CCRI Biology Hazard Communications

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CCRI BiologyHazard Communications

• Your Right to Know

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RHODE ISLAND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
RIGHT-TO-KNOW-ACT, CHAPTER 28-21.

• The Right-To-Know Act, administered by the Rhode
  Island Department of Labor is designed to protect
  employees who may be exposed to one or more of
  1100 hazardous chemicals on the "State of Rhode
  Island Hazardous Substance List". All CCRI
  employees who may be exposed to any chemicals
  stored and used in the College buildings are
  covered by this law.
• Posters around the College inform you of your
  rights under the law.
• Copies of the Law itself, Chapter 28-21, and the
  State of Rhode Island Hazardous Substance List
  are on reserve in the Learning Resource Centers
  of all three campuses.

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Hazard CommunicationsCompliance The Four Part
Program

• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs)/Chemical
  Inventory
• Labeling and Marking Systems
• Employee Training
• Written Plan

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Hazard Communications

• Material Safety Data Sheets

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Hazard Communications Material Safety Data
Sheets

• Company Information
• Hazardous Ingredients
• Physical Data
• Fire and Explosion Data
• Health Hazard Data

• Reactivity Data
• Spill Leak Procedures
• Special Protection Information
• Special Precautions

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MSDSs Your Rights
Hazard Communications

• 1. An MSDS for every hazardous substance used as
  part of your job must be available to you the
  entire time you are in the workplace.
• 2. If you request to see a copy of an MSDS for a
  product you use, and it cannot be provided to you
  after 3 working days, you may refuse to use that
  product or work in an area where it is being
  used.

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Hazard Communications

• Labeling and Marking Systems

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Hazard Communications Labeling and Marking
Systems

• NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)
  Diamonds
• HMIS Labels (Hazardous Materials Identification
  System)
• Uniform Laboratory Hazard Signage System

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Labeling and Marking SystemsNFPA Diamonds

• Color coded, numerical rating system
• Should be near main entrances, fire alarm panels,
  or on outside entrance doors
• Provide at-a-glance hazard information

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Labeling and Marking SystemsNFPA Diamonds

• Blue Health
• Red Flammability
• Yellow Instability
• White Special hazard information

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Labeling and Marking SystemsNFPA Diamonds

• 4 Deadly Hazard
• 3 Severe Hazard
• 2 Moderate Hazard
• 1 Slight Hazard
• 0 No Hazard

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Labeling and Marking SystemsHMIS

• Designed to go on individual containers of
  products that dont have manufacturers labels
• Same color code/numerical rating system as the
  NFPA diamonds

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Labeling and Marking SystemsHMIS Labels

• Blue Health
• Red Flammability
• Yellow Instability
• White Personal Protective Equipment or special
  protection information
• Numerical Rating of 0-4

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Labeling and Marking SystemsHMIS Labels

• You should never have any unattended, unlabeled
  containers in your workplace!

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Labeling and Marking SystemsUniform Laboratory
Signage

• Located on laboratory and chemical storage area
  doors
• Pictographs depict worst hazards present in lab
  or area

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Labeling and Marking SystemsUniform Laboratory
Signage

• Always check with the appropriate personnel (lab
  manager, chemical hygiene officer, etc.) before
  performing work or maintenance in a laboratory!

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Hazard Communications

• Employee Training

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Employee Training

• In order to comply with the Rhode Island
  Hazardous Substance Right-to-Know Act (Chapter
  28-21), CCRI offers its employees training
  sessions which are available on videotape at each
  campus Library. All new employees, within 30 days
  after their first day of employment, must view
  these Hazardous Materials Right-to-Know videos.
  Employees must sign at the audiovisual desk so
  that the College will have a record of
  participation, which is required by law.
• Training must be repeated annually and whenever
  a new hazard is introduced.

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Employee Training

• The training covers
• Requirements of regulations
• Location and availability of MSDSs
• Hazardous chemicals used in the workplace
• Method to detect release
• Physical and health hazards
• Measures for personal protection
• Details and location of Chemical Hygiene Plan

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Hazard Communications

• The Written Plan

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1. MSDS Management and Accessibility

• The Community College of Rhode Island has a
  comprehensive program, administered by the
  Department of Security and Safety and Campus
  Police, for managing its hazardous substance
  inventory and material safety data sheet (MSDS)
  file. The MSDS management program may be accessed
  from CCRI's Environmental and Safety web page.
• MSDSs are available to any employee who wants to
  learn about a particular substance. MSDS files
  are maintained at each workplace for your
  perusal. A copy of each MSDS is placed in a
  wall-mounted MSDS station in the vicinity of the
  room in which substances are stored or used. The
  MSDS station is intended for the use of emergency
  fire and medical responders. MSDSs should never
  be removed from these wall stations by anyone
  else. Anyone at CCRI may obtain an MSDS hard copy
  for any room or area by calling call the
  Department of Security and Safety and Campus
  Police.
• Anyone at the College or any outside interested
  party such as a fire department representative or
  private citizen may access MSDS pro
  (http//216.19.113.56/) and search the database
  for CCRI's Hazardous Substance Inventory and MSDS
  file. The program allows you to search for all
  hazardous materials currently in use or used in
  the past at CCRI by substance name or by location
  at each of CCRI's three sites, the Flanagan
  Campus (Lincoln) the Knight Campus (Warwick) or
  the Liston Campus (Providence). 

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2. Chemical Inventory

• Once every year, in compliance with Rhode Island
  Chapter 28-21, the Rhode Island Hazardous
  Substance Right-To-Know Act, a request goes to
  each CCRI department for an updated list of its
  hazardous substances. The hazardous substance
  inventory for that department is updated by the
  Department of Security and Safety and Campus
  Police and the MSDSs are entered into the
  College's database.  Questions about updating the
  department's inventory should be referred to the
  Department of Security and Safety and Campus
  Police at 825-2201.
• A paper copy of the inventory is placed in the
  wall-mounted MSDS station in the vicinity of the
  room in which the substances are stored or used.
  The MSDS station is intended for the use of
  emergency fire and medical responders.
  Informative materials should never be removed
  from these wall stations by anyone else.
• In accordance with Rhode Island Chapter 28-21, an
  updated hard copy of the hazardous substance
  inventory is sent yearly to the local (Lincoln,
  Providence, Warwick) fire department that serves
  each campus.
• Anyone at the College or any outside interested
  party such as a fire department representative or
  private citizen may access MSDS pro
  (http//216.19.113.56/) and search the database
  for CCRI's Hazardous Substance Inventory and MSDS
  file. The program allows you to search for all
  hazardous materials currently in use or used in
  the past at CCRI by substance name or by location
  at each of CCRI's three sites, the Flanagan
  Campus (Lincoln) the Knight Campus (Warwick) or
  the Liston Campus (Providence).

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3. EMPLOYEE TRAINING

• CCRI personnel who used hazardous substances are
  trained yearly to recognize chemical hazards in
  their workplaces and how to read and interpret
  Material Safety Data Sheets.

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Hazard Communications

• BE SAFE,
• NOT SORRY!

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Exposure

• If you are exposed to a hazardous substance
  at work, File an Incident Report with College
  Security and send a copy to the Chemical Safety
  Coordinator.

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?????Questions?????

• CCRI Chemical Safety Coordinators

• Rick FooteOutsourcing Program DirectorTriumvirat
  e Environmentalccrifoote_at_ccri.edu Tel
  617-686-6184 or401-333-7129 Chris Swartzel
  Field Chemist Triumvirate Environmentalccriswar
  tzel_at_ccri.edu Tel [phone] or401-333-7129