Title: Note To Management
1Note 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.
2Hazard 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.
3Hazard 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.
4Hazard 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.
5Hazard 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.
6Hazard 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.
7Hazard 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
8Hazard 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.
9Hazard 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
10Hazard 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
11Hazard 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.
12Hazard 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
13Hazard Communication Program
- Common hazard warnings include
- Flammable
- Combustible
- Toxic
- Poison
- Corrosive
- Irritant
14No Hazard Warning
Wrong Label
Wrong Label
No Labels
15Hazard 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
16Hazard 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.
17Hazard 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.