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Introducing the Global Harmonization Standard and the new revisions to the Hazard Communication/RTK Standard SUNYIT Environmental Health and Safety September 2013 Introducing the Global Harmonization Standard and the new revisions to the Hazard Communication/RTK Standard SUNYIT Environmental Health and Safety September 2013 1 Hazard Communication Right-to-Know Slide 2 2 Global Harmonization Standard Revising OSHA's Hazard Communication standard will improve the quality and consistency of hazard information, making it safer for workers to do their jobs and easier for employers to stay competitive. Slide 3 Changes 3 New look to labels. New pictograms on labels. More standardized Safety Data Sheets. Better Safety Data Sheet information. Slide 4 Things that havent changed: 4 Chemicals can only cause health effects when they come into contact with your body. Routes of Entry Skin contact (absorption through the skin or damage on contact to skin or eyes) Inhalation Ingestion Injection Slide 5 Skin Contact 5 Skin irritation or injury Skin absorption (some things are absorbed through the skin) Slide 6 Some materials are absorbed through the skin: Others irritate or burn the skin: 6 Slide 7 Eye Contact 7 Slide 8 Inhalation 8 Slide 9 Exposure Limits assumes 8 hrs/day and 40 hrs/week generally healthy worker population PEL TLV 9 Permissible Exposure Limit Legally enforceable For both the PEL and TLV, the higher the number, the less toxic a material is, the more you can inhale without injury Threshold Limit Value More responsive to new scientific information There are other exposure limits that may also be used. Slide 10 Ingestion 10 AMA's Current Procedural Terminology, Revised 1998 Edition. Slide 11 Injection 11 Slide 12 Common Sense: Rules Around Chemicals 12 Respect fire hazard and be prepared to respond to fires, spills, and other emergencies! Understand the hazards associated with the chemicals. Understand the personal protective equipment (PPE) that you need, and all safety procedures. Use the smallest quantity of the least hazardous chemicals possible. Slide 13 More Common Sense Rules 13 When dealing with dust, use wet methods when you can. Wash after chemical use. Dont eat or drink around hazardous chemicals. Remove protective clothing and equipment when you have finished the job. Slide 14 Common Sense 14 Dont mix different chemicals without authorization. Dont super-concentrate chemicals that the manufacturer intended to have diluted. More is not necessarily better. Slide 15 Planning for Chemical Use 15 Engineering Controls Do we need this chemical? Can we isolate the chemical from the people? Work Practice Controls Can we minimize the ways it can impact a workers body? Administrative Controls Can we limit exposure to certain areas, time periods? Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Gloves, goggles, respirators, moon suits, etc. Slide 16 How are hazards communicated? 16 Two important tools to supplement supervisor's orientation about hazardous materials in the workplace: Labels Safety Data Sheets Slide 17 Labels: Standardized Form and Language 17 Symbol pictogram Signal Word Danger (more significant) Warning Standard hazard statement Slide 18 18 Slide 19 19 Slide 20 Pictograms 20 Black and white pictures with a red diamond border. Pictures generally give a clue as to hazard. If a number appears, the smaller the number, the greater the hazard! Slide 21 Currently Used Labels: HMIS & NFPA Diamond 21 0 means almost no hazard 4 means extreme danger Slide 22 New GHS Pictograms 22 If there is a number with GHS, the bigger the number the lesser the hazard! Opposite direction from NFPA Slide 23 23 Carcinogens cause cancer. Mutagens cause harm to fetuses. Reproductive toxins cause problems in pregnancy and/or getting pregnant (men and women). Respiratory Sensitizer means you may have a heightened reaction on second exposure. Target organ is the organ that is most effected. Aspiration toxic means it irritates or harms when you inhale the liquid or solid. Slide 24 24 Flammable means vapors burn. Pyrophorics will ignite spontaneously when exposed to air. Organic peroxides can sometimes form explosive compounds by themselves. Self igniters/heaters get warm over time with access to air. Slide 25 25 Irritants irritate. Sensitizers cause more severe second-exposure reactions. Acute short term Chronic long term Slide 26 26 Gas under pressure can release pressure quickly causing mechanical hazards and releasing large volumes of gas that can displace air (suffocation potential) or be toxic. Slide 27 27 Slide 28 28 Slide 29 29 Oxidizers can cause or contribute to fire in other materials. Slide 30 30 Slide 31 31 Slide 32 Secondary Labeling 32