To describe the Ecology, Health, and Safety Training Program for BASF, Research Triangle Park.

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1 Procedure No.: RTPBC Page: 1 of 6 EHS Specialist Manager 1. PURPOSE To describe the Ecology, Health, and Safety Training for BASF, Research Triangle Park. 2. DEFINITIONS 2.1. Field Test (FTS) The BASF Agricultural Products Field Test in Holly Spring, NC Greenhouse Employees Employees who work in the greenhouse areas, including the head house Laboratory Employee Employees who conduct work in a laboratory environment or in the kilo lab building New Employee BASF full time, part-time, and temporary contact employees within their first 30 days of being hired Office Area Employees Employees who work only in office areas of the facility or who are remote employees who work in an office-like setting. 3. SCOPE Applies to all BASF Research Triangle Park Facilities and to the employees who report to the Research Triangle Park Facilities. 4. PROCEDURE 4.1. General Requirements New Employee Orientation Within the first 30 days of hire, all new employees must participate in a new employee EHS orientation course. At a minimum, the course covers the following topics:

2 Procedure No.: RTPBC Page: 2 of 6 EHS Specialist Manager Relationship of corporate EHS to the site Journey to EHS Excellence and Responsible Care Location of EHS information and EHS Suggestion Box Rules for RTP Evacuation process and plans (fire and weather emergencies) Reporting accidents and incidents Medical program and record retention Working after hours and the buddy system Security Office ergonomics In addition to the topics mentioned above, employees who work in the kilo lab, laboratories, greenhouses, or at field site may also receive the following topics: Chemical hygiene plan Personal Protective Equipment RCRA overview Respirator training (if needed) All new employee records are maintained by the EHS Specialist for the site Mockingbird Training Courses The RTP site uses the Mockingbird Computer Based Training (CBT) module to ensure RTP employees are receiving required training and that the training is documented. EHS assigns courses based on the Corporate EHS Curriculum Assignment Process. Some courses are recurrent. There are three modules of courses that are assigned to RTP staff: Blue (Office/Administrative employees), Yellow (Lab employees), and Orange (Maintenance employees). In addition to the courses for each color category, in some circumstances employee may also receive additional modules (Green modules), depending on their job duties. At this point in time, RTP does not have customized site specific modules in Mockingbird. Current course schedules: Blue Track (Blue A): Office employees (Admin, Fin, HR, IS, Procurement, Communications, Legal, Medical, Marketing, Sales/NonTech Services, Logistics, Executives). Topics included:

3 Procedure No.: RTPBC Page: 3 of 6 EHS Specialist Manager Medical and IH access (annual requirement) Portable Fire Extinguishers (annual requirement) HazCom Awareness (one time only) Bloodborne pathogen awareness (one time only) Incident notification (one time only) Universal waste (one time only) Yellow Track (Yellow B1): RTP Lab/Greenhouse/FTS Employees (Laboratory, Security, Janitors, Custodians, Managers & Above: Engineering,, Works, Plant, Operations & EHS; Planners, Schedulers, QA, Research and Development, Warehouse). Topics included: Medical and IH access (annual requirement) HAZWOPER Awareness (annual requirement) RCRA Hazardous Waste (annual requirement) Portable Fire Extinguishers (annual requirement) PSM/RMP Awareness (every three years) TSCA Awareness (every three years) Respiratory Protection Awareness (one time) covered in group safety meetings Accident Prevention Signs and Tags (one time) HazCom (one time only) Personal Protective Equipment (one time) Bloodborne pathogen awareness (one time only) Incident notification (one time only) Grounding and Bonding Awareness (one time only) Universal waste (one time only) Orange Track (Orange B or B1): RTP Maintenance (Production/maintenance supervisors & team leads, production/maintenance/instrument technicians, operators, electricians, welders, production/maintenance coordinators, EHS team leaders/members, engineers) Respiratory Protection (annual requirement) Medical and IH access (annual requirement) HAZWOPER Awareness (annual requirement) Storm Water Management (annual requirement) RCRA Hazardous Waste (annual requirement) Portable Fire Extinguishers (annual requirement) TSCA (every two years) PSM/RMP (every three years)

4 Procedure No.: RTPBC Page: 4 of 6 EHS Specialist Manager Line breaking (Every three years, group safety meeting) Confined space entry (Every three years, group safety meeting) Lockout/Tagout (Every three years, group safety meeting) Accident Prevention Signs and Tags (one time only) HazCom (one time only, group safety meeting) Personal Protective Equipment (one time only, group safety meeting) Bloodborne pathogen awareness (one time only) Fall Prevention (users only, one time only) Scaffolds (users only, one time only) Heat stress (one time only) Incident notification (one time only) Electrical Safety (one time only) Ionizing Radiation (one time only) Grounding and Bonding (one time only) Spill Prevention and Response (New employee orientation) Hot work (Group safety meeting (3)) Universal waste (one time only) All Mockingbird training records are maintained within the Mockingbird database Group Specific Training Courses These are covered in monthly safety meetings for R&D and Services, or quarterly meetings for Office Employees. Contract employees may attend these meetings. In addition to new employee orientation and Mockingbird training, each group provides instruction on group specific training topics. These topics act as a supplement to the site-wide courses that are covered during new employee orientation and Mockingbird Training. The courses are specific to the activities going on in the group. Examples of group specific training: Although a Mockingbird course may cover basic RCRA requirements, the group-specific topic would go in depth on the type of wastes handled by the group, where the wastes are kept, and how they track the wastes that are generated.

5 Procedure No.: RTPBC Page: 5 of 6 EHS Specialist Manager Another example may be a group-specific course that discusses the types of PPE that the group uses, when they use the PPE, how they order the PPE, and where they may store the PPE. A group specific office ergonomics course may be presented to office employees during a quarterly safety meeting to enhance the subject that was covered during new employee orientation. All group specific training records are maintained by the individual groups (typically business units) Other Miscellaneous EHS Training Courses In addition to the courses identified above, in order to ensure compliance with all EHS training requirements other individual and team specific training courses may be performed as well. Some examples included, but are not limited to: Bloodborne pathogen training Radiation training Handling genetically modified organisms Respirator-specific training (See BASF Respiratory protection program) HAZMAT Team Training First Aid Team Training Training courses on specific job safety analysis procedures Training courses on specific safe work practice procedures Training courses on specific standard operating procedures Training courses on specific total job analysis procedures Hands-on equipment training procedures Training records associated with miscellaneous EHS training courses may be maintained by the EHS specialist, the radiation safety officer, the biosafety officer, or individual teams at the BASF RTP. 5. RESPONSIBILITIES 5.1. EHS Specialist Is responsible for organizing all new employee orientation courses and assigning individuals to the Mockingbird course tracks Managers, Individual BASF Business Units

6 Procedure No.: RTPBC Page: 6 of 6 EHS Specialist Manager Has primary responsibility to ensure all employees within their groups have been assigned to the correct EHS training track, and that the employees are participating and completing all assigned courses /Plant Manager Has the primary responsibility for the implementation of this procedure. 6. RELATED DOCUMENTS Attachment A: New Employee Orientation Training Recordkeeping Form Attachment B: New Employee Orientation Packet Safety Orientation for New Employees Attachment C: BASF New Employee Orientation courses for office employees Attachment D: BASF New Employee Orientation courses for lab/greenhouse/field employees Attachment E: New Employee Orientation Test to Confirm Understanding of the EHS rules at the BASF RTP facility