Workplace Safety
Hexavalent Chromium Safety: General Industry
Course description
Generated by industrial processes such as plating and pickling passivation, hexavalent chromium, a man-made form of the metal chromium, can be found in the form of chromate, chromic acid, sodium bichromate dehydrate, and cadmium chromate. This session is intended for those employees whose work involves exposure or potential exposure to this substance.
Course Duration: 30 min
Learning objectives:
At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:- Identify potential sources of hexavalent chromium at your workplace
- Recognize how overexposure to hexavalent chromium can affect your body
- Remember the permissible exposure limit, or PEL, and action level for hexavalent chromium
- Implement measures to protect yourself from harmful exposures to hexavalent chromium
- Understand the medical screening and surveillance program and your role in it