Occupational Safety Health Administration OSHA regulation

In the United States, MSDSs originated in the shipbuilding industry using a format designated as the US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) Form 20. Chemical manufacturers expanded the original 2-page OSHA Form 20 in order to more adequately provide health and safety data on chemical products. Under the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.1200) issued in 1983, MSDS requirements are performance oriented and do not require a specific format. However, there is a nonmandatory OSHA Form 174. 

The next step in the development of an SMS is to report on the results of the work that has been conducted up to that point. The word report is used rather loosely here because some systems, such as the process safety management (PSM) regulation from the Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) or the SEMS rule, do not require that companies submit an actual report. Still, the management of those facilities needs internal reports to advise them on the progress that they are making. 

For chemical faciUties in the United States, hazard analysis is not an option if inventories of hazardous chemicals are maintained in amounts greater than the threshold quantities specified by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation 1910.119. Many faciUties are finding that hazard analysis has many benefits. The process or procedure often works better, the quaUty of the product is improved, the process experiences less down time, and the employees feel more comfortable in the work environment after a hazard analysis has been completed. 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates the exposure to chemicals ia the workplace. From the poiat of view of the inorganic pigments iadustry, the limits estabUshed for lead and cadmium exposure are particularly important. A comprehensive lead standard adopted by OSHA ia 1978 has been successful ia reduciag the potential for lead contamination ia the workplace. 

The handling of arsenic in the workplace should be in compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations the maximum permissible exposure limit for arsenic in the workplace is 10 p-g/m of air as deterrnined as an average over an 8-h period (33). 

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Mineral oil is the major chemical component of mineral oil hydraulic fluids. Mineral oil belongs to a larger class of chemicals called petroleum distillates. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates petroleum distillate and mineral oil mist levels in workplace air. The occupational exposure limits for an 8-hour workday, 40-hour workweek are 2,000 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) in air for petroleum distillates and 5 mg/m3 for mineral oil mists. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends an exposure limit of 350 mg/m3 of petroleum distillates for a 10-hour workday, 40-hour workweek. 

OSHA. 1997. Table Z-l limits for air contaminants. U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety Health Administration. Code of Federal Regulations. 29 CFR 1910.1000. 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates levels of 1,3-DNB in the workplace. The maximum allowable amount of 1,3-DNB in workroom air during an 8-hour workday, 40-hour workweek, is 1.0 milligram per cubic meter (mg/m ). 

The specific requirements for piping systems in certain services have been promulgated as Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. These rules and regulations will presumably be revised and supplemented from time to time and may include specific requirements not addressed by the B31 sections. 

Atoxic chemical on the EPA s Community Right-to-Know list, phosphoric acid is also controlled under the Clean Air Act as an air pollutant. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates the maximum allowable levels in the workplace to protect workers. 

United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety Health Administration, Regulations (Standard-29 CFR) Respiratory Protection-1910.134, United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety Health Administration, Washington, DC. Available at http /www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp. show document p id = 12716 p table= STANDARDS (last accessed 7 January 2007). 

Table 17-5 shows potential applications of IR lilter photometers (such as that shown in Figure 16-13) for the quantitative determination of various chemicals in the atmosphere for the purpose of assuring compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. 

Rather than establish individual cleanup standards, CERCLA assures that remedies are based on cleanup standards established by other laws (e.g. CAA, CWA, and RCRA). In conjunction with site-specific risk factors, CERCLA requires that remedies attain any legally applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (ARARs). ARARs are standards, criteria, or limitations under federal and state environmental laws. For example, if electrokinetic remediation involves the on-site treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous wastes, the remediation activity must meet RCRA standards for such treatment, storage, and disposal. ARARs relative to electrokinetic remediation include (a) the CERCLA, (b) the RCRA, (c) the CAA, (d) the CWA, (e) the SDWA, and (f) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations (ERA SITE Program, 2003). These six general requirements are discussed in the sections that follow. 

Regulatory issues covering environmental policies and procedures, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations to do with hot work, lockout/tagout, confined space entry and hearing protection, and HAZWOPER and HAZCOM requirements. 

Under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, only equipment listed and approved by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) may be used for respiratory protection. Also under the regulations, each site on which respiratory protective equipment is used must implement a respirator program (including training and medical certification) in compliance with OSHA s Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134) see also ANSI standard Z88.2-1992, Practices for Respiratory Protection. 

Once material becomes a waste by a generator s decision or by regulatory definition, the first responsibility for its proper disposal rests with the laboratory worker. These experimentalists are in the best position to know the characteristics of the materials they have used or synthesized. It is their responsibility to evaluate the hazards and assess the risks associated with the waste and to choose an appropriate strategy to handle, minimize, or dispose of it. As discussed earlier in this volume (see Chapter 3, section 3.B), there are numerous sources of information available to the laboratory worker to guide in the decision making, including those required under various Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. 

An automatic audible sounding alarm fitted to designated vehicles to warn whenever the vehicle is engaged to move in the reverse direction. It is commonly used on construction sites for equipment or other similar locations, where workers may not be cognizant of the various operations of vehicles in their environmenL other equipment masks the normal sound of the vehicle approaching in reverse, or their hearing level may not be the norm. They are required by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation 29 CFR 1926.602 (a) (9) (ii). 

As defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation 1910.145 (f) (8) (i), biological hazard tags are used to identify the actual or potential presence of a biological hazard and to identify equipment, containers, rooms, experimental animals, or combinations thereof, that contain or are contaminated with hazardous biological agents. 

As defined by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation 29 CFR 1910 (f) (6), a tag used in minor hazard situations where a non-immediate or potential hazard or unsafe practice presents a lesser threat of employee injury. See also Danger Tag Warning Tag. 

Regulations that are produced under U.S. law. The CFRs are segregated into subject areas, e.g., Title 29 contains Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, Title 40 contains Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. Title 49 Department of Transport (DOT) contains regulations, etc. 

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