Containment personal physical protection

Regulation 19 is set in the most general terms, and contains a duty on employers to ensure that employed young persons are protected whilst at work from any risks to their health or safety which result from their lack of experience, of awareness of risks or any lack of maturity (paragraph 1). In particular (paragraph 2), young persons cannot be employed to do work beyond their physical or psychological capacity, or which involves ... 

CERS Computerized Emergency Response Series Advanced Systems Laboratories, Inc. 7137 West Main St. Uma, NY 14485 (716) 624-3276 Determines response procedures for incidents based on data from CMSDS and CHIMS. Includes firenghting information, personal protective equipment, emer ncy first aid procedures, spill and containment procedures, waste disposal procedures, and physical and health hazards. Requires 640K memory and hard disk. 

This database contains the complete text of over 130,000 Material Safety Data Sheets compiled by the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS). This information was gathered from over 500 manufacturers and suppliers in the United States and Canada. Each record covers one chemical substance and provides trade and supplier name, description, chemical/physical properties, reactivity, health hazards, storage and disposal, personal protection, cleanup and disposal, and emergency first aid (CCINFOLINE, STN available on CD from CCOHS). 

One excellent food that illustrates this dichotomy is the peanut. First, there is a well-documented physical hazard associated with children who choke on them. Should we label peanuts to protect us from these acute hazards, which probably killed more children than exposure to any trace level of pesticide on the same peanut Secondly, some individuals are acutely allergic to peanuts or any food containing them. This is a serious problem for those sensitive individuals, and efforts continue to be made to label foods containing peanuts to alert these individuals. The main toxicological problem of peanuts and products made from them, such as my personal dietary staple, peanut butter, is the problem of contamination with molds. Aflatoxin, found in moldy peanuts, is the most potent human carcinogen known and is well documented to produce liver cancer. 

PERSONAL PROTECTION wear impervious, fully protective clothing, including boots, chemical-resistant gloves, lab coat, apron or coveralls wear chemical safety goggles enclose operations and use local exhaust ventilation at site of chemical release chemical should be handled only in a fume hood avoid direct physical contact, since this material is considered to be extremely hazardous no exposure by any route should be permitted appropriate respirators are needed in areas where the potential for high exposure levels exists use self-contained breathing apparatus in unknown concentrations maintain eyewash baths and safety showers in work area. 

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