Transcript Respirator Standard Photos

Hazard Communication
OSHA Office of Training and Education
1
Introduction
About 32 million workers work with and are
potentially exposed to one or more chemical hazards
There are an estimated 650,000 existing chemical
products, and hundreds of new ones being
introduced annually
Chemical exposure may cause or contribute to many
serious health effects such as heart ailments, central
nervous system, kidney and lung damage, sterility,
cancer, burns, and rashes
Some chemicals may also be safety hazards and
have the potential to cause fires and explosions and
other serious accidents
OSHA Office of Training and Education
2
Purpose of OSHA’s Hazard
Communication (HazCom) Standard
To ensure that employers and employees know
about work hazards and how to protect themselves
so that the incidence of illnesses and injuries due to
hazardous chemicals is reduced.
Hazard
Communication
Program
Container
Labeling
Material Safety
Data Sheet
MSDS
Program
Label
OSHA Office of Training and Education
3
Who is covered?
OSHA’s HazCom standard applies to general
industry, shipyard, marine terminals, longshoring,
and construction employment and covers chemical
manufacturers, importers, employers, and
employees exposed to chemical hazards.
OSHA Office of Training and Education
4
Employer Responsibilities
Identify and list hazardous chemicals in their
workplaces
Obtain Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) and
labels for each hazardous chemical, if not provided
by the manufacturer, importer, or distributor
Implement a written HazCom program, including
labels, MSDSs, and employee training
Communicate hazard information to employees
through labels, MSDSs, and formal training programs
OSHA Office of Training and Education
5
How can workplace hazards be minimized?
The first step in minimizing workplace hazards is to
perform a thorough hazard assessment
Employers can rely on the evaluations performed by
the manufacturers or importers to establish the hazards
of the chemicals they use
This information is obtained from MSDSs and labels
OSHA Office of Training and Education
6
Why is a written program required?
Ensures that all employers
receive the information they
need to inform and train their
employees
Provides necessary hazard
information to employees
HazCom Program
(f) "Labels and other
forms of warning."
(g) "Material safety data
sheets."
(h) "Employee
information and
training."
OSHA Office of Training and Education
7
Written HazCom Program
Requirements
Describes container labeling, MSDSs, and employee
training for each workplace
List of the hazardous chemicals
Make information regarding hazards and protective
measures available to other employers onsite
OSHA Office of Training and Education
8
How must chemicals be labeled?
Each container of hazardous
chemicals entering the workplace
must be labeled or marked with:
Identity of the chemical
Appropriate hazard warnings
Name and address of the
responsible party
OSHA Office of Training and Education
9
Container Labeling in the Workplace
The hazard warning can be any
type of message, picture, or
symbol that provides information
on the hazards of the chemical(s)
and the targeted organs affected,
if applicable
Labels must be legible, in English
(plus other languages, if desired),
and prominently displayed
OSHA Office of Training and Education
10
Material Safety Data Sheets
Prepared by the chemical manufacturer or importer
and describe:
Physical hazards, such as fire and explosion
Health hazards, such as signs of exposure
Routes of exposure
Precautions for safe handling and use
Emergency and first-aid procedures
Control measures
OSHA Office of Training and Education
11
Material Safety Data Sheets (cont’d)
 Must be in English and include information regarding the
specific chemical identity and common names
 Must provide information on the:
Physical and chemical characteristics
Health effects
Exposure limits
Carcinogenicity (cancer-causing)
Organization responsible for preparing the sheet
 Must be readily accessible to employees in their work area
OSHA Office of Training and Education
12
Material Safety Data Sheets (cont’d)
MSDSs have no prescribed
format
If no MSDS has been received
for a hazardous chemical,
employer must contact the
supplier, manufacturer, or
importer to obtain one and
maintain a record of the contact
OSHA Office of Training and Education
13
Training
Training is required for employees
who are exposed to hazardous
chemicals in their work area:
At the time of initial assignment
Whenever a new hazard is
introduced into their work area
OSHA Office of Training and Education
14
What training is needed
to protect workers?
Explanation of the HazCom program, including
information on labels, MSDSs, and how to obtain and
use available hazard information
Hazards of chemicals
Protective measures such as engineering controls,
work practices, and the use of PPE
How to detect the presence or release of a hazardous
chemical (using monitoring devices, observation, or
smell)
OSHA Office of Training and Education
15
What information must
be provided to workers?
Employees must be informed of:
The HazCom standard and its requirements
Operations in their work areas where hazardous
chemicals are present
Location and availability of the written hazard
evaluation procedures, communications program, lists
of hazardous chemicals, and the required MSDSs
OSHA Office of Training and Education
16
Summary
OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard is based
on a simple concept - that employees have both a
need and a right to know the hazards and identities of
the chemicals they are exposed to when working
Employees also need to know what protective
measures are available to prevent adverse effects
from occurring
OSHA Office of Training and Education
17
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Z 1910.1200
Toxic and Hazardous Substances
18
Hazard Communication.
subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Purpose." Toxic
(a)(1) To and
ensure Hazardous
that the hazards of all
chemicals produced or imported are evaluated, and
that informationSubstances
concerning their hazards is
transmitted to employers and employees.
Hazard
Communication
Program
Container
Labeling
Material Safety
Data Sheet
M.S.D.S.
