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MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. Administrator as responsible for all aspects of the program compliance. The primary benefit of a Hazard Communication Program is fewer occupational injuries ana illness; resulting in reduced costs related to compensation, medical expenses, lost time, absenteeism, employee turnover and training, replacement wages, etc. Secondary benefits may also arise. Some of the work we perform to meet the HCS has other applications which may save you time and money or help we deal with other regulations. Chemical inventories should allow improved purchasing practices to minimize inventory costs. Getting rid of old or no longer used products now may save considerable expense and effort as restrictions on disposal and storage are tightened. As the properties of the chemical products in use become known, products can be chosen with reduced hazards and/or with easier disposal. We may wish to consider the use of work groups with employee representatives or a joint labor- management safety committee as a means of airing and discussing chemical hazard questions which may arise in the future. Smoking on-the-job Needless to say, smoking can be a very hot issue. A common consequence of learning about chemical hazards is a determination that, due to health and/or physical hazard reasons it is found to be impossible to permit smoking in our Agency, we are Smoking free workplace. Home Health Agency. - - Personnel/Operations Policies B-172