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Hazard Communication
What is the Federal law that authorizes Hazard Communication?
Hazard Communication 29 CFR 1910.1200
What is the State law that authorizes Hazard Communication?
Michigan “Right to Know” Law (Part 92) General Industry
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Hazard Communication
What are the five elements of the Hazard Communication program?
1)Chemical List 2)Labels 3)Material Safety Data
Sheets (MSDS) 4)Written Program 5)Training
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Hazard Communication
What must be included on the Chemical List?
Hazardous Materials
What three items must be included on each label?
1)Identity 2)Hazard Warning 3)Name and Address of
Manufacture or Distributor
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Hazard Communication
State the three requirements for the Written Program:
1)Written in English 2)Could be unique to your
establishment 3)Must be accessible to all
employees Where should the MSDS be
located? Available at your work area
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MSDS What are the eight (8)
components of a MSDS? 1)Chemical product and
Company ID 2)Composition and Hazard
Ingredients 3)Physical Charactersitics 4)Fire Hazard 5)Reactivity 6)Health Hazard 7)Safe Handling 8)Control Measures
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MSDS: Section 1
What are the five (5) items that should be listed under Chemical Product and Company ID?
1)Name of Chemmical 2)Contact Information 3)Emergency Contact 4)Date Prepared 5)Name of Preparer
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MSDS: Section II
What two items should be listed under Composition and Hazard Ingredients?1)Hazard Ingredients2)PEL
Hazardous components exceeding _1_% must be identified.
Carcinogens exceeding _.1_% must be identified.
What is the definition of PEL? Permissible Exposure Limits (8 hrs. a day-40 hrs. a week)
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MSDS: Section III
What type of information would be found under Physical Characteristics?
1)Appearance and Odor 2)Boiling Point 3)Vapor Pressure 4)Specific Gravity 5)Melting Point
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MSDS: Section IV
What information would be found under Fire Hazard?
1)Extinguishing Media 2)Flash Point 3)LFL 4)UFL 5)Special Fire Fighting
Methods
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Numbering System
Explain the severity of the numbers:
0-Minimal 1-Slight 2-Moderate 3-Serious 4-Extreme
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MSDS: Section V
What two items would be found under Reactivity Data?
1)Stability 2)Conditions to Avoid
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MSDS: Section VI
What are the five (5) items that would be found under the Health Hazards section?
1)Routes of Entry 2)Health Hazards 3)Carcinogen 4)Mutagen 5)Teratogen
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Health Hazards
Define acute: Short term exposure; adverse health effects resulting from brief exposure.
Define chronic: Long lasting or continuous exposure; long-term adverse health effects resulting from either acute or chronic exposure.
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MSDS: Section VI
What are the four routes of entry of hazardous material into the body?
1)Ingestion 2)Inhalation 3)Injection 4)Contact/Absorption
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MSDS: Section VI
Define carcinogen:suspected cancer causing substance
Define mutagen:changes the chromosomes of the fetus
Define teratogen:changes the integrity of the fetus (alcohol,smoking,drugs)
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MSDS: Section VI
What items would be found under the Health Hazards section?
1)Signs and Symptoms 2)Emergency and First Aid
Procedures
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MSDS: Section VII
What three items would be found under the Safe Handling section?
1)Spill Procedures 2)Waste Disposal 3)Storage
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MSDS: Section VII
Incase of an emergency, what steps should be taken?
1)Self Protection -Eyewash -Shower 2)Barricade 3)MSDS 4)Report (Reporting
procedures for your facility) ?-911