Program
Label
19
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Toxic
and
Hazardous
(a)(2) This occupational safety and health standard
is intended to address
comprehensively the issue of
Substances
evaluating the potential hazards of chemicals, and
communicating information concerning hazards and
appropriate protective measures to employees
 Developing and maintaining a written hazard
communication program for the workplace
 Lists of hazardous chemicals present;
 Labeling of containers of chemicals in the workplace,
 Containers of chemicals being shipped to other
workplaces;
20
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Toxic and Hazardous
(b) "Scope and application." This section requires
Substances
chemical manufacturers
or importers to assess.
Hazards of chemicals which they produce or import,
and all employers to provide information to their
employees about the hazardous chemicals to which
they are exposed, by means of a hazard
communication program,
labels and other forms of warning,
material safety data sheets, and
information and training.
In addition, this section requires distributors to
21
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Toxic
and
Hazardous
(d) "Hazard determination."
Substances
Chemical manufacturers
and importers shall
evaluate chemicals
produced in their
workplaces or imported
by them to determine if
they are hazardous.
Employers are not
required to evaluate
chemicals unless they
choose not to rely on the
evaluation performed by
22
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Toxic and Hazardous
(e) "Written hazard
Haz Com Program
Substances
communication
program."
Employers shall develop, implement,
and maintain at each workplace, a
written hazard communication
program which at least describes how
the criteria specified in paragraphs (f),
(g), and (h) of this section for labels
and other forms of warning, material
safety data sheets, and employee
information and training will be met.
(f) "Labels and other forms
of warning."
(g) "Material safety data
sheets."
(h) "Employee information
and training."
23
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z 1910.1200
Toxic and Hazardous
Substances
(e) "Written hazard communication program." (continued)
A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present
using an identity that is referenced on the appropriate
material safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for
the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas);
and,
The methods the employer will use to inform
employees of the hazards of non-routine tasks (for
example, the cleaning of reactor vessels), and the
hazards associated with chemicals contained in
unlabeled pipes in their work areas.
24
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Toxic
and
Hazardous
(e) "Written hazard communication program."
Substances
(continued)
•
"Multi-employer workplaces."
– The methods the employer will
use to provide the other
employer(s) information on
Haz Com
– The methods the employer will
use to inform the other
employer(s) of any
precautionary measures that
need to be taken
– The methods the employer will
use to inform the other
employer(s) of the labeling
system
– The employer may rely on an
existing hazard
communication program
25
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Toxic and
Hazardous
 (e)(4) The employer shall make
the written hazard
Substances
communication program
available, upon request
 (e)(5) Where employees must
travel between workplaces
during a workshift, i.e., their work
is carried out at more than one
geographical location, the written
hazard communication program
may be kept at the primary
workplace facility.
26
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Toxic
and
Hazardous
(f) "Labels
and other
forms
of warning." The
chemical manufacturer,
importer, or distributor shall
Substances
ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals
leaving the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with
the following information:
Identity of the hazardous chemical(s);
Appropriate hazard warnings; and
Name and address of the chemical
manufacturer, importer, or other
responsible party.
27
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Toxic and Hazardous
(f)(5) Ensure that each
Substances
container of hazardous
chemicals in the workplace
is labeled, tagged or marked
with the following
information:
Identity of the hazardous
chemical(s)
contained therein; and,
Appropriate hazard
warnings, or alternatively,
words, pictures symbols,
or combination thereof,
28
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Toxic and Hazardous
 (f)(6) The employer may use
signs, placards, process
Substances
sheets, batch tickets,
operating procedures, or
other such written materials
in lieu of affixing labels to
individual stationary process
containers, as long as the
alternative method identifies
the containers to which it is
applicable and conveys the
information required by
paragraph (f)(5) of this
section to be on a label.
29
(f)(7) The employer is not required to label portable
containers into which hazardous chemicals are
transferred from labeled containers, and which are
intended only for the immediate use of the employee
who performs the transfer.
OSHA Office of Training and Education
30
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Toxic and Hazardous
(f)(8) The employer
shall not remove or
Substances
deface existing labels
on incoming
containers of
hazardous chemicals,
unless the container is
immediately marked
with the required
information.
(f)(9) The employer
shall ensure that
labels or other forms
31
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Toxic and Hazardous
(g) "Material
safety data Substances
sheets." Chemical
manufacturers and
importers shall obtain or
develop a material safety
data sheet for each
hazardous chemical they
produce or import.
Employers shall have a
material safety data
sheet in the workplace
32
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Toxic and Hazardous
(h) "Employee
Substances
information and
training."
 Employers shall provide
employees with effective
information and training on
hazardous chemicals in their
work area at the time of their
initial assignment, and whenever
a new physical or health hazard
the employees have not
previously been trained about is
introduced into their work area.
33
Hazard Communication.
Subpart Number: Z
1910.1200
Hazardous
 "Training."Toxic
Employeeand
training
shall include at least:
 Methods and observations that may be used to detect the
Substances
presence or release
of a hazardous chemical in the work
area (such as monitoring conducted by the employer,
continuous monitoring devices, visual appearance or odor
of hazardous chemicals when being released, etc.);
 The physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the
work area;
 The measures employees can take to protect themselves
from these hazards, including specific procedures the
employer has implemented to protect employees from
exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate
work practices, emergency procedures, and personal
protective equipment to be used; and,
34
 The details of the hazard communication program