INDIAN STANDARDSON

CHEMICAL HAZARDS AND

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

Presentation by:DR RAJIV K JHA

Sc F & HEAD (CHEMICALS)BIS

BIS ACT 1986

“An to provide for the establishment of a

Bureau for the harmonious development of the activities of standardisation, marking and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.”

BIS ACT 1986

• BIS ACT 1986

SECTION 5 (1) C

STANDARDS ADVISOY COMMITTEE (SAC)

SECTION 5(3)

TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

POWERS

SECTION 10 (1)

Standards Advisory Committee (SAC)

Division Council 14

Sectional Committee 314

Sub-Committees +Panels 508

Experts involved 14436

Standards development process (BIS)

STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT

PROCESS (BIS)

• CHEMICAL DIVISION COUNCIL SECTIONAL COMMITTEES – 20

SUB-COMMITTEES/PANELS- 80

STANDARDS FORMULATED - 1590

(P-959, M- 375, C-159)

STANDARDS UNDER CERTIFICATION- 86

SCOPE OF CHD 8

• CHD 8 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY , HEALTH AND CHEMICAL HAZARDS SECTIONAL COMMITTEE

• a) To formulate Indian Standards on:• i) Terminology relating to occupational

safety and chemical hazards, methods of sampling and test, code of practice for procedures and specification for safety equipment made of various alternative materials of construction, and occupational safety and health management system, procedure and practices;

SCOPE OF CHD 8

• ii) Classification of chemical hazards and hazardous chemicals; and

• iii) Code of safety for operational hazards in industries, laboratories etc; safety data sheets and cards for hazardous chemicals;

• b) LIAISON - To co-ordinate with the work of ISO/TC 94 Personal Safety - Protective Clothing and Equipment

• and with the work of international organization dealing with safety in chemical industry.

Sub-committees/Panels

• Occupational Safety and Health Subcommittee• Chemical Hazards Subcommittee Panel on 'Work Permit for process industries- Code of Safety‘ Panel for study of comments on IS 15793:2007 Panel to incorporate a clause on requirement for service life in IS

15793:2007 Panel for developing standard on quick starter Panel for finalization of Draft Revision Standard, IS 14489 Panel for Indian Standard on Flame retardant clothing for industrial use Panel for Indian Standard on Personal Protective Clothing for Fire Brigade

Use Panel for revision of IS 5983, IS 7524(Part 1), IS 7524(Part 2) Panel for Revision of IS 1446:2002 Classification of Dangerous Goods Panel on safety codes for chemicals

TYPES OF STANDARDS

• TERMINOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION

• CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS

• CODES OF SAFETY FOR CHEMICALS

• INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AIDS & EQUIPMENTS

• WORK PLACE SAFETY

• SYSTEM AND AUDITING STANDARDS

• SAFETY LAYOUTS AND SIGNS

TERMINOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION

• STARTED IN LATE 1950s

IS 1446:2002 CLASSIFICATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS (Second Revision) (first pub in 1959)

BASED ON UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS,

LISTS 2325 CHEMICALS

CLASSIFIES CHEMICALS AND DANGEROUS GOODS BY THE TYPE OF RISK INVOLVED

TERMINOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION

• IS 3786:1983 (METHODS FOR COMPUTATION OF FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY RATES FOR INDUSTRIAL INJURIES AND CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS (FIRST REVISION)

THIS STANDARD PRESCRIBES BASIC METHODS FOR RECORDING AND

CLASSIFYING INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.THIS WOULD ENABLE ADOPTION OF A UNIFORM

SYSTEM OF RECORDING EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH INJURIES AND THE DETERMINATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION.

TERMINOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION

IS 4155:1966 GLOSSARY OF TERMS RELATING TO CHEMICAL AND RADIATION HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS

Defines Technical Terms Relating To Chemical And Radiation Hazards And Hazardous Chemicals.

Does Not Include Terms Relating To Air Pollution.

SAFETY LAYOUTS AND SIGNS

• IS 8091:2008 Industrial Plant Layout - Code of safe practice (first revision)

Layout and building structures inside as well as outside facilities in an industrial plant.

• IS 9457:2005 Safety colours and safety signs -Code of practice(first revision)

Prescribes The Safety Identification Colours And Design Principles For Safety Signs To Be Used In Workplaces And In Public Areas For The Purpose Of Accident Prevention, Fire Protection, Health Hazard Information And Emergency Evacuation.

