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Operating Safely in Hazardous Environments, Third Edition
A Review and Refresher

Author(s): Joseph A. Cocciardi, MS, CSP, Cocciardi and Associates, Inc., Pennsylvania
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  • ISBN-13: 9781449609672
  • Paperback    160 pages      © 2013
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Operating Safely in Hazardous Environments: A Review and Refresher, Third Edition is designed to meet the many training and recertification regulations required of employees working in:

  • waste operations
  • permit-required confined spaces
  • emergency response situations
  • toxic materials work
  • work at heights

This program will easily and effortlessly lead you through a review of the knowledge necessary to continue to work in these dangerous areas, including:

  • public and workplace hazard detection
  • identification
  • mitigation
  • operations

Providing both review materials and exercises to foster discussion and test your knowledge, this program will provide a thorough annual review and practice of skills associated with operating safely in each type of hazardous environment.

The Third Edition has been revised to reflect updates in technology, equipment, and regulations. New content includes:

  • The National Incident Management Systems (NIMS): A comprehensive, national approach to incident management that coordinates both public and private responses to hazard scenarios. The NIMS is required to be adopted by all jurisdictions that support a federal response or receive federal funding or grants.
  • Basic Life Support Review: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • Fungal Remediation Protocols

 

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Chapter  1  Health, Safety, and Emergency Response Planning
Chapter  2  Recognizing and Identifying Hazardous Environments and Materials
Chapter  3  Quantifying Hazardous Environments: Site Monitoring and Sample Collection
Chapter  4  Personal Protective Equipment
Chapter  5  Decontamination
Chapter  6  Medical Monitoring and Occupational Health
Chapter  7  Personal Safety
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Joseph A. Cocciardi, MS, CSP-Cocciardi and Associates, Inc., Pennsylvania

Joseph A. Cocciardi, has spent 25 years in the fields of Public Safety and Public, Occupational, and Environmental Health.  He holds various licenses to work with toxic materials and train workers in the fields of hazardous and toxic wastes and materials.  He sits as an expert and principal member of four NFPA committees and is a member of six ASTM health, safety, and environmentally related national committees.

Dr. Cocciardi is a Board Certified Safety Professional and a Board Certified Industrial Hygienist.  He is a Registered Sanitarian/Registered Environmental Health Specialist.  He has presented and worked both national and internationally in the safety and health field and has been the principal safety officer at multiple large hazardous operations.  He instructs course work for various training agencies including field programs for the National Fire Academy/National Emergency Training Center in the areas of terrorism and hazardous materials response.

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