The Historically Black Colleges/Universities and Communities Worker Health and Safety Training Program

项目总结/摘要 迪拉德大学深南中心环境正义危险废物工人培训 中心为从事危险材料和废物处理工作的工人提供培训， 职业安全与健康管理局（OSHA）危险废物操作和紧急情况 响应（HAZWOPER）标准，并协助雇主遵守OSHA标准29 CFR 1910.120.该联合会的目标是独特的，因为它的重点是在其两个 危险废物工人培训计划（HWWTP）及其环境职业工人培训 计划（ECWTP）。 拟议的HWWTP组件旨在提供职业安全和健康示范 对从事或可能从事与危险废物清除、控制和处置有关的活动的工人进行培训 或化学反应。然而，重点是为那些健康和安全 培训对工人的福祉至关重要，可能对公众的安全和健康也至关重要，但由于 在个别工人无法控制的情况下，他不太可能在以下两个方面接受足够的培训： 确保安全和健康所需的质量或数量。这些实体包括应急响应者和城市 在预算有限或工作条件（如没有 释放时间），大大减少或消除了培训的可能性。志愿者消防部门和小 县警察部队、市卫生局雇员、港务局工作人员和蚊虫控制处 雇员是联合会培训的工人的例子。此外，预算较小的HBCU 已被证明收到一些最高的罚款不遵守适用的条例。小 少数民族和弱势企业通常缺乏资金参加高成本的合规培训 程序.该联盟已将这些实体作为拟议HWWT计划的目标。 拟议的ECWTP部分旨在提供全面的工人培训， 增加在以下领域就业的代表性不足和处境不利的少数群体成年人的人数： 环境恢复、危险材料和建筑。该计划的目标是：（1）服务 居住在危险废物和/或受污染财产附近的代表性不足和处境不利的成年人 （2）提供额外的就业前服务， 基本技能（即学习技能，数学，阅读，生活技能），以提高计划的保留和完成;以及（3） 成功地将培训人员安置在环境恢复和建筑领域的工作中。增加值 这种培训的好处不仅在于它为陷入困境的居民增加了可持续的就业机会， 社区陷入贫困和污染的情况，但通过投资于这些特别的 个人促进经济稳定，解决健康差距，促进环境正义。

Project Summary/Abstract The Dillard University Deep South Center for Environmental Justice hazardous Waste Worker Training Center provides training to hazardous material and waster workers who may perform jobs covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) standards and assist employers with complying with OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.120. The Consortium’s goal is unique in that its emphasis is on underserved populations in both its Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP) and its Environmental Careers Worker Training Program (ECWTP). The proposed HWWTP component has been designed to provide model occupational safety and health training for workers who are or may be engaged in activities related to hazardous waste removal, containment or chemical response. The emphasis however, is on servicing workers of entities where health and safety training is critical to the worker’s wellbeing and possibly the safety and health of the public, but due to circumstances beyond the individual worker’s control, (s)he is unlikely to receive sufficient training at either the quality or quantity needed to ensure safety and health. Such entities include emergency responders and city workers in small municipalities and or cities where budgeting restraints or working conditions (such as no release time), greatly reduces or eliminates the possibility of training. Volunteer fire departments and small county police forces, city health department employees, port authority workers and mosquito control division employees are examples of workers the Consortium has trained. Additionally, HBCUs with smaller budgets have been shown to receive some of the highest fines for non-compliance with applicable regulations. Small minority and disadvantaged businesses typically lack the capital to participate in high cost compliance training programs. The Consortium has targeted these entities for the proposed HWWT program. The proposed ECWTP component has been designed to deliver comprehensive worker training to increase the number of underrepresented and disadvantaged minority adults employed in the fields of environmental restoration, hazardous materials and construction. The goals for this program are: (1) to serve underrepresented and disadvantaged adults living near hazardous waste and or contaminated property at risk of exposure to ambient hazards; and also (2) to provide additional pre-employment services that are inclusive of basic skills (i.e. study skills, math, reading, life skills) to increase program retention and completion; and (3) to successfully place trainers in jobs in the environmental restoration and construction fields. The added value of this training is not just that it increases sustainable employment opportunities for residents of beleaguered communities engulfed in situations of poverty and pollution, but that by investing in these particular individuals promotes economic stability, addresses health disparities and advances environmental justice.