SAFETY LAYOUTS AND SIGNS

• IS 15809:2008 High visibility warning clothes-Specification

• IS 8095:1976 Specification for Accidents prevention tags

• IS 8218(Part 1):1976 Safety code for plant railways Part 1 Layout

• IS 8218(Part 2):1982 Safety code for plant railways Part 2 Locomotives, wagons and their movements

WORK PLACE SAFETY

• IS 4209:2013 Code of safety in chemical laboratories (first revision)

Personal Conduct, Design, Disposal, safety equipments, Emergency Response, Awareness

• IS 9679:1980 Code of practice for work environmental monitoring (air borne contaminants)

• IS 10224:1982 Ergonomic principles in the design of work systems

• IS 12035:1986 Code of safety in microbiological laboratories• IS 14165:1995 Handling of carcinogenic substances - Code

of safety

CHEMICALS- SAFETY CODES

• 67 STANDARDS HAVE BEEN FORMULATEDDescribes The Properties And Essential

Information For Safe Handling And UsePhysical PropertiesChemical & Hazard PropertiesStorage & HandlingPacking & LabellingPreventive MeasuresFirst AidDisposal of Container & Waste Material

CHEMICALS- SAFETY CODES

• IS 4262:2002 Sulphuric acid -Code of safety• IS 4263:1967 Code of safety for chlorine• IS 4264:1967 Code of safety for caustic soda• IS 4312:1967 Code of safety for lead and its

compounds• IS 4544:2000 Ammonia -Code of safety (first revision)• IS 4560:1968 Code of safety for nitric acid• IS 4644:1968 Code of safety for benzene, toluene and

xylene• IS 5184:1969 Code of safety for hydrofluoric acid• IS 5208:1969 Code of safety for acetic acid

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EQUIPMENTS

• More Than 40 Standards Have Been Formulated

Specify Product Related Requirements Including The Scope

Design And Construction (Wherever Required)

Raw Material Requirements

Performance Requirements

Methods Of Sampling And Test

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EQUIPMENTS

• IS 3521:1999 Industrial Safety Belts And Harnesses -Specification (Third Revision)

• IS 5983:1980 Specification For Eye-protectors (First Revision)

• IS 6994(part 1):1973 Specification For Industrial Safety Gloves: Part 1 Leather And Cotton Gloves

• IS 7524(part 1):1980 Methods Of Test For Eye Protectors: Part 1 Non-optical Tests (First Revision)

• IS 7524(part 2):1979 Methods Of Test For Eye Protectors: Part 2 Optical Tests (First Revision)

• IS 8347:2008 Respiratory Protective Devices - Definition, Classification And Nomenclature Of Components (First Revision)

SYSTEM AND AUDITING STANDARDS

• IS 14489:1998 Code of practice on occupational safety and health audit

• IS 15656:2006 Hazard identification and risk analysis-Code of practice

• IS 15793:2007 Managing environment, occupational health and safety legal compliance -Requirements of good practices

• IS 18001:2007 Occupational health and safety management system - Requirements with guidance for use(first revision)

THRUST AREAS

• CHEMICAL DIVISION

• ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH & SAFETY

CHD 8

• i. Revision of Codes of safety for chemicals

• ii. Adoption and Harmonization of Standards for personnel protection equipment with International Standards

NEW INITIATIVES

• SEPARATE COMMITTEES• CHD8 – CHEMICAL HAZARDS• To formulate Indian Standard for • i) Terminology relating to occupational safety and

chemical hazards, methods of sampling and test, • ii) Classification of chemical hazards and

hazardous chemicals; and • iii) Code of safety for operational hazards in

industries, laboratories etc; safety data sheets and cards for hazardous chemicals;

NEW INITIATIVES

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY, CHD 35

• To formulate Indian Standard for

• i) code of practice for procedures and specification for safety equipment made of various alternative materials of construction

• ii) occupational safety and health management system, procedure and practices;

NEW INITIATIVES

• CODE OF PRACTICE & PROCESS

• GRADING IN PRODUCT STANDARDS

• SYNOPSIS OF INDIAN STANDARDS

• PERIODIC TECHNICAL EVALUATION

INFORMATION &FEEDBACK

• Scope and Composition, AND activities of CHDC and the Sectional Committees functioning under CHDC are available on BIS website, http://www.bis.org.in. These are updated at periodical intervals.

• Please provide inputs/feedback at e-mail addresses hchd@bis.org.in and chd@bis.org.in

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