Personal Hygiene — Hazardous Materials
Construction and general industry · Ver en español
Talking points
- Never eat, drink, smoke, or apply cosmetics in areas where hazardous materials are present. Ingestion is a real exposure route — contaminated hands transfer chemicals to food.
- Wash your hands and face with soap and water before eating, drinking, or leaving the work area. Hand sanitizer does not remove heavy metals or chemical residues.
- Change out of contaminated clothing before leaving the site. Clothes contaminated with lead, silica, or asbestos can expose your family at home.
- Decontamination stations must be provided when working with particularly hazardous substances — lead, asbestos, and certain chemicals.
- Shower facilities may be required depending on the substance. Check the SDS and the applicable OSHA standard for hygiene requirements.
Ask the crew
Are we washing up before breaks — and are we changing clothes before going home when we've been working with dusty or chemical materials?
Standards this talk is built on
A toolbox talk is a short safety briefing. It supports the training a standard requires; it does not replace it.
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Sign-in sheet
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