Introduction

• Getting to know
• Construction raw materials
• Mineral binders
• Construction materials
• Harmful ingredients of paints
• Resins
• Solvents
• Pigments
• Measures for protection against chemical substances
• Personal protection measures
• Safe storage of chemical substances
• Wrapping the section

Overview of Risk Assessment

• Purpose, Procedure, and Tasks for Chemical Risk Assessment
• The Advantages of Conducting a Chemical Risk Assessment
• Chemical Hazards and Their Classifications
• Top 5 Chemical Risk Assessment Hazards to Look Out
• What steps are involved in the assessment of chemical risk?
• Hazards and risks associated with chemical operation
• Basic steps in risk assessment
• Control measures
• Safety measures
• Monitoring
• Health surveillance
• Emergency preparedness
• Information, instruction, training and supervision
• Review of risk assessment

Identifying Chemical Hazards

• Chemical hazards and the consequences
• Determine which chemicals you are employing
• Determine the health risks associated with the chemicals
• Determine the physicochemical hazards in the workplace
• Utilize a methodology for hazard identification and risk management
• Chemical hazards
• Hazard identification in chemical safety
• Sources of hazard and safety information

Assessing the Risks of a Chemical Operation

• Risk assessment
• Considerations in risk assessment of a chemical operation
• Physical form of the chemicals
• Chemical changes
• Temperature and pressure changes
• Scale of the operation
• Extent of exposure
• Working environment

General Coordination And Control

• Prevention
• Planning And Preparedness
• Response Organisation
• Incident Objectives
• Health Sectors
• Health Command
• Rescue and Extrication
• Triage
• Treatment
• Transport
• Staging
• Decontamination
• Medical Receiving Facilities
• Health Control
• Health Support Experts
• Epidemiologists
• The Poisons Information Centre
• Special Considerations
• Communications

Site Issues

• The Goals Of Health Services
• Key Objectives In Site Management
• Site Safety
• Control Zones
• Medical Issues Related To CBR Clothing Usage
• The Triage Point

Selecting the Appropriate Safety Measures

• Overall strategy
• Substitution by less hazardous chemicals or operations
• Engineering control measures
• Workplace ventilation
• Temperature control
• Stirring facilities
• Liquid delivery device
• Appropriate container for the operation
• Automation
• Separation of work area
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Protective clothing
• Hand and foot protection
• Face and eye protection
• Respiratory protective equipment

Establishing Safety Measures

• Overview
• Containment and control of hazards
• Avoidance of unnecessary exposure of employees to the hazards
• Elimination or control of sources of ignition
• Prevention of spread of fire and explosion
• Prevention of spread of hazardous chemicals due to spillage
• Measures for risks of fire and explosion
• Safe work systems and practices include:
• Safe work systems and practices include: