GHS: IT’S WHAT’S FOR LUNCH!!

Local Emergency Planning Committee

QUICK COUNT

• MANUFACTURERS USING GHS ALREADY?• RESPONDERS?• MANUFACTURERS NOT YET USING GHS?• OTHER USERS OF CHEMICALS?

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MICHELLE KAREIS DESIGNATED HUMAN SACRIFICE VERTELLUS PERFORMANCE MATERIALS

MKAREIS@VERTELLUS.COM

336-834-4903

DISCLAIMER!!!

THIS PRESENTATION IS AN INTRODUCTION ONLY!!! IT IS INTENDED TO GIVE YOU JUST ENOUGH

INFORMATION TO MAKE YOU WANT TO CRAWL INTO A CLOSET OR RETIRE….WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.

BY JUNE 15, 2015, WE’LL ALL BE EXPERTS…..OR WE’LL BE WALMART GREETERS!

(PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EAT WHILE I BABBLE!)

AGENDA

• Intro: What is GHS• What’s Changing (and what’s not!)• Pictograms, Hazard Categories, and the dirty details• Safety Data Sheets• Labels• HMIS/NFPA vs GHS • Recap• Questions• Contact Information

GHS: WHAT IT IS… International Effort (through UN) to standardize

hazard communication information across the world. US Goal is to integrate components of the UN Global

Harmonization Standard (GHS) into HazCom (29 CFR 1910.1200

OSHA final rule to revise 29 CFR 1910.1200: Details released 3/20/12, final rule to appear in 3/26/12 Fed. Reg.

CHANGES MSDS REQUIREMENTS, LABELING, CLASSIFICATIONS, AND REQUIRES RETRAINING OF ALL EMPLOYEES.

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OVERVIEW• Hazard classification: Specific criteria for classification of

health hazards (10), physical hazards (16) and environmental hazards; as well as classification of mixtures. (Identified ranges instead of educated guessing).

• Safety Data Sheets: Specific 16-section format. • Labels: Labels provided by chemical manufacturers and

importers must be in color and contain 6 specific elements.

• Information and training: The Final HCS will require that workers are trained within two years of the publication of the final rule to facilitate recognition and understanding of the new labels and safety data sheets.

New HCS Effective Dates

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Effective Completion Date

Requirement(s) Who

1-Dec-13 Train employees on the new label elements and safety data sheet (SDS) format.

Employers

June 1, 2015* December 1, 2015

Compliance with all modified provisions of this final rule, except: The Distributor shall not ship containers labeled by the chemical manufacturer or importer unless it is a GHS label

Chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors

and employers

1-Jun-16 Update alternative workplace labeling and hazard communication program as necessary, and provide additional employee training for newly identified physical or health hazards.

Employers

Transition Period to the effective

completion dates noted above

May comply with either 29 CFR 1910.1200 (the final standard), or the current standard, or both

Chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors,

and employers

WHAT’S CHANGING….AND WHAT’S NOT!

What’s Changing:• “MSDS” becomes “SDS”• Labels

– 6 Specific Elements– Pictograms – Signal Words– Hazard Categories (1 – 5)

• Specific definitions of some MSDS/Label terms (i.e., “Corrosive”)

What’s NOT Changing:• DOT/UN Placards• NFPA and HMIS Codes

(0 – 4)• Products with EPA-

specific Labels (yet)

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MANY US COMPANIES ARE ALREADY USING THIS!!!

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PICTOGRAMS

Corrosion Environment Gas Cylinder Exclamation Mark

Physical Environmental Physical Health

Exploding Bomb Flame Flame over circle Health Hazard

Physical Physical Physical Health

Skull and Crossbones

Health

GHS uses 9 pictograms that have

been assigned for each hazard

class.

PICTOGRAM SHAPE AND COLOR

For transport, pictograms will have the background and symbol colors currently used.

For other sectors, pictograms will have a black symbol on a white background with a red diamond frame. A black frame may be used for shipments within one country.

Where a transport pictogram appears, the GHS pictogram for the same hazard should not appear.

