Chlorine Safety

This lesson teaches you how to recognize chlorine hazards in the workplace and limit your risk of a hazardous exposure using appropriate safety precautions and controls.

Course Overview

This lesson teaches you how to recognize chlorine hazards in the workplace and limit your risk of a hazardous exposure using appropriate safety precautions and controls.

Upon successful completion of this course, you should have a better understanding of:

  • Forms, uses, properties, exposure limits, and hazards associated with chlorine
  • Signs and symptoms associated with different types of chlorine exposures
  • Engineering and administrative controls designed to reduce your risk of chlorine exposure
  • PPE you need to protect yourself from different types of chlorine exposures
  • Steps you should take if you become aware that you have been exposed to an unsafe level of chlorine

Course Topics

  • What is Chlorine?
  • Physical and Chemical Properties of Chlorine
  • Exposure Symptoms
  • Engineering Controls
  • Administrative Controls
  • PPE
  • Response to Accidental Exposure