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FHM TRAINING TOOLS

This training presentation is part of FHM's commitment to creating and keeping safe workplaces. Learn how to recognize hazardous chemicals, identify physical and health hazards, and prevent harmful exposures.

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FHM TRAINING TOOLS

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  1. FHM TRAINING TOOLS This training presentation is part of FHM’s commitment to creating and keeping safe workplaces. Be sure to check out all the training programs that are specific to your industry.

  2. Hazard Communication for General Industrial Employers

  3. Learning Objectives • Objectives: • Recognize hazardous chemicals in the work area • Identify physical and health hazards • Identify measures to prevent harmful exposures

  4. Agenda • Overview: • Discuss methods to detect chemicals • Review potential physical and health hazards • Precautions and protective measures

  5. Section 1 Overview

  6. The Hazard Communication Standard • Hazard Communication Standard: • Provides workers with right to know hazards • 32 million workers exposed to hazardous chemicals per OSHA: • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,lists 575,000 hazardous chemical products in workplaces

  7. Employer Responsibilities • The Hazard Communication Standard established: • Chemical manufacturers and importers must list hazard information on material safety data sheets • Use hazard communication procedures to: • Inform and train workers • Establish a chemical inventory • Retain warning labels • Provide material safety data sheets

  8. Information Provided to Employees • Employees must be informed of: • Hazardous chemicals present in work area • Location of written hazardous program • Location of hazardous chemical inventory • Location of material safety data sheets

  9. Employee Training • Train employees to determine: • If chemicals are present • Potential hazards of chemicals • Protection from harmful chemicals

  10. Section 2 Detecting Chemicals in the Workplace

  11. Container Labeling • Hazardous chemical container labeling: • Hazardous chemicals must be labeled, tagged, or marked • Containers are appropriately labeled • Four types of containers: • Primary • Secondary • Stationary containers • Portable containers

  12. Primary Containers • Primary containers: • Three elements of information: • Identification • Appropriate hazard warnings • Name and address of chemical manufacturer

  13. Secondary Container • Term used to distinguish from primary container: • Container is labeled, tagged, or marked with: • Identification • Contained therein • Appropriate warnings

  14. Stationary Containers • Stationary process containers: • Affixing labels required by employer • Written materials readily accessible

  15. Portable Containers • Portable containers: • Transfer chemicals from labeled containers • For use by employee performing transfer

  16. Ways to Detect Chemical Presence • Detecting presence of chemicals: • Perform industrial hygiene surveys • Monitoring devices to detect: • Gases • Dusts • Vapors

  17. Section 3 Physical and Chemical Hazards

  18. Chemicals Come In a Variety of Forms • Hazards chemicals presents: • Dusts • Fumes • Fibers • Mists • Vapors • Gases • Solids • Liquids

  19. Routes of Entry • The four common routes of entry are: • Ingestion • Inhalation • Absorption • Injection

  20. Hazard Types • Physical hazards: • Fire • Explosion • Reaction • Health hazards: • Problems range from: • Irritation • Toxic effect • Cancer

  21. Acute and Chronic Effects • Acute and Chronic effects: • Acute effect from a single exposure • Chronic effects from repeated exposures

  22. Health Hazard Terms • Chemical hazards are described as: • Toxic • Carcinogen • Corrosive • Irritant • Sensitizer • Target organ effect

  23. Physical Hazards • Physical hazards described as: • Flammable • Combustible • Reactivity • Reactive chemicals • Undesirable effects

  24. Information is Power • Advantages of MSDS on hazardous chemicals: • Detailed information • Including its potential • Physical and chemical characteristics • Recommendations for protective measures • OSHA Form 174, used by chemical manufacturers andimporters to comply with the rule

  25. Section 4 Protective Measures

  26. Accessibility of the MSDS • Employees must have access to the MSDS: • MSDS is kept at central location • Computerize information • Provide access through terminals

  27. Protective Measures • Protective measure categories: • Engineering controls • Management controls • Personal protective equipment

  28. Section 5 Your Responsibilities

  29. Your Responsibilities • Responsibilities for hazard communication: • Familiarity with the locations • Knowledge of basic identity and presence • Understand the labeling system • Read labels of chemicals • Location of MSDS

  30. Your Responsibilities • Follow established precautions to avoid exposure: • Work procedures • Ventilation systems • Personal protective equipment • Respond in an emergency • Aware of written hazard communication program

  31. Additional Information • Hazard Communication. OSHA Fact Sheet No. 93-26 • Hazard Communication Guidelines for Compliance. OSHA Publication 3111 (2000) • Chemical Hazard Communication. OSHA Publication 3084 (1998)

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