likewise, if you are purchasing for others, we have no time limit on assigning courses. So you can purchase a larger quantity then you currently need and take advantage of volume discounts.
Each student will receive 0.1 CEUs (or 1 CMEs) from Compliance Training Online™ for completing this course.
Our OSHA Crude Oil Hazards Training course consists of content, graphics, and a final exam.
This course covers hazards posed by crude oil, relating to OSHA's Hazard Communication (HazCom) standard 29 CFR § 1910.1200. This course describes the standard, what types of hazards that chemicals pose, along with hazard controls that can be used to protect the health and safety of workers.
Specific topics covered in this course include:
- what crude oil is and what products are made from it,
- potential ways to be exposed,
- oil spills,
- routes of entry,
- health effects, and
- controls, including:
- engineering/technological solutions
- Hazard Communication
- work practices and training
- Personal Protective Equipment
OSHA has not specified any time frame for required retraining or recertification for Crude Oil Hazards. Since there is no OSHA standard dealing with this specific hazard the OSH Act general duty clause, section 5(a)(1), 29 U.S.C. 654(b)(1) defines the standard which provides that:
(a) Each employer -
(1) shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
A recognized hazard is a danger recognized by the employer's industry or industry in general, by the employer, or by common sense. The general duty clause does not apply if there is an OSHA standard dealing with the hazard, unless the employer knows that the standard does not adequately address the hazard.
Therefore it is our recommendation that workers be retrained at least every three years.
Persons exposed to crude oil are most likely required by OSHA to receive additional training relevant to their specific exposure level with crude oil, e.g. Personal Protective Equipment, Hazard Communication, Heat Stress & Fatigue-related Hazards, Outdoor Biological Hazards and others.
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