HAZARD COMMUNICATION (HAZCOM)

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HAZARD COMMUNICATION(HAZCOM)
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Class Objectives

• To learn
• the purpose of the HAZCOM Standard
• the 4 major program components
• the 12 required pieces of information on an MSDS

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HAZCOM Standards Purpose

• Reduce occupational illness and injury resulting
  from chemical exposure(s) by
• informing employees of the identities and the
  hazards of the chemicals they work with
• training employees on the measures for preventing
  chemical exposure(s)

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References

• 29 CFR 1910.1200, Hazard Communication
• JCAHO CAMH/CAMAC Standards, EC 1.5, 2.1 and 2.6,
  Hazardous Materials and Wastes
• DOD Hazard Communication Program, Change 1 dated
  May 6, 1996

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History and Scope

• Original final rule (1983)
• Manufacturing industry only
• Revised final rule (1987)
• Expanded to include all industries, including
  healthcare
• Revised final rule (1994)
• Clarifications and modifications to enhance
  compliance.

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Application

• any chemical which is known to be present in
  the workplace in such a manner that employees may
  be exposed under normal conditions of use or in a
  foreseeable emergency

. . . . gases, liquids, and solids
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Exemptions

• Hazardous wastes
• Tobacco/tobacco products
• Wood/wood products
• Articles
• Food or alcoholic beverages

• Drugs (e.g. pills)
• Cosmetics
• Consumer products
• Nuisance particulates
• Ionizing and nonionizing radiation
• Biologicals

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Limited Coverage
Retail, warehousing, marine cargo handling
Laboratories
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Program Overview
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Major Program Components

• Written Program
• Warning labels
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs)
• Information and training

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Written Program
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Written ProgramCompliance Tips

• Include a list of the hazardous chemicals present
  in the workplace
• Describe procedures for
• warning labels, MSDSs, training education
• informing employees of non-routine tasks and of
  chemicals in unlabeled pipes
• sharing information with other employers
• Make the program available to employees

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Chemical InventoriesCompliance Tips

• Include all hazardous chemicals
• Compile for the workplace or for individual work
  areas
• List by the chemical names (identities) used on
  the MSDSs and warning labels

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Warning Labels
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Warning Labels

• Chemicals regulated by the following acts do not
  require OSHA HAZCOM warning labels
• Toxic Substances Control Act
• Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
• Virus-Serum-Toxin Act
• Federal Alcohol Administration Act
• Consumer Product Safety Act
• Federal Seed Act

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Warning Labels

• Original container
• identity
• hazard warnings
• name and address of the manufacturer
• Portable transfer containers (multiple users/work
  shifts)
• identity
• hazard warnings

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Warning LabelsCompliance Tips

• Ensure each container is properly labeled
• Verify that the label is legible and in English
• Permissible to supplement with other languages
  and labeling systems

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Material Safety Data Sheets
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Material Safety Data Sheets

• Manufacturers responsibilities
• Review scientific evidence
• Develop MSDSs
• Send with initial shipments, after each update,
  and upon request
• Update when new information becomes available

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Material Safety Data Sheets

• Employers responsibilities
• Maintain an MSDS for each hazardous chemical in
  the workplace
• Train workers to read MSDS information
• Ensure MSDSs are readily accessible to workers

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General

• No specific format
• Must include 12 categories of information to be
  considered complete

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Material Safety Data Sheets

• Identity
• name, address, and telephone number of the
  manufacturer
• date MSDS was prepared
• hazardous components exposure limits
• physical and chemical characteristics
• physical hazards

• health hazards
• precautions for safe handling and use
• control measures
• emergency and first-aid procedures
• primary route(s) of exposure
• listed as a known or suspected carcinogen

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Chemical Identification Manufacturers
Information

• Product identity
• Chemical brand or trade name, chemical name, or
  common name
• Manufacturers information
• name, address, telephone number, and emergency
  telephone number
• Date MSDS was prepared or updated

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Hazardous Components or Ingredients Exposure
Limits

• Identity of hazardous ingredients (gt1 of the
  mixture)
• Identity of carcinogenic ingredients (gt0.1 of
  the mixture)
• OSHA Permissible exposure levels (PELs)
• ACGIH Threshold Limit Values (TLVs)

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Physical Chemical Characteristics

• Boiling point
• Vapor pressure
• Vapor density
• Solubility in water
• pH

• Specific gravity
• Melting point
• Evaporation rate
• Appearance and odor

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Physical HazardsFire and Explosion Data

• Flash point
• Upper and lower flammable limits
• (UFL or UEL)
• (LFL or LEL)
• Ignition temperature
• Auto ignition temperature

• Extinguishing media
• Special fire fighting procedures
• Unusual fire and explosion hazards
• Fire fighting equipment methods
• NFPA 704 Hazard Rating

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Physical Hazards Reactivity Data

• Stability
• Unstable
• Stable
• Conditions to avoid
• Hazardous decomposition or byproducts

• Hazardous polymerization
• May occur
• Will not occur
• Conditions to avoid
• Incompatibility
• Materials to avoid

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Routes of Entry, Carcinogenic Data Emergency
Information

• Routes of entry
• Inhalation
• Skin/eyes
• Ingestion
• Health effects
• Acute
• Chronic
• Emergency and first aid procedures

• Carcinogenic
• NTP
• IARC
• OSHA
• Signs and symptoms of exposure
• Medical conditions aggravated by exposure

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Precautions for Safe Handling and Use

• Spill response
• Waste disposal

• Handling and storage
• Other precautions

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Control Measures

• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Respirators, gloves, eye protection, other
• Ventilation
• Local exhaust, general, other
• Work/hygienic practices

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Material Safety Data SheetsCompliance Tips

• Verify that an MSDS is available for each
  hazardous chemical
• Verify MSDSs are in English and complete
• Keep MSDSs in a readily accessible location
• Permissible to obtain/maintain MSDSs written in
  other languages and use electronic MSDSs

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Information Training
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Information

• Overview of the OSHA HAZCOM standard
• Operations where hazardous chemicals are present
• Location and availability of the organizations
  written HAZCOM program

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Training

• Detection of hazardous chemical release(s)
• Physical and health hazards of the chemicals in
  the work area
• Measures for preventing exposure(s)
• Details of the organizations HAZCOM program

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Information TrainingCompliance Tips

• Provide organization-wide and work area-specific
  education training
• Ensure employees can describe or demonstrate
• safe work practices
• emergency procedures
• health and physical hazards
• spill reporting procedures

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Spill Response
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Spill Response

• Determined by
• Chemical and physical properties
• Work area location physical hazards
• Size of the spill
• Availability of spill kits or equipment and
  appropriate personal protective equipment
• Worker training

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Spill ResponseCompliance Tips

• Emphasize importance of spill prevention
• Train employees in spill reporting and response
  procedures
• Provide spill kits or equipment and PPE when
  employees must clean up spills
• Investigate spill incidents and take corrective
  action(s) to prevent reoccurrence

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Questions?
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Review

• Purpose of the HAZCOM Standard
• 4 major program components
• 12 required pieces of information on an MSDS