Hazard Communication General

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Terminology

• ACGIH
• Acid
• Action level
• Activated charcoal

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Terminology

• Acute effect
• Adsorption
• Alkali
• Asphyxiant

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Terminology

• Autoignition temperature
• Base
• Boiling point
• Carcinogenic

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Terminology

• CAS
• Ceiling limit
• CHEMTREC
• Chronic effect

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Terminology

• Combustible
• Concentration
• Corrosive
• Cutaneous

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Terminology

• Decomposition
• Density
• Dermal
• Explosive limits

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Terminology

• Exposure limit
• Flammable
• Flammable limits
• Flash point

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Terminology

• Gram
• Health hazard
• Hepatotoxin
• HMIS

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Terminology

• IARC
• IDLH
• Ignition source
• Ignition temperature

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Terminology

• Inflammable
• Ingestion
• Inhalation
• Insoluble

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Terminology

• Kilogram
• LC50
• LD50
• Liter

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Terminology

• Meter
• mg/kg
• mg/m3
• Milligram

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Terminology

• MSDS
• Mutagenic
• NFPA
• NTP

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Terminology

• Occupational exposure limits
• Odor threshold
• Oxidizer
• PEL

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Terminology

• pH
• Polymerization
• ppb
• PPE

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Terminology

• ppm
• Pyrophoric
• Reactivity
• Route of entry

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Terminology

• RTECS
• Sensitizer
• Short-term exposure limit
• Skin

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Terminology

• SIC
• Solubility
• Solvent
• Specific gravity

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Terminology

• Stability
• Subpart Z
• Suspect carcinogen
• Teratongenic

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Terminology

• Thermal
• TLV
• Toxic substance

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Terminology

• Vapor
• Synergism
• Threshold
• Time-weighted average

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Terminology

• Threshold limit value
• Toxicity
• Vapor density
• Vapor pressure

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Terminology

• Viscosity
• Volatility

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Health hazards
Health hazards cause health effects upon exposure

• Acutely toxic
• Chronically toxic
• Carcinogenic
• Mutagenic

• Teratogenic
• Sensitizing agent
• Corrosive
• Irritant

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Physical hazards include any chemical that is

• Combustible liquid
• Compressed gas
• Explosive
• Flammable
• Organic peroxide

• Oxidizer
• Pyrophoric
• Unstable (reactive)
• Water-reactive

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Hazard communication program

• Must comply with Hazard Communication Standard -
  29 CFR 1910.1200

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Hazard communication program

• Written program must include
• a list of hazardous chemicals present in the
  workplace
• MSDS
• labeling system information

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Hazard communication program

• Written program must include
• employee training information
• information regarding nonroutine hazards
• methods of informing employers of other workers
  (contractors)

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Hazard communication program

• Written program does not have to be accessible to
  every work area and every work shift
• Written program is available to workers upon
  request

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Accessing Hazcom documents

• Workers must know how to obtain, and the location
  of
• the written Hazcom program
• lists of hazardous chemicals
• MSDSs

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Protective measures

• Work practices
• Engineering controls
• Personal protective equipment

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Material safety data sheets

• Primary tool for getting detailed chemical
  information
• Must be readily available

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Material safety data sheets include

• Chemical identity
• Physical and chemical characteristics
• Physical and health hazards
• Primary routes of entry

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Material safety data sheets include

• PEL, TLV, other exposure limits
• Whether it is a carcinogen
• Precautions for safe handling/use
• Recommended engineering controls

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Material safety data sheets include

• Emergency first aid procedures
• Date of preparation
• Name, address, phone number of manufacturer,
  importer, responsible party

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Material safety data sheets

• MSDSs may contain recommendations from ANSI

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Material safety data sheets

• MSDSs also provide information regarding
• signs and symptoms of exposure
• personal protective equipment
• spill and leak clean-up
• labeling information

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Each chemical must have an MSDS

• MSDS must be available to downstream employers
  from
• chemical manufacturers
• importers
• distributors

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Labeling requirements

• Labels warn of potential dangers
• Labels are not intended to be the sole source of
  information

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Labeling requirements

• Labels serve as an immediate warning
• Labels must be keyed to MSDSs

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Labeling requirements

• Labels must contain
• the identity of the hazardous chemical
• appropriate hazard warnings
• the name, address of the chemical manufacturer,
  importer, other responsible party

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Labeling requirements

• Ensure that labels do not come off, become
  smudged or unreadable
• For hard-to-label containers, use
• signs or placards
• process sheets, or batch tickets

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Labeling requirements

• Be able to quickly identify the general hazard of
  any material
• NFPA system identifies
• Health hazards
• Flammability hazards
• Reactivity hazards
• Special hazards

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Labeling requirements

• Be able to quickly identify the general hazard of
  any material
• HMIS system identifies
• Health hazards
• Flammability hazards
• Physical hazards

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Hazards of nonroutine tasks

• Know what chemicals you work with and their
  hazards
• Know the contents of pipes

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