Hazardous Materials Technician, 1/e Curriculum USB Flash Drive

today we're going to talk about hazardous materials what is it hazardous material well there's various federal agencies that regulate hazardous materials with a different focus but generally speaking the basic definition of a hazardous material is any substance that can cause harm to you or to the environment if mishandled while DoD's focus is controlling hazardous materials in transit OSHA's focus is to keep workers from being overexposed to hazardous chemicals or materials that they work with every day like d-o-t an important aspect of the OSHA standard is to develop an effective system of communication a system to ensure that hazards are recognized and understood the OSHA standard goes one step further it facilitates the employee's right to know about all the hazards that the material substance may present which is why the standard is commonly referred to as the right to know standar