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The Home Depot Hazardous Waste Training Records The Home Depot developed and implemented a comprehensive Handling Hazardous Materials and Waste (HHM) Program to ensure proper management of hazardous materials and hazardous wastes at its stores. This document outlines HHM Program roles and responsibilities (including as they relate to job descriptions) and training class descriptions. Current training completion lists are also available. HHM Program Roles and Responsibilities Overview Each and every associate has a responsibility to ensure compliance with the HHM Program. However, there are special requirements and specific job duties for certain associates, as described in this section. The salaried management is, at all times, ultimately responsible for ensuring safety and compliance with environmental laws in their store. This responsibility must be satisfied at all times. In appropriate handling of hazardous materials and waste is a major work rule violation. All store associates All associates are responsible for recognizing a potential cleanup situation caused by a spill of hazardous material and reporting it to a Designated HHM Associate. Associates must: • Recognize a potential spill of hazardous material • Isolate the area of the spill, if safe to do so, to avoid contact of other associates and/or customers with the spilled material • Immediately report the spill to a Designated HHM Associate All associates are authorized to perform the above steps related to a spill in order to protect the customers, associates, environment, and property from any hazards involving chemicals. Under no circumstances is anon -designated HHM associate authorized to use the HHMA system, contact 3E for spill cleanup instructions, or clean up a spill if a Designated HHM Associate is not present. A non -Designated HHM associate may assist in the clean up of a spill under the direction and supervision of the Designated HHM Associate. Any associate may contact 3E to request an SDS. Designated HHM Designated HHM Associates undergo additional training and are the associates primary individuals responsible for the HHM Program including the management of disposal of hazardous materials, spill cleanup, labeling, and storage processes. Designated HHM Associates include store managers, salaried managers, hourly key carrying associates, all department supervisors, and all Receiving associates. Only Department Supervisors and Salaried managers (that have been through designated HHM associate training) can complete the HHM Checklist. Page 1 of 4