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Title: 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

3
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)

4
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

5
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.

6
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
7
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

8
Limited Coverage
Retail, warehousing, marine cargo handling
Laboratories
9
Program Overview
10
Major Program Components
  • Written Program
  • Warning labels
  • Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs)
  • Information and training

11
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

13
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

14
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

16
Warning Labels
  • Original container
  • identity
  • hazard warnings
  • name and address of the manufacturer
  • Portable transfer containers (multiple users/work
    shifts)
  • identity
  • hazard warnings

17
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

18
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

20
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

21
General
  • No specific format
  • Must include 12 categories of information to be
    considered complete

22
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

23
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

24
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

26
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

29
Precautions for Safe Handling and Use
  • Spill response
  • Waste disposal
  • Handling and storage
  • Other precautions

30
Control Measures
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • Respirators, gloves, eye protection, other
  • Ventilation
  • Local exhaust, general, other
  • Work/hygienic practices

31
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

32
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

34
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

35
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

36
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

38
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

39
Questions?
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Review
  • Purpose of the HAZCOM Standard
  • 4 major program components
  • 12 required pieces of information on an MSDS
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