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Hazard Communication Standard

Hazard Communication Standard. 29 CFR 1910.1200 Michigan Part 92. As an employee, you have a right to know. How can it hurt me? (hazards). With this knowledge, employers & employees can:. What is this stuff? (identity). Reduce exposures. Should I have put gloves on?

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Hazard Communication Standard

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  1. Hazard Communication Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200 Michigan Part 92

  2. As an employee, you have a right to know... How can it hurt me? (hazards) With this knowledge, employers & employees can: What is this stuff? (identity) • Reduce exposures Should I have put gloves on? (protective measures) • Substitute less hazardous materials • Proper work practices

  3. Producers & importers determine hazards of their products. Then they pass it on to employers that purchase chemicals. This information is then passed on to the employees. Oxides Bases Acids Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

  4. “2” Exceptions 1. Warehouses that handle only packaged chemicals 2. Laboratories Don’t need written program and lists of chemicals

  5. Not Included • Many items are not included (b)(5): • Pesticides • Food, alcohol • Tobacco • Drugs • Cosmetics • Others

  6. You must be told about(employee) All hazardous chemicals Physical Hazards Health Hazards

  7. MSDS • Send • First time chemical is shipped • When MSDS is updated with new & significant information

  8. Your employer’s job • Have a program that covers all hazardous chemicals used. • Must be hazardous and have exposure • “Used” means: package, handle, react, or transfer

  9. HazCom Program (f) "Labels and other forms of warning." (g) "Material safety data sheets." (h) "Employee information and training." 5 Elements of the Program: • Chemical list • Written program • Labels • MSDS’s • Employee information & training

  10. How do you find this at work? • You should be trained* • New hire • New hazard Ask your supervisor *If you have an exposure from any route

  11. How do you find this at work? • MSDS posting sign • MSDS’s must be available in your work area Talk with the EH&S specialist

  12. Training can be either on: • Specific chemicals • Categories of hazards • flammability • carcinogenicity

  13. All forms of chemicals are covered • Liquids - containers or pipes • Solids • Gases • Fumes - exhaust, welding • Dusts • Mists

  14. Bleach Manufacturers’ Labels • Identify • Hazard warning • flammable • causes lung damage • Name & address of manufacturer or distributor Chemicals taken out of original container must be relabeled

  15. Reading a MSDS • 1. Chemical product and Company ID • 2. Composition and Hazard Ingredients • 3. Physical Characteristics • 4. Fire Hazard • 5. Reactivity • 6. Health Hazard • 7. Safe Handling • 8. Control Methods

  16. Chemical Product and Company ID • Name of Chemical • Contact Information • Emergency Contact • Date Prepared • Name of Preparer

  17. Composition and Hazard Ingredients • Hazard Ingredients • Hazardous Components >1% • Carcinogen >0.1% • PEL • Permissible Exposure Limits

  18. Physical Characteristics • Appearance and Odor • Boiling Point • Vapor Pressure • Specific Gravity • Melting Point

  19. Fire Hazard • Flash Point • Extinguishing Media • LFL • UFL • Special Fire Fighting Methods

  20. NFPA Label* *National Fire Protection Association

  21. Numbering System

  22. Reactivity Data • Stability • Conditions to Avoid

  23. Health Hazards • Routes of Entry • Ingestion • Inhalation • Injection • Absorption

  24. Health Hazards • Routes of Entry • Health Hazards • Acute • Chronic • Signs and Symptoms • Emergency and First Aid Procedures

  25. Health Hazards • Carcinogen- causes or is capable of causing cancer in humans. • Mutagen- induces genetic changes in DNA of chromosomes. • Teratogen- causes physical defects in developing embryo or fetus.

  26. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) • Part of World Health Agency • Coordinates and conducts research

  27. National Toxicology Program (NTP) • Federal agency that develops: • toxic chemical tests and • toxicological profiles of materials • Toxicity & Carcinogenicity are closely related

  28. Safe Handling • Spill Procedures • Waste Disposal • Storage

  29. Emergency Checklist • Self Protection • Eyewash • Shower • Barricade • MSDS • Report • Ext. #### (What is it in your facility?) • 911

  30. Control Measures • Respiratory Protection • Ventilation • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

  31. Personal Protective Equipment

  32. Safe Handling • Spill Procedures • Waste Disposal • Storage

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