Transcript Right to Know - Middle Georgia State College

Safety Webinar: Hazard Communication and
“Your Right to Know”
Safety Webinar: Hazard
Communication and “Your Right
to Know”
Sponsored by the Georgia
Department of Labor
& the Department of Administrative
Services
4/9/2015
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Introduction
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Good afternoon and welcome to all of you who have
joined us for the Safety Webinar-”Hazard
Communication & Your Right to Know. Co-sponsored
by GDOL/DOAS. My name is Tom Johnson and I will
be your presenter today.
Before I begin I would like to thank the DOAS for
hoisting today’s Safety Webinar. I would like to also
acknowledge two of DOAS Representatives Mr. C.G.
Lawrence and Mr. Ted Lowe for there work on the
GDOL Hazardous Chemical Advisory Board, who is
responsible for today’s webinar
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Intro-Continued
Are Public Employees safe today as it regards
hazardous chemicals in the workplace? We
will discuss and review key elements of the
Public Employees Hazardous Chemical
Protection & Right to Know Act, that State
Agencies need to address, in order to comply
with the law
 In 1988 the Georgia Assembly passed into
law the “Public Employees Hazardous
Chemicals Protection and Right to Know Act
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Intro-continued
The law was written to protect the State’s
Public Employees from exposures to
hazardous chemicals in the workplace, and to
ensure that all Public employees who are
exposed to hazardous chemicals are informed
of the hazards of those chemicals, and of the
measures to protect themselves.
The Georgia Department of Labor Safety
Engineering Division, was assigned the
administrative duties as required under the
Act to ensure compliance with the law.
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Presentation Objectives
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Our objective today is to provide information to assist
Georgia’s State Agencies in complying with the
“Public Employees Hazardous Chemicals Protection
and Right to Know Law.
We will be discussing the Georgia 300-3-19 rules
governing the law. The rules of the law can be found
at the GDOL website and the Secretary of State
website as well
The purpose of these rules off course, is to ensure
that all Public employees understand their “Right to
Know” as it regards hazardous chemicals in the
workplace
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State Agencies
Responsibilities
 Under
Georgia rule 300-19-02 each
Public Employer covered by the Act and
the regulations shall ensure that all
Public employees who work for state
agencies are aware of the Act, the
regulations, and their responsibilities by
means of having a (written Hazardous
Chemical Communication Program or
Hazard Communication Plan.
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State Agencies
Responsibilities-Cont
 Public
Employers are required to
designate a Hazardous Chemical
Protection Communication Coordinator
or “Right to Know Coordinator” within
their agency
 The “Right to Know Coordinator” will be
provided with authority sufficient enough
to carry out the duties of the assigned
position
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They're six Provisions governing
the Rules for the Public Employee
Hazardous Chemicals Protection
and Right to Know Law
 Administration
of the law
 Training
 Contractors
Responsibilities
 Employee Grievance/Complaints
 Exemptions
 Monitoring of the law
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Administration
300-3-19.02
The Department of Labor Safety Engineering
Division shall as required under the Act
ensure compliance with all training programs
required under the law
 GDOL must provide written approval of all
agency training programs required under the
law
 GDOL must also provide written approval of
the Hazard Communication Plan
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Training
300-3-19.03
 Each
employees shall be provided with
training as required by the Act at the
time of initial assignment to a workplace
 Re-training must occur at least annually
 Department of Labor will verify annual
Right to Know training
 A written training log must be kept for
three years
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Contractors
300-3-19.04
 It
is the responsibility of independent
contractors working on State property to
ensure it’s contract employees are
provided information and trained on
hazardous chemicals
 Workplace Managers shall be notified at
least (30) thirty days prior to any
hazardous chemical work at a State site
by an independent contractor
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Employee
Grievance/Complaint
300-3-19.05
 Any
grievance/complaint filed by a
Public employee alleging that the
employee has been adversely affected
by a violation of the Act, first must be
processed through the employer’s
established grievance/complaint
procedure
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Exemptions
300-3-19.06
 Students
enrolled in educational
institutions are not required to receive
hazardous chemical training, unless
employed by the institution either full or
part-time
 The law does not cover local, city,
school systems or private colleges or
the employees of these institutions
including county governments
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Monitoring
300-3-19.07
 The
Safety Engineering Division of the
Georgia Department of Labor will
monitor public employer compliance
with the Act
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State Agency
Reporting Requirements
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File with GDOL Safety Engineering Division the Name
of your agency Right to Know Coordinator
File with GDOL Safety Engineering submit for an
approval of your Written Hazardous Communication
Plan
File with GDOL Safety Engineering by January 1st
and July 1st of each year a List of Hazardous
Chemicals used at your agency
Provide a log of Employees hazardous chemical
training conducted annually.
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In Review:
Agencies covered under the Act are required to:
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Designate a Right to Know Coordinator for your
State Agency
Inform employees of their right to receive formal
training and education on hazardous chemicals
Ensure Public employees know what a Material
Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) or Safety Data Sheet
(SDS) is, and how to use it
Designate certain areas where “Your Right to
Know Posters” are placed so that all employees
can see
An finally inform Pubic Employees that their
physician’s have a right to receive information on
the chemicals to which they may be exposed
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