The game has changed for OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard. Is your organization up to speed on this critical piece of safety compliance? The training deadline for employees has passed, and your business could face penalties for non-compliance if your safety communications have fallen behind.

1. HAZARD COMMUNICATION HOW-TO:
Getting in Compliance with OSHA's GHS standards

2. HOUSEKEEPING
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4. WHO’S ON THE LINE?
MODERATOR:
ANDREA TARRELL
Marketing Director at HNI
atarrell@hni.com
TODAY’S SPEAKER:
KYLE MEINERT
Risk Advisor at JHNI
kmeinert@hni.com

5. TRAINING OUTLINE
• The new Hazard Communication standards
• Written program
• Labels
• Safety data sheets (SDS)
• Training
• Compliance dates and game plan
• COSHO Inspections

6. ARE YOU EXPOSED TO THESE?
• Isopropyl alcohol
• Di-hydrogen monoxide
• NaCl
• Water
• acide chlorhydrique
• Химическая
• ‫الحديديك‬ ‫حمض‬

7. MOST CONCERNING?
• Isopropyl alcohol
• Di-hydrogen monoxide
• NaCl
• Water

8. WHAT IS GHS?
• Developed and released March 2012
– Full implementation by June 2016
• A common approach
• Defines and classifies hazards
• Communicates information on labels and safety data sheets
• Not a standard… it’s a program

9. TO DO LIST:
• Train all employees on new safety data sheets (SDS) & labels
• Collect all SDS sheets and keep in new book/online
• Develop a system to label all secondary containers
• Create new chemical inventory

10. PRINCIPLES OF HARMONIZATION
• Protections not be reduced
• Comprehensive system
• All types of chemicals will be
covered
– Based on intrinsic properties
(hazards) of chemicals

11. THE SCOPE OF THE GHS
• Covers all hazardous chemical substances, dilute solutions,
and mixtures
• Pharmaceuticals, food additives, cosmetics and pesticide
residues in food
– Not be covered at the point of intake
– Will be covered where workers may be exposed and in transport
• Who’s covered?

12. GHS ELEMENTS
• Classification Criteria
– Health and Environmental Hazards
– Physical Hazards
– Mixtures
• Hazard Communication
– Labels
– Safety Data Sheets

13. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
• Written program – mostly unchanged
• Training – new labels/SDS
– Keep same training & add info as it comes into the workplace
• Labels - new standards
• (M)SDS – extensive changes

14. WRITTEN PROGRAM
• Definitions have changed or been revised
• Some sections called differently
– Hazard determination
now
– Hazard classification

15. LABELS
• Standardization for all labels
• Reprocess of all labels in transit
• Enhance communication
– Standard pictograms
– Signal words (Danger or Warning)
– Hazard statements
– Precautionary statements

16. NEW LABEL REQUIREMENTS
• Current OSHA Standard
– Material identity
– Hazard warnings
– Supplier information
• Updated OSHA GHS Standard
– Product identifier
– Signal word
– Hazard statements
– Precautionary statements
– Pictograms
– Supplier information
– Supplemental information
Workplace Label GHS Label
XYZ Chemical, 234 E. 3rd St; Murray KY 42071
227.777.6565
XYZ Chemical, 234 E. 3rd St; Murray KY 42071
227.777.6565

17. GHS Pictograms
!
Explosives,
self-reactives,
organic peroxides
Flammables, pyrophoric,
Self-heating, emits flam
gas, self-reactive,
organic peroxides
Oxidizers
Skin corrosion/burns,
eye damage
corrosive to metals
Acute toxicity,
fatal or toxic
Carcinogen,
mutagenicity,
Repro toxicity, resp
sensitizer,
target organ toxicity,
aspiration toxicity
Irritant, skin
sensitizer,
acute toxicity,
narcotic
effects, resp
tract irritant,
haz to ozone
layer
Aquatic toxicity
Gases under
pressure

18. SIGNAL WORDS
• “Danger” or “Warning”
• Used to emphasize hazard and discriminate between levels
of hazard. Diamond (always in red)

