Hazardous waste operations

Overview

HAZWOPER refers to the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard: 1910.120 (Division 2, Subdivision H). HAZWOPER is a complex standard – even explaining it is challenging.

HAZWOPER protects employees who may be exposed to hazardous substances during cleanup work, at hazardous waste facilities, or when they respond to emergencies. HAZWOPER requires employers to follow specific work procedures to protect their employees. What the employees do - cleanup, disposal, or emergency response, for example - determines the procedures that employers must follow.

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Publications

Brochures/Guides
- HAZWOPER - A planning guide
  Covers the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard: 1910.120.
  English Order printed copy 05/13/2024
References
- Oregon Integrated Contingency Plan and Guidance Outline
  This single-facility response plan is only for accidental releases or spills of oil and non-radiological hazardous substances
  English 04/27/2012
- Rules with requirements
  We get many calls and emails from employers asking the same question. It begins: “Which of your rules have requirements for…” You can finish the sentence with words like “recordkeeping,” “employee training,” and “written documents.” To answer those questions, we’ve organized these rules requirements into a filterable, sortable, searchable table.
  English 05/10/2019

Education and training

Rules and rule-related

Final Rules
- Division 2, Subdivision H, Hazardous Materials (including Hazardous Waste Operations & Emergency Response, PSM)
  3-2019 Word version
- Division 3, Subdivision D, Occupational Health and Environmental Controls
  3-2019 Word version
Interpretations
- Hazardous waste and emergency response training
  06/12/1998
- HazWoper: training levels for firefighters
  09/01/2009
- HazWoper: underground tank work
  01/07/2009
- Medical support personnel
  04/02/1997
- Oregon emergency response system
  03/21/1994
- Removing animals from meth. houses
  10/25/2004
- Train the trainer
  07/24/2013
Program Directives
- Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response: Post-Emergency Response Operations
  Purpose: This instruction provides procedures for ensuring uniform application of training requirements under the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard for employees involved in post-emergency response operations.
  A-160 10/10/2012
- Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response: Responding to Hazardous Substance Releases
  Purpose: This directive updates policies and provides clarification to ensure uniform enforcement of paragraph (q) of the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard (HAZWOPER).
  A-206 03/01/2008

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