• Each employee exposed to the 13 carcinogens at work must undergo a training program regarding the nature of the carcinogenic hazards, ways to prevent the release of carcinogenic materials, the use of PPE, and more.
• Employees should be trained on emergency procedures, including evacuation, first aid treatment, and the employee’s specific role during an emergency.

Each employee, before being authorized to enter a regulated area, must receive a training and indoctrination program including, but not necessarily limited to:

• The nature of the carcinogenic hazards, including local and systemic toxicity.
• The specific nature of the operation involving a carcinogen that could result in exposure.
• The purpose for, and application of, the medical surveillance program, including, as appropriate, methods of self-examination.
• The purpose for, and application of, decontamination practices and purposes.
• The purpose for, and significance of, emergency practices and procedures.
• The employee’s specific role in emergency procedures.
• Specific information to aid the employee in recognition and evaluation of conditions and situations that may result in the release of a carcinogen.
• The purpose for, and application of, specific first aid procedures and practices.
• A review of 1910.1003 at the employee’s first training and indoctrination program and annually thereafter.

Some additional training subjects include the following:

• When employees may come in contact with a carcinogen, they must wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) before entering a regulated area, to remove it before exiting, and to use respirators where required. Proper PPE should include at least the following:
  • Full-body protective clothing (place used clothing into impervious containers at the end of the day), and
  • Shoe covers and gloves.
• Employees must practice proper hygiene by washing hands, forearms, face and neck upon leaving regulated area, and by not eating, drinking, smoking, or applying cosmetics in regulated areas.
• Employees should be instructed to do the following during an emergency:
  • Evacuate the affected area,
  • Eliminate the hazardous conditions created by emergency before resuming normal operations,
  • Provide medical surveillance for employees present in the potentially affected area, and
  • Shower as soon as possible after direct contact with a carcinogen occurs in an emergency.
• Employees should be trained in proper contamination control that includes:
  • Maintaining negative pressure in regulated areas;
  • Following decontamination procedures; and
  • Not dry sweeping or dry mopping 4-Nitrobiphenyl, alpha-Naphthylamine, 3,3’-Dichlorobenzidine and its salts, beta-Naphthylamine, Benzidine, 4-Aminodiphenyl, 2-Acetylaminofluorene, 4-Dimethylaminoazo-benzene, and N-Nitrosodimethylamine.
• Employees should be trained in proper contamination control that involves direct contact by:
  • Decontaminating the employee before removal of PPE and hood, and
  • Showering upon removal of PPE and hood.