This fourth blog of our EHS and compliance training deep-dive series analyzes chemical hygiene plan (CHP) training importance and key elements.
The importance of maintaining a thorough chemical hygiene plan (CHP) is nothing new in the environmental, health, and safety (EHS) industry. Few, however, actually understand the importance of training to it—which is problematic because, as with many safety and compliance programs and solutions, a CHP is only useful if those affected actually know how to use it.
And make no mistake, top chemical hygiene programs are a must in the several hundred thousand facilities that use, store, or manufacture highly hazardous chemicals. In fact, chemical incidents occur approximately every other day in the United States, according to a recent study from the Coalition to Prevent Chemical Disasters. CHPs can help mitigate this—if employees are properly trained to them.
