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This Cotton Dust Awareness course provides a general awareness of the risks and regulatory requirements for protecting employees who work handling or processing cotton.
Cotton dust is dust present in the air during the handling or processing of cotton, which may contain a mixture of many substances including ground up plant matter, fiber, bacteria, fungus, soil, pesticides, non-cotton plant matter and other contaminants.
Textile dust-related lung disease has characteristics of both asthma and COPD. Cotton dust, when breathed in, can irritate the nose, throat, and lungs, as well as the eyes upon contact.
Safety Unlimited, Inc. is authorized by IACET to offer 0 Contact Hour (0.1 CEUs) of Continuing Education (CE) for this program.
Safety Unlimited, Inc. (Provider #5660170-2) is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Safety Unlimited, Inc. complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, Safety Unlimited, Inc. is accredited to issue the IACET CEU. As an IACET Accredited Provider, Safety Unlimited, Inc. offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.
This fully narrated course is built for success. It includes interactions, exercises, and quiz questions intended to help prepare students for a final exam. Students must answer each quiz question and complete each interaction in order to proceed.
This course has one final exam based upon the material in the 3 course sections.
The exam consists of 10 questions selected at random from a larger pool of questions. A score of 70% or better is required to pass each exam. Students who do not pass the exam the first time may retake it as many times as necessary in order to pass.
The objective of this Cotton Dust Awareness Online course is to provide a general awareness of the risks and regulatory requirements for protecting employees who handle or process cotton, as required by OSHA.
The course will introduce students to the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations for Cotton Dust, Subpart Z, Toxic and Hazardous Substances – 29 CFR 1910.1043.
Employers must train each employee exposed to cotton dust in accordance with the requirements of the standard.
Employers must, thus, institute a training program and ensure employee participation in that program.
The training program must be provided prior to initial assignment and must be repeated annually for each employee exposed to cotton dust, when job assignments or work processes change, and when employee performance indicates a need for retraining.
Additionally, workers must receive training, when required by OSHA standards, on the specific hazards of their job. Training Providers should be used to ensure credibility and augment a company’s training program. Therefore, in addition to the training provided by an outside party, a student should receive site-specific training supplied by their employer. This training should target the company’s unique approach to hazard prevention, including the use of site-specific equipment, health and safety policies, and emergency procedures. As a rule, this company-specific training should be well documented.
To learn more about our volume discounts for this training, visit our Volume Pricing page. We also offer an easy way to Enroll Multiple Students.
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