Material safety data sheets Communication Standard

The required notification must be provided at ieast annually In writing. Acceptable forms of notice are, for example, a letter, product labeling, and product literature distributed to customers. If you are required to prepare and distribute a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for the mixture under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard, your section 313 notification may be attached to the MSDS or the MSDS may be modified to include the required information. (A sample letter and recommended text for inclusion in an MSDS appear on pages E-4 and E-5 of this appendix.)... 

Any product which you keep a material safety data sheet (MSDS) for, in accordance with the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, must be reported, if it was present at your facility in the preceding year, at 10.000 pounds or more at any on time. 

Probably one of the most important safety and healtli standards ever adopted is tlie OSHA hazard communication standard, more properly known as tlie right to know laws. The liazard communication standard requires employers to communicate information to tlie employees on liazardous chemicals tliat e.vist witliiii the workplace. The program requires employers to craft a written luizard communication program, keep material safety data sheets (MSDSs) for all haztirdous chemicals at the workplace and provide employees with training on tliose hazardous chemicals, and assure tliat proper warning labels are in place. 

OSHA Hazard Communication Standard. Subpart Z, Toxic and Hazardous Substances 29 CFR 1910.1200 section g. Material Safety Data Sheets. 

Material Safety Data Sheet May be used to comply with OSHA s Hazard Communication Standard. 25 CFR 1910.1200. Standard must be consulted for specific requirements. U.S. Department of Labor A Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Non-Mandatory Form) Form Approved 0MB No. 1218-0072... 

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) An MSDS contains descriptive information on hazardous chemicals under OSHA s Hazard Communication Standard. The data sheets also provide precautionary information on safe handling, health effects, chemical and physical properties, emergency phone numbers, and first aid procedures. 

Employees should be fully informed of the potential hazards associated with their jobs. Regulations, such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard, require that hazard information be communicated not only to employees, but also to users of manufactured products (OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200 Hazard Communication). Information is communicated partly through material safety data sheets and labels. Education and training of employees about health hazards they may encounter on the job, along with appropriate protective measures, should be conducted by a multidisciplinary health team of relevant specialists and trained health educators. 

An estimate of the toxicity or intrinsic hazard is needed for each material identified in the inventory. Such information for many chemicals in the form of a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) are required by the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard. (Other countries have similar requirements.) Standard hazard-data sources may need to be consulted for those chemical compounds for which no MSDSs are presently available. Adequate hazard data may be lacking for various mixtures that are unique to the plant. For such mixtures, it may be necessary to analyze the contents and then estimate the overall hazard based on the individual components. 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration s (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) of 1986 requires that employers at manufacturing facilities, and any other work place where toxic chemicals are handled or processed, be provided Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for aU hazardous substances used in their facility, and to make these MSDSs available to all employees potentially exposed to these hazards. 

A Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is a document summarizing the hazards and health and safety information for a chemical. In the United States, the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) requires that chemical manufacturers must make an MSDS available to employees and customers for every chemical manufactured or sold. The Canadian Hazardous Products Act (R.S., 1985, c. H-3) has the same requirement. 

The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, better known as the Right-to-Know law, requires that the hazards of all chemicals produced in or imported into the United States are evaluated and that employers provide their employees with all appropriate hazard information. This involves providing employees with hazard communication/training programs and access to material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and written records. OSHA considers the MSDS the primary vehicle for transmitting detailed hazard information to downstream employers and employees. 

More than one year after withdrawal of the Hazard Identification proposed standard, the new proposed standard (standard) entitled Hazard Communication, was published in the Federal Register, Volume 47, No. 5, Friday, March 19,1982. It proposes that chemical manufacturers assess the hazards of chemicals which they produce and that all employers in SIC Codes 20 through 39 (Division D, Standard Industrial Classification Manual) provide information to their employees about the hazardous chemicals which they use by meems of a hazard communication program, labels, placards, material safety data sheets, and information and training. 

CFR1910.1200 41CFR101-42.202(a) through (c) 4.1.3 Identification and Documentation of Hazardous Materials - Actual or potential hazards associated with an excess hazardous material shall be documented with a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) supplied by the manufacturer, distributor or importer. If an MSDS is not available, a Hazardous Materials Identification System (HMIS) record from the automated Department of Defense database is acceptable. If an MSDS or HMIS record is not available, a hazard identification document prepared by the owning DOE organization that meets the MSDS content requirements for hazardous chemicals set forth in the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29CFR1910.1200) shall be used. 

See the Hazard Communication Standard regulations at 29 C.F.R. 1910.1200, issued under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. for a discussion of Material Safety Data Sheets. 

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) A compilation of information required under the OSHA Communication Standard on the identity of hazardous chemicals and their associated health and physical hazards, exposure limits, and precautions. 

Within the United States, the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) requires that a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) be prepared for chemicals that are hazardous according to the criteria described within the HCS. An American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard has been prepared by the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) with the aim of assisting the compilation of these MSDSs. This Standard [13], in final draft form, recommends the same 16 data elements, outlined above, as those applying within the European Union, and gives detailed advice on the compilation of each section, together with an analysis of the regulatory requirements in the United States, Canada and Europe. Example MSDSs are also included. 

The hazardous material identification requirements applied to SNL/NM facilities are defined in the SNL ES H Manual, Chapter 6, Sections D and E, Hazard Communication Standard and Laboratory Standard, respectively (SNL 1998). These standards address the labeling of hazardous chemicals and the availability of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs). HCF activities will follow the Hazard Communication Standard (for isotope processing operations) and the Laboratory Standard (most other activities). The requirements within these standards vary slightly, however, both require appropriate hazards labeling and the availability of MSDSs. 

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