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Hazard Communication/ Right to Know

Kevin Sedensky Montgomery County Safety Manager sedenskyk@mcohio.org 937-224-3861. Hazard Communication/ Right to Know. Winners of the contest:. Safety at work. 5 th Place. 4 th Place. 3 rd Place. 2 nd Place. and the winner is. Hazard Communications. Your “Right to Know”.

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Hazard Communication/ Right to Know

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  1. Kevin Sedensky Montgomery County Safety Manager sedenskyk@mcohio.org 937-224-3861 Hazard Communication/Right to Know

  2. Winners of the contest: Safety at work...

  3. 5th Place

  4. 4th Place

  5. 3rd Place

  6. 2nd Place

  7. and the winner is...

  8. Hazard Communications Your “Right to Know”

  9. Hazard CommunicationsThe Four Stages of the Program • Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) • Labeling and Marking Systems • Employee Training • Written Plan

  10. Hazard Communications Material Safety Data Sheets

  11. Company Information Hazardous Ingredients Physical Data Fire and Explosion Data Health Hazard Data Reactivity Data Spill & Leak Procedures Special Protection Information Special Precautions Hazard CommunicationsMaterial Safety Data Sheets

  12. Material Safety Data Sheets:Your Rights 1. Your employer must have an MSDS for every hazardous substance you use as part of your job.

  13. Material Safety Data Sheets:Your Rights 2. These MSDSs must be available to you the entire time you are in the workplace.

  14. Material Safety Data Sheets:Your Rights 3. If you request your own personal copy of an MSDS, your employer has 15 days to provide it.

  15. Exemptions • OSHA does not require that MSDSs be provided to purchasers of household consumer products (such as "windex" and "white‑out“) when the products are used in the workplace in the same manner that a consumer would use them, i.e.; where the duration and frequency of use (and therefore exposure) is not greater than what the typical consumer would experience. Employees who are required to work with hazardous chemicals in a greater duration and frequency of exposure than a normal consumer have a right to know about the properties of those hazardous chemicals.

  16. Hazard Communications Labeling and Marking Systems

  17. Hazard CommunicationsLabeling and Marking Systems • NFPA Diamonds • HMIS Labels • Uniform Laboratory Hazard Signage System

  18. Labeling and Marking SystemsNFPA Diamonds • Color coded, numerical rating system • Will be located near main entrances, fire alarm panels, or on outside entrance doors • Provide at-a-glance hazard information

  19. Labeling and Marking SystemsNFPA Diamonds • Blue = Health • Red = Flammability • Yellow = Instability • White = Special hazard information

  20. Labeling and Marking SystemsNFPA Diamonds • 4= Deadly Hazard • 3= Severe Hazard • 2= Moderate Hazard • 1= Slight Hazard • 0= No Hazard

  21. Labeling and Marking SystemsHMIS Labels • Designed to go on individual containers of products that don’t have manufacturer’s labels • Same color code/numerical rating system as the NFPA diamonds

  22. Labeling and Marking SystemsHMIS Labels • Blue = Health • Red = Flammability • Yellow = Instability • White = Personal Protective Equipment or special protection information • Numerical Rating of 0-4

  23. Labeling and Marking SystemsHMIS Labels • You should never have any unattended, unlabeled containers in your workplace!

  24. Exemptions • Exemptions to the requirement for container labeling: • - Can post signs/placards that convey hazard information if there are a number of stationary containers within a work area with similar contents and hazards • - Can substitute various types of standard operating procedures, process sheets, and similar written materials for container labels on stationary process equipment if they contain the same information and are readily accessible to employees in the work area • - Not required to label portable containers into which hazardous chemicals are transferred from labeled containers and are intended only for the immediate use of the employee who makes the transfer • - Pipes or piping systems, and engines, fuel tanks, or other operating systems in a vehicle, are not considered to be containers

  25. Exemptions • Other federal agencies control the labeling requirements for the following substances: • Pesticides • Chemicals covered under the Toxic Substance Control Act • Foods or food additives • Distilled Spirits, tobacco • Consumer products, lumber, cosmetics • Hazardous wastes

  26. Hazard Communications Employee Training

  27. Hazard CommunicationsEmployee Training • Training is required: • New employees should be trained by their Supervisor • Whenever new hazards are introduced • Annual Refresher

  28. Hazard CommunicationsEmployee Training • The training must cover: • Requirements of regulations • Location and availability of MSDSs • Hazardous chemicals used in the workplace • Method to detect release • Physical and health hazards

  29. Questions

  30. http://hq.msdsonline.com/mcohio

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