ANSI/FACT standards

Adoption of the basic precepts in such standards has many benefits and may protect users of the standard, while furthering the interests of affected businesses. However, the far-reaching implications of such standards in OSHA enforcement actions and in tort litigation also must be recognized. It is also essential to focus on the fact that such standards are voluntary, until such time as they are incorporated by reference into a binding regulation. Even reference to the ANSI ZIO standard... 

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has established a voluntary consensus standard for recording basic facts relating to the nature and occurrence of work injuries, ANSI Z16.2.( ) This standard has been in use for more than 30 years and provides a consistent baseline for many report formats. The standard focuses on injury to personnel and presents standard classification categories. If alternate codes are used in incident reports, special effort and notation must be made to avoid confusing the reader. 

American National Standards Institute. ANSI Z16.2 Method of Recording Basic Facts Relating to the Nature and Occurrence of Work Injuries. New York. 

The Standard DIN EN or ANSI ASME components are generally only used for the pressure range below 200 bar in the process industry and will not be discussed further here. There are historical roots which have generated special high-pressure standards for the chemical industries earlier than was the case for other industrial applications, e.g., for the power engineering sector. The technical reasons for this fact are numerous and are based on the special requirements in the process industries ... 

In contrast, if the use of a garment were to detract from the hard hat s protective properties, it may no longer meet the specification requirements in these ANSI standards. If that were the case, its use would violate 1926.100. It is unlikely that an employer would be able to determine whether a garment not specifically designed to be compatible with a hard hat s protective properties, in fact, compromised those properties. Consequently, as a practical matter, an employer typically would not be able to ascertain if its use violated 1926.100. Therefore, we recommend that employers permit only liners that are specifically designed to be compatible with the protective properties of the hard hat. 

BlO.l Safety and health issues and concerns are beyond the scope of this standard and, therefore, are not fully addressed herein. Some safety and health information can be found in Annex B5. Safety and health information is available from other sources, including but not limited to Safety and Health Fact Sheets listed in B10.3, ANSI Z49.1, and applicable federal and state regulations. 

Some consideration was given to the first MSDS for a laboratory chemical that students were actually ask to read in detail. One recommendation is to use an older form MSDS. These are usually shorter, are more narrative, and contain less arcane abbreviations than the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) format. The information on physical properties and precautionary labeling is usually found up front. The first MSDS should represent a chemical that has some obvious hazard already known to most of the students, such as ammonium hydroxide. The point is to introduce the MSDS as a useful document and convey some respect for the information it contains. TAs (and faculty) must be instructed not to belittle or ridicule the MSDS as a useless bureaucratic document. Students should appreciate the fact that a MSDS has to address the worst possible industrial scenario. They should be told that MSDSs for dilute solutions are often the same as those for concentrated solutions or pure chemicals. The same generic statements are often used, in particular the disclaimer that usually states something like The user should recognize that this product can cause severe injury and even death, especially if improperly handled or the known dangers are not heeded. This statement was on a MSDS for lump iron. 

This model has had a very large influence on the development of schemes for the classification of accidents applied in many countries. Classification is used to standardise the collection of data on accidents and to reduce the complexity of the data to a manageable level for statistical purposes. An early and important example is the American National Standards Institute s system for the classification of accidents, ANSI Z16.2. In this system, the following facts are recorded about the accident sequence ... 

The standard does not set specifications for emergency eyewash and shower equipment, but OSHA has said that equipment that complies with the industry standard known as ANSI Z358.1 would usually meet the intent of the OSHA standard. The ANSI standard addresses such things as location of the equipment, fiow rate, maintenance, installation, and testing. Following is a general eyewash/shower checklist, reproduced from a Minnesota OSHA Fact Sheet, that covers some common eyewash/shower issues ... 

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