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HazCom and HAZWOPER are separate standards with separate triggers, and conflating them is expensive in both directions. This guide sets out the five operations covered by 1910.120(a)(1), how paragraph (a)(2) limits which parts apply, and where the incidental-release line falls for an ordinary facility responding to a spill.

A workplace first aid kit is stocked for frequent survivable injuries; a bleeding control kit exists for one rare event that kills in minutes. This reference compares the two layers, sets out what ANSI/ISEA Z308.1-2021 requires versus only recommends, and explains the arterial tourniquet specification most buyers get wrong.

Heat illness symptoms overlap and worsen fast, so OSHA’s first-aid guidance says not to diagnose in the field: when in doubt, cool the worker and call 911. This guide covers the full ladder - cramps, syncope, exhaustion, rhabdomyolysis, stroke - the emergency warning signs, active cooling steps, and a buddy-system worked example.