1. Assisting with the Right to Know
HazCommpliance, LLC

2.  Overview of Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)
 What is a Chemical?
 How are we Exposed?
 Which Chemicals Require an MSDS?
 How to Interpret and Create a Label
 Required Employee Training
 Required Written Hazard Communication Plan
 Global Harmonized System

3.  Created in 1984 by the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
 Federal OSHA is responsible for regulating compliance in the
private sector
 REQUIRES:
 MSDS
 Indexed
 Readily Accessible
 Labels
 Employee Training
 Specific for workplace
 Written Hazard Communication Program

5. …A substance with a distinct molecular composition that
is produced by or used in a chemical process

6.  SOLID
 LIQUID
 GAS

7. Physical Hazards Health Hazards
 Flammable  Carcinogen
 Combustible  Hepatotoxin
 Corrosive  Nephrotoxin
 Pyrophoric  Neurotoxin
 Reactive  Mutagen
 Explosive  Teratogen
 Toxic
 Sensitizer
 Irritant

8. Route of Entry Target Organ
 Absorption  Skin
 Injection  Kidney
 Injection  Liver
 Inhalation  Reproductive System
 Nervous System
 Respiratory System
 Cardiovascular
System
 Etc…..

9. A material safety data
sheet (MSDS) is a
document that
provides information
on:
 Manufacturer
Information
 Chemical ingredients
 Hazards associated
with the chemical(s)
 Protective equipment
 Safe work practices
 Emergency procedures
 Clean up procedures
 Storage Guidelines

10. 1910.1200(b)(2)
This section applies to any
chemical which is known to
be present in the workplace
in such a manner that
employees may be exposed
under normal conditions of
use or in a foreseeable
emergency.

11.  By policy, a workplace can
assume all chemicals for which a
material safety data sheet
(MSDS) has been prepared are
covered by the HCS

12.  The MSDS is developed by
the product manufacturer
 If not received, it is the
employer’s responsibility to
request one from the
manufacturer
 MSDSs for identical or
similar substances may vary
from manufacturer to
manufacturer
 Some MSDSs contain
accurate and detailed
information while others may
not

13. All containers must be labeled
 Pipes
 Piping systems
 Vessels
 Fixed tanks
1910.1200(f)(5)(ii)
Appropriate hazard warnings, or alternatively, words, pictures,
symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general
information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which,
…will provide employees with the specific information regarding
the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.

14. HMIS
NFPA DIAMOND

16.  Transfer Containers
 Label removed/fallen
 Can use picture labels

21.  Employees who are or may be
exposed to hazardous
chemicals must receive training.
 Training must be provided upon
initial assignment
 Annual training is not required,
though it should be given if and
when there is a new hazard
introduced or someone displays
a need to be re-trained
 Provided with pay, during
normal working hours

22. Training must include the following:
 A summary of employees’ rights under the law
 Information on how to read an MSDS
 Information on the specific hazards of the chemicals used, handled or
stored in the workplace
 Safe work practices for preventing hazards
 Methods and observations that may be sued to detect the presence or
release of a hazardous chemical in the work area
 Physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area
 Details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer

23.  Centralized
location
 Include:
 Product Index
 Policy Statement
 Information on
Training
 Labeling System

24.  Intended to harmonize hazard classification criteria
and chemical hazard communication elements
worldwide
 Modifications to the HCS would involve :
 Reclassification of chemicals
 Preparation and distribution of new labels
 Revised safety data sheets (SDS)
 PRIMARY CHANGE for us (workplaces, not
manufacturers)- integrating the new approach into
the hazard communication program with SDS’ and
labels

26. •MSDS Management
•Chemical Disposal
•Safety Program Development
•Safety Training
Contact:
Jennifer R. Tetreault
860-253-0050 P
860-741-9092 F
info@hazcommpliance.com
www.hazcommpliance.com

27.  Questions????
Sources for information:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
www.osha.gov
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
www.niosh.gov
HazCommpliance, LLC
www.hazcommpliance.com
860-253-0050

28.  What does “MSDS” stand for?
 Material Safety Data Sheet
 Where must the MSDS’ be located?
 Centralized location, accessible by all
 Who is responsible for providing the MSDS’ to the
employees?
 Employer
 What forms of matter do chemicals come in?
 ____Solid________
 ____Gas_________
 _____Liquid______
 A route of entry describes what?
 How the chemical enters our body

29.  A carcinogen causes:
 Cancer
 Oxidizers should not be stored next to what type of
chemicals?
 Flammables
 How often should employee training be conducted
for the Right to Know?
 Annually
 True or False: Silica can cause silicosis.
 True
 Name one potential chemical hazard from scraping
paint from bridges:
 Lead

30.  Questions????
Sources for information:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
www.osha.gov
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
www.niosh.gov
HazCommpliance, LLC
www.hazcommpliance.com
860-253-0050