TRANSPORT PICTOGRAMS

16 PHYSICAL HAZARDS• Explosives• Flammable Gases• Flammable Aerosols• Oxidizing Gases• Gases Under Pressure• Flammable Liquids• Flammable Solids• Self-Reactive Substances• Pyrophoric Liquids

• Pyrophoric Solids• Self-Heating Substances• Substances Which in Contact with

Water Emit Flammable Gases• Oxidizing Liquids• Oxidizing Solids• Organic Peroxides• Substances Corrosive to Metal

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10 HEALTH HAZARDS

• Skin Corrosion• Skin Irritation• Eye Effects• Sensitization• Germ Cell

Mutagenicity• Carcinogenicity

• Reproductive Toxicity• Target Organ

Systemic Toxicity: Single Exposure & Repeated Exposure

• Aspiration Toxicity

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ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS (OPTIONAL)

• Hazardous to the Aquatic Environment– Acute Aquatic Toxicity– Chronic Aquatic Toxicity

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Safety Data SheetsAs of June 1, 2015, the HCS will require new SDSs to be in a uniform format, and include the section numbers, the headings, and associated information under the headings below:

• Section 1, Identification includes product identifier; manufacturer or distributor name, address, phone number; emergency phone number; recommended use; restrictions on use.

• Section 2, Hazard(s) identification includes all hazards regarding the chemical; required label elements.

• Section 3, Composition/information on ingredients includes information on chemical ingredients; trade secret claims.

• Section 4, First-aid measures includes important symptoms/ effects, acute, delayed; required treatment.

• Section 5, Fire-fighting measures lists suitable extinguishing techniques, equipment; chemical hazards from fire.

• Section 6, Accidental release measures lists emergency procedures; protective equipment; proper methods of containment and cleanup.

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• Section 7, Handling and storage lists precautions for safe handling and storage, including incompatibilities.

• Section 8, Exposure controls/personal protection lists OSHA's Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs); Threshold Limit Values (TLVs); appropriate engineering controls; personal protective equipment (PPE).

• Section 9, Physical and chemical properties lists the chemical's characteristics.• Section 10, Stability and reactivity lists chemical stability and possibility of

hazardous reactions.• Section 11, Toxicological information includes routes of exposure; related

symptoms, acute and chronic effects; numerical measures of toxicity.• Section 12, Ecological information*• Section 13, Disposal considerations*• Section 14, Transport information*• Section 15, Regulatory information*• Section 16, Other information, includes the date of preparation or last

revision.*Note: Since other Agencies regulate this information, OSHA will not be enforcing Sections 12 through 15(29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(2)). 18

Safety Data Sheets, Cont.

SIGNAL WORDS

“Danger” or “Warning”• Used to emphasize hazard and discriminate

between levels of hazard.

• “Danger” is higher hazard than “Warning”

• Some hazard categories will not use either.

HAZARD STATEMENTS

A single harmonized hazard statement for each level of hazard within each hazard class

Example: Flammable liquids• Category 1: Extremely flammable liquid and vapour• Category 2: Highly flammable liquid and vapour• Category 3: Flammable liquid and vapour• Category 4: Combustible liquid

Example: Current vs. GHS “Corrosive”

"Corrosive:" A chemical that causes visible destruction of, or irreversible alterations in, living tissue by chemical action at the site of contact. For example, a chemical is considered to be corrosive if, when tested on the intact skin of albino rabbits by the method described by the U.S. Department of Transportation in appendix A to 49 CFR part 173, it destroys or changes irreversibly the structure of the tissue at the site of contact following an exposure period of four hours. This term shall not refer to action on inanimate surfaces.

CURRENT GHS:“SKIN CORROSIVE”

New Labels

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As of June 1, 2015, all labels will be required to have :• Product identifier• Pictograms• Signal word• Hazard statements• Precautionary

statements• Supplier

identification.

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GHS Category VS HMIS/NFPA• HMIS system: 1 is LEAST severe – 4 is

MOST Severe.

• NFPA system: 1 is LEAST severe - 4 is MOST severe.

The opposite is true under GHS. 1 IS MOST SEVERE. 5 is LEAST.

ACUTE ORAL TOXICITY - Annex 1

  Category 1

Category 2

Category 3 Category 4 Category 5

LD50 £ 5 mg/kg > 5 < 50 mg/kg

³ 50 < 300 mg/kg

³ 300 < 2000 mg/kg

³ 2000 < 5000 mg/kg

Pictogram

No symbol

Signal word

Danger Danger Danger Warning Warning

Hazard statement

Fatal if swallowed

Fatal if swallowed

Toxic if swallowed

Harmful if swallowed

May be harmful if swallowed

Figure 4.11                                                                                                   

TO REVIEW….

• GHS is the new Hazcom• June 15, 2015……• MSDS is out…SDS is in• Pictograms are your friend!• DOT/UN Placards Remain the same• 6 Required Label elements: Product Identifier,

Pictogram, Signal Word, Hazard Statement, Precautionary Statement, Supplier Identification

• GHS Category 1 – 5 is OPPOSITE HMIS/NFPA 0 – 4.

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QUESTIONS??

Contact Information

Michelle KareisChair, Guilford County LEPCEHS Manager, Vertellus Performance Materials336-834-4903mkareis@vertellus.com