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Page 1: Hazard Communication - “Your Right to Know” … · employee, you have the “right to know” about the hazards. The Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) has been revised by OSHA

HazardCommunication-“YourRighttoKnow”

Introduction:

Exposuretohazardouschemicalsisoneofthemostseriousthreatsfacingworkerstoday.Asanemployee,youhavethe“righttoknow”aboutthehazards.

TheHazardCommunicationStandard(HCS)hasbeenrevisedbyOSHAtoalignwiththeGloballyHarmonizedSystem(GHS)ofClassificationandLabelingofChemicals.Thereasonforthisalignmentistobringclarityinthecommunicationofthepotentialhazardsofachemical.

DiscussionPoints:

• WhatistheHazardCommunicationStandard(HCS)?

• UnderstandingHazardousMaterials

• LabelingRequirements

• WhatisaSafetyDataSheet(SDS)?

• EmployeeResponsibilities

Discussion:

Allhazardousmaterialsaretobelabeled,andalllabelsarerequiredtohavepictogramsalongwiththeuseofsignalwordsindicatingtherelativelevelofseverity,with“Danger”formoreseverehazardsand“Warning”forlessseverehazards.TheGHShasaratingsystemfortheseriousnessofthehazard,rangingfrom1to5,with1indicatingseverehazardsand5indicatingminimalhazards.

TheemployerisrequiredtohaveaSafetyDataSheetoneveryhazardousmaterialtheemployeeisexposedto,andprovidetrainingwhentheemployeeishired,andwhenanewchemicalisintroducedtotheworkplace.

Allinformation,theemployeeshouldbeawareofisontheSDS,whichisacomprehensiveinformationguideaboutachemical.Tostaysafe,alwaysreadthelabelsandSafetyDataSheetsprovided,andpracticeappropriatesafetymeasures,includingwearingspecifiedPersonalProtectiveEquipment(PPE).

Asalways,besafeoutthere!

February 4, 2019

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