BASIC AUTO HAZARDOUS REGULATIONS

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BASIC AUTO HAZARDOUS REGULATIONS
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WASTE STREAMS
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RIGHT TO KNOW LAW

• Hazard Communication Act of 1983
• Places some responsibility on Employer
• Places some responsibility on Employee

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RIGHT TO KNOW

• What hazards you may face on the job
• Right to learn about hazardous materials and how
  to protect yourself and others
• You cannot be fired or discriminated against for
  requesting information
• You have the right for your doctor to receive the
  same hazardous material info

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HAZARDOUS WASTE

• (AND YOU)
• Train what to do in an emergency
• Explain labeling and MSDS
• Inform locations of hazardous materials
• Written Hazard Communication Program
• Provide Protection

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Material Safety Data Sheet

• Contains most information
• Contains information not found on warning labels
• Manufacturers required to provide
• Employees have right to access
• Divided into sections

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MSDS Sections

• Chemical Identification
• Hazardous Ingredients
• Physical Data
• Fire and Explosion Data
• Health Hazard Data
• Reactivity Data
• Spill or Leak Procedures
• Special Protection Information
• Special Precautions

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PRODUCT WARNING LABEL

• All material must be labeled
• Lists chemical name
• Lists manufacture
• Protection

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WARNING SIGNS FOUND ON PRODUCT LABELS

• CORROSIVE
• FLAMMABLE
• TOXIC
• REACTIVE

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TOXIC LABELS

• TELLS HOW YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE SKIN RASH,
  DIZZINESS OR HEADACHE
• WHAT FIRST AID TO PERFORM
• IF CAN CAUSE ILLNESS OR DEATH

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REACTIVE LABELS

• MATERIAL IS UNSTABLE
• TELLS IF MATERIAL REACTS WITH OTHER MATERIALS OR
  CONDITIONS
• WHAT KIND OF REACTION IT WILL CAUSE LIKE FIRE,
  EXPLOSION

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CORROSIVE LABELS

• WILL DISSOLVE METALS AND CAN BURN SKIN, EYES

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WARNING SYMPTOMS

• DISCOMFORT, HEADACHES
• BREATHING RESISTANCE
• FATIGUE
• RESTRICTED MOVEMENT
• POOR VISION
• ODOR, TASTE, OR IRRITATION TO NOSE, THROAT, OR
  LUNGS

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PERSONAL PROTECTION

• USE EYE PROPER EYE PROTECTION
• KNOW EYE WASH LOCATIONS
• WEAR HAND PROTECTION
• WASH IMMEDIATELY IF CONTACT
• WEAR PROPER CLOTHING
• RESPIRATORS

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HAZARDOUS MATERIAL STORAGE

• READ PRODUCT LABELS AND MSDS
• FOLLOW CODES AND REGULATIONS
• USE APPROVED STORAGE CABINETS
• USE GROUND STRAPS
• USE APPROVED CONTAINERS
• INSPECT CONTAINERS

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SPILLS

• REACT QUICKLY
• USE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
• USE CORRECT MATERIAL TO ABSORB SPILL
• DO NOT ALLOW TO ENTER DRAIN
• NOTIFY OTHERS
• PROPERLY DISPOSE OF

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LEGAL DISPOSAL METHODS
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WASTE DISPOSAL

• WASTE IS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
• CANNOT BE POURED DOWN DRAINS
• STORED SEPARATE FOR SOLVENT -BORNE WASTE
• NON-CORROSIVE CONTAINERS
• USE LICENSED WASTE FACILITY
• KEEP RECORDS