What Employees Need to Know

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Session Objectives
Recognize hazardous chemicals
Understand the risks they pose
Interpret the information on chemical labels
Understand safety data sheets
Protect yourself from physical and health hazards
Respond to emergencies

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How Much Do
You Already Know?
Under GHS, OSHA will no longer
regulate workplace hazardous chemicals.
Hazard Communication applies to
chemical manufacturers only.
SDSs are better organized and may
provide more information than MSDSs.
PPE is required only if there is a spill.
Pictograms on a label convey specific
information about the hazards of a
chemical.
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Where You Encounter

Hazardous Chemicals
Fill your vehicle with

gasoline or diesel
Use liquid cleaners
Use solvents or acids at work
Top off your
vehicles antifreeze

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Why Prevention Is
Important
43illness
millionand
workers
Chronic
fatalities
are
880,000
hazardous
chemicals
50,000
injuries
and
illnesses
annually
125
fatalities
annually
potentially
exposed
annually
outcomes
of in
chemical
exposure
used
the United
States at work
at 5 million businesses

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Hazard Communication
Standard
Employers must provide
you with:
A written hazard
communication program
A list of hazardous
chemicals
SDSs
Labels on containers
Training

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What Is GHS?
Globally Harmonized

System of Classification
and Labeling of
Chemicals
Implemented
through HazCom
Provides a universal
approach

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Employee Responsibilities
Read and interpret

labels and SDSs

Follow employer
instructions and
warnings
Identify hazards
before starting a job
Participate in training

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Chemicals

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Physical Hazards
Explosive
Flammable
Oxidizer
Self-reactive
Pyrophoric liquid or solid
Self-heating
Organic peroxide
Corrosive to metal
Gas under pressure
Emits flammable gas when
contacts water

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Health Hazards
Short- or long-term effects:
Acute toxicity
Skin corrosion or irritation
Serious eye damage or eye irritation
Respiratory or skin sensitization
Germ cell mutagenicity
Carcinogenicity
Reproductive toxicity
Specific target organ toxicity
Aspiration hazard

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Other Chemical Hazards

Asphyxiation, or

asphyxia
Pyrophoric gas
Combustible dust
Hazards Not
Otherwise Classified

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Hazard Detection
And Monitoring
Visual appearance
Continuous
monitoring device
Odor

Image courtesy of Scott Safety

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Hazardous Chemicals
At Your Facility
Locations of chemicals
Written HazCom plan
Chemical list
SDSs

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How Hazardous Chemicals

Enter Your Body
Skin and eye contact
Inhalation
Ingestion
Absorption

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Test Your Knowledge

The GHS replaces OSHA
regulations.
Carcinogenicity is a health effect
of a hazardous material.
Under HazCom, you must know
how to read SDSs.
There are a total of 5 million workers
potentially exposed to hazardous
chemicals in the United States.
GHS is intended to standardize
the information about hazard
substances for people all over
the world.
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What Have You Learned?

Do you understand:
Why this course is important?
Where you can encounter hazardous
materials?
Physical and health hazards?
How hazardous materials enter your body?
Your responsibilities under HazCom?

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Container Labels
All containers must be labeled!
Label portable containers too
Labels are not required on:
Pipes and piping systems
Portable containers for
immediate use

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Whats on a Chemical
Label?

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Whats on a Chemical
Label? (cont.)

Warning

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Whats on a Chemical
Label? (cont.)

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Whats on a Chemical
Label? (cont.)
Pictograms
Symbols
Supplemental
Information

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Safety Data Sheets

Read
thebe
SDS
before
working
Detailed
written
description
of
a with
Must
readily
available
to you.
Describes
risks,
precautions,
and
remedies
any
hazardous
hazard
related to amaterial.
chemical

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SDS vs. MSDS

SDS replaces MSDS
16-section format
More complete
information

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Sections 14
Section 1: Chemical and Supplier Information
Section 3: Composition and Information on Ingredients

Section 2: Hazards Identification

Section 4: First Aid Measures

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Sections 58
Section 5: Fire-Fighting Measures

Section 6: Accidental Releases Measures

Section 7: Handling and Storage

Section 8: Exposure Controls and PPE

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Sections 912
Section 9:
11:Physical
Toxicological
Information
Section
and Chemical
Properties

Section 10: Stability and Reactivity

Section 12: Ecological Information

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Sections 1316
Section
Information
Section 15:
13: Regulatory
Disposal Considerations

Section 14: Transportation Information

Section 16: Other Information

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The Written Plan

Identifies participating

personnel
Describes hazards
Gives criteria for labels
and SDSs
Describes training criteria
Lists hazardous
chemicals

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Personal Protection
Work
PracticeControls
Controls
Engineering

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Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
Eye and face protection
Hand protection
Foot protection
Head protection
Aprons and full bodysuits
Respiratory protection

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Emergency Response to
Spills
Eyes: Flush with water
for 15 minutes
Skin: Wash with soap
and water; remove
contaminated clothing
Inhalation:
Move to fresh air
Swallowing:
Get emergency
medical assistance

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Exercise
Chemical labels supply the
most detailed information about
a chemicals hazards.
The SDS has 16 sections.
PPE is the first line of defense
against a chemicals hazards.
Supplier identification can be
found on a chemical label.
The hazardous chemical list is
part of the written HazCom
program.

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What Have You Learned?

Do you understand:
Chemical labels?
The SDS sections?
The written HazCom
program?
Engineering and work
practice controls?
PPE?

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Key Points to Remember

Hazard Communication

makes you safer

GHS provides standardized
safety and health information
Chemicals can have both
physical and health hazards
Labels and SDSs provide
chemical information
PPE and other protective
measures reduce hazards
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