OSHA: HazCom

29 CFR, Part 1910.1200: Hazard Communication AKA

"Right to Know Law"

OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard include

1. Hazard Communication Program 2. Container Labeling 3. Safety Data Sheet + training on all the above!

Employer Responsibilities

1. Identify and list hazardous chemicals 2. Obtain Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) 3. Implement a written Haz Com program 4. Communicate hazard information to employees through labels, SDSs, and formal training programs

How Must Chemicals be Labeled?

1. Identity of the chemical 2. Appropriate hazard warnings 3. Name and address of the responsible party (chemical manufacturer or importer)

1 on the PH scale is

Acidic

Effects usually occur rapidly as a result of short-term exposures, and are of short duration

Acute

Have to have training when

At the time of initial assignment Whenever a new hazard is introduced into their work area

consuming contaminated food or water or otherwise permitting oral intake (eating or smoking with contaminated hands or in contaminated work areas)

Ingestion

through lungs due to respiration and absorption through contact with skin

Inhalation

Routes of Entry into the Body

Inhalation Ingestion Injection Eyes

Introducing the material directly into the bloodstream (i.e. through mechanical injury from "sharps")

Injection

Do Pipes or piping systems, engines, fuel tanks or other operating systems in a vehicle: not considered to be containers have to be labeled?

NO

What are the two types of chemical hazards?

Physical and Health hazards

Safety Data Sheets describe

Physical hazards, such as fire and explosion Health hazards, such as signs of exposure Routes of exposure Precautions for safe handling and use Emergency and first-aid procedures Control measures

On a chemical label what does the color YELLOW mean?

Reactivity

The employer is not required to label portable containers into which hazardous chemicals are transferred from labeled containers if...

only for the immediate use by the employee who performs the transfer

PPM

parts per million

PEL

permissible exposure limit (ppm)

The labels for the chemical and the MSDS for the chemical must be revised within

3 months

14 on the PH scale is

Basic/Caustics

Effects generally occur as a result of long-term exposure, and are of long duration

Chronic

What Training Is Needed To Protect Workers?

Explanation of the HazCom program Physical & health hazards of chemicals in work area PPE Detecting the presence/ release of a hazardous chemical

On a chemical label what does the color RED mean?

Flammability

On a chemical label what does the color BLUE mean?

Health

Define Combustable

Ignites at 100 degrees F

On a chemical label what does the color WHITE mean?

Special (PPE)

What Information Must Be Provided To Workers?

The Haz Com standard and its requirements Operations in their work areas where hazardous chemicals are present Location and availability of the written hazard evaluation procedures, communications program, lists of hazardous chemicals, and the required MSDSs

Indoor cylinder storage must be

Well protected Well insulated Dry 20 ft from flammable or combustible materials

Who is Covered?

general industry/Horizontal industries with as few as one employee, who could be exposed to only one hazardous chemical

Stationary containers

hazard warning that includes a message, picture or symbol conveying the hazards of the chemical

Define Flammable

ignites below 100 degrees F

Definition of a Hazardous Chemical

is any chemical which can cause a physical or a health hazard

How Can Workplace Hazards Be Minimized?

minimizing workplace hazards is to perform a thorough hazard assessment

Define Flashpoint

minimum temperature at which a liquid gives off vapor in sufficient concentration to form an ignitable mixture with air near the surface of the liquid

TLV:

threshold limit value

Health hazard includes:

• Carcinogens • Toxic or highly toxic agents (incl. to organs) • Reproductive toxins • Irritants or corrosives • Agents that damage lungs, skin, eyes, or mucous membranes

Physical hazard includes:

• Combustible liquid • Compressed gas • Explosive • Flammable • Oxidizer • Unstable-reactive