Note To Management

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Note To Management

• This training program is designed to inform
  management of the requirements of the Hazard
  Communication Program.
• This training is not designed to satisfy the
  Requirements of the Hazard Communication
  Standard.
• An On-Site evaluation and a customized program
  must be written specific to your work environment
  in order to satisfy the requirements of the
  Standard. This program merely informs management
  of what customization needs to take place.
• FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE MANAGEMENT
  HOTLINE.

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Hazard Communication Program

• Hazard Communication is a term used to identify
  OSHA regulations regarding the safe use of
  chemicals and hazardous materials or products in
  the work place.
• Employers must develop and implement a Hazard
  Communication Program in writing when employees
  use or are exposed to chemicals and hazardous
  materials or products in the work place.
• The written program will identify responsible
  individuals for each of the following elements
  along with procedures describing how the elements
  are accomplished or carried out work place.

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Hazard Communication Program

• Assignment of Responsibility
• Prior to developing a Hazard Communication
  Program, responsibility for each element for the
  program must be assigned or designated. Often, a
  single individual is responsible for the overall
  program while others are responsible for
  different elements of the program.

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Hazard Communication Program

• Chemical Inventory
• The employer must compile a list of all chemicals
  and hazardous materials or products in the work
  place.
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
• A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) must be
  acquired for each chemical and hazardous material
  or product on the chemical inventory list.

• Exception Household chemicals and products
  purchased through retail outlets in household
  quantities to be used for the intended purpose of
  the chemical or product.

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Hazard Communication Program

• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) must be
  reviewed and a hazard assessment and
  determination made each time a new chemical or
  product is introduced into the work place.

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Hazard Communication Program

• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) must be made
  available to employees working with or exposed to
  chemicals or hazardous materials or products at
  all times and maintained in a manner that makes
  them easily accessible.

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Hazard Communication Program

• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) must be kept
  and maintained for at least 30 years beyond the
  last known use or exposure to a chemical or
  hazardous material or product.
• Note Discontinued MSDS should be kept separate
  from active MSDS

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Hazard Communication Program

• Hazard Assessment and Determination
• Employers must develop procedures to ensure and
  require that hazard assessments and
  determinations for each chemical and hazardous
  material or product in the work place are
  conducted.

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Hazard Communication Program

• To make a hazard assessment and determination,
  the employer must review each Material Safety
  Data Sheet to identify the following
• Physical and health hazards
• Personal protective equipment requirements
• Ventilation requirements
• Spill, clean up, and disposal information
• Special instructions, work practices, or
  precautions

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Hazard Communication Program

• Upon reviewing the Material Safety Data Sheets
  (MSDS), the employer must take into consideration
  how, where, or in what processes the product or
  chemical will be used in the work place.
  Consideration must be given to the following
• Heating the chemical or product
• Spraying the chemical or product
• Splashing of the chemical or product
• Creating airborne dust from the chemical or
  product
• Using the chemical or product in small enclosed
  areas or without proper ventilation

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Hazard Communication Program

• Container Labeling
• Employers must develop procedures to ensure and
  require all original containers of chemicals and
  hazardous materials or products be labeled with
  the original label if possible.

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Hazard Communication Program

• When chemicals or hazardous materials or products
  are transferred from the original container to
  smaller or secondary containers, employers must
  develop a procedure to ensure and require that
  all secondary containers are labeled with at
  least the following information
• Product Name
• Hazard Warnings

Note Labels on secondary containers can be in
handwriting as long as legible
Two labels for same container
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Hazard Communication Program

• Common hazard warnings include
• Flammable
• Combustible
• Toxic
• Poison
• Corrosive
• Irritant

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No Hazard Warning
Wrong Label
Wrong Label
No Labels
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Hazard Communication Program

• Employee Training and Information
• Employers must develop procedures to ensure and
  require that employees are trained prior to
  initial assignment (upon hiring) and periodically
  thereafter (at least annually) on the the
  following
• Contents of the Hazard Communication Program
• Location and content of Material Safety Data
  Sheets
• Hazards associated with chemicals in the work
  place
• Effects of exposure to chemicals in the work
  place
• Safe work practices required with chemicals
• Personal protective equipment requirements
• Spill, clean up, and disposal information

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Hazard Communication Program

• Non Routine Tasks
• Employers must develop procedures to ensure and
  require that employees assigned to non routine
  jobs or tasks where new or unfamiliar chemicals
  or hazardous material or products are used
  receive training about the hazards, precautions,
  safe work practices, and personal protective
  equipment requirements of the unfamiliar
  chemicals or hazardous materials or products.

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Hazard Communication Program

• Contractor Information
• Employers must develop procedures to ensure and
  require that information is exchanged and made
  available to and from contractors that perform
  work or in the work place.
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) must be
  acquired from contractors for chemicals or
  hazardous materials or products they bring into
  the work place.
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) must be made
  available to contractors with regard to chemicals
  or hazardous materials or products in the work
  place that they may encounter or be exposed to
  while performing the contract operations.