19. UPDATED TEMPLATE
Tetraethyl Resin
Tetraethyl Resin
Health
Flammability
Reactivity
PPE
4 = severe
3 = serious
2 = Moderate
1 = Slight
0 = Minimal
2*
1
1
B
Danger
Heating may cause a fire.
Combustible liquid.
May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure.
Harms public health and the environment by destroying ozone in the upper
atmosphere.
May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure by skin
contact.
Contains epoxy constituents. May produce an allergic reaction.
If medical advice is needed, have product container or label at hand.
Keep out of reach of children.
Read label before use.
Obtain special instructions before use.
Do not handle until all safety precautions have been read and understood.
Keep away from heat/sparks/open flames / hot surfaces. No Smoking.
Refer to (M)SDS for more details
Supplemental Label Information
For further information on this product, see Safety Data Sheet
Contains
Isocyanic acid, polymethylenepolypenylene ester >> Benzene,
methylenbis
Dow Chemical
1181 West Oak Parkway, Marietta, Georgia 30062-221, United States
Phone: 800-366-4740
• Current OSHA Template
– Identify of hazardous chemical
– Hazard warnings
– Contact information for
manufacturer/importer/
responsible party
• GHS Template
– Product Identifier
– Pictograms
– Signal word
– Precautionary statements
– Hazardous Statements
– Supplemental Information
– Supplier Identification

20. GHS LABEL
Manufacturer or
Distributor
Pictograms
Hazard
Statements
Signal Word
Precautionary
statements
Identity

21. INTERNAL LABEL REQUIREMENTS - SEE APPENDIX C
• Product identifier
• Signal word
• Hazard statements
• Pictogram(s)
• Precautionary statements
• Product identifier
-AND-
• Words, pictures, symbols or
combination
OR
Mandatory App C
may not allow
both of these
pictograms to be used

22. PICTOGRAM SHAPE AND COLOR
• For transport (DOT), 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.
• Black frame may be used for shipments within one country
• Where transport pictogram appears - GHS pictogram for same hazard
should not appear

23. TRANSPORT PICTOGRAMS

24. BASIS OF SAFETY DATA SHEETS (SDS)
• Flexibility of format removed
• Classified for health and physical hazards based on GHS
criteria
• Consistency of the 16 mandated sections

25. (M)SDS FORMAT FOR TRAINING
1. Identification
• Product identifier, emergency number
2. Hazard(s) identification
• Class/category
• Signal word
• HNOC
• Mixture comment

26. UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS WITH HAZARD
CLASSIFICATION…
4 = severe
3 = serious
2 = Moderate
1 = Slight
0 = Minimal
GHS Nomenclature
Cat 1 severe hazard
Cat 2 serious hazard
Cat 3 moderate hazard
Cat 4 slight hazard
Cat 5 minimal hazard
NFPA
Flammability
criteria
GHS Category NFPA Rating HMIS Rating
Flpt <73F, bpt <100F 1 or 2 4 4
Flpt <73, bpt >100F
Flpt >73 & <100
2 or 3 3 3
Flpt > 100F & <200F 3 or 4 2 2
Flpt >200 …. None 1 1

27. (M)SDS FORMAT FOR TRAINING
3. Composition/information on ingredients
• Chemical name, common name, CAS, ingredient % or cut off limits
4. First-aid measures
• Necessary measures, symptoms/effects
5. Fire-fighting measures
• Hazards from fire

28. (M)SDS FORMAT FOR TRAINING
6. Accidental release measures
• Precautions, PPE, emergency procedures
7. Handling and storage
• Precautions, special handling
8. Exposure control/personal protection
• PEL, TLV, NTP, IARC, eng controls

29. (M)SDS FORMAT FOR TRAINING
9. Physical and chemical properties
• Appearance, odor threshold, pH, flash point, LEL/UEL, vapor
pressure/density
10. Stability and reactivity
• Possible hazardous reactions, incompatible materials
11. Toxicological information
• Routes of exposure, symptoms, acute/chronic
HYDROCHLORIC ACID SDS

30. COMPLIANCE DATES
Employers must:
• Dec 1, 2013 - Train employees on new labels & SDS
• June 1, 2016 - Update labels, complete training & update hazcom program
Chemical manufacturers, distributors, importers:
• June 1, 2015 - Comply with provisions of rule – except can continue to…
• December 1, 2015 - Ship under old system until this date
Other countries have been and still are phasing in GHS

31. TO DO’S
• Acquire, update & manage new SDS
– Database may need to be expanded
• Update posters with new pictograms
• Look at in-house label technology
– Database needs to be expanded/changed
– New in-house printed
• Develop training for site specific needs

32. TAKE ACTION
• Update SDS books
• Update labels
• Begin training on new pictograms/labels, SDS
• Results
– Better employee protection
– Consistent information
– Clear chemical hazard info

33. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN THEY INSPECT
• Employee knowledge
– Awareness of GHS
– Program specifics
• Time lines of training
– The who’s how’s and when’s
• Disciplinary Action

35. UPCOMING EVENTS

36. THANK YOU! CONTACT US WITH ANY QUESTIONS:
MODERATOR:
ANDREA TARRELL
Marketing Director at HNI
atarrell@hni.com
TODAY’S SPEAKER:
KYLE MEINERT
Risk Advisor at JHNI
kmeinert@hni.com