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Figure 6-3.-Hazard communication training requirements.
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occupational medicine examinations. The Navy has four
OPNAV, CNET, CINCPACFLT, CINCLANTFLT,
consolidated industrial hygiene laboratories (CIHLs).
They are located at the Environmental and Preventive
Medicine Units in Norfolk, Virginia; San Diego,
California; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and at the Mare Island
Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California. Each CIHL is
accredited by the American Industrial Hygiene
Association (AIHA). Additionally, most industrial
hygiene offices can perform limited industrial hygiene
analyses, such as asbestos identification and airborne
fiber concentration determination.
SHORE SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAMS
A well-developed and coordinated training effort,
keyed to all levels and types of personnel, is required to
maximize safe operating practices and procedures. OSH
training can change behavior and lead to mishap
prevention and improved performance.
The NAVOSH Training Group oversees the
Navywide management of OSH training. This training
group consists of a steering committee and four working
groups. The working groups represent the surface ship,
submarine, aviation, and shore communities and their
special training needs. The steering committee consists
of a SYSCOM member and representatives from
COMNAVSAFECEN, CHBUMED, NAVINSGEN,
and PRESINSURV. Working together, this steering
committee reviews, updates, and revises the NAVOSH/
Hazardous Material Control and Management
(HMC&M) Navy Training Plan (NTP). This NTP
provides for the manning, funding, and planning of
NAVOSH training to support all communities and
echelons.
Activity OSH Training
Activity OSH training programs are designed to
instruct individual employees to work in a safe and
healthful manner. The training is tailored to each
person’s level of responsibility.
OSHA regulations require employers to conduct
hazard communication (HAZCOM) training. This
training covers the specific hazards and safe work
practices involved in the handling of hazardous
materials/chemicals. Figure 6-3 shows the HAZCOM
training requirements.
All top management personnel, employee repre-
sentatives, supervisory and nonsupervisory personnel,
and collateral duty OSH personnel are required to have
initial OSH orientation training. Initial and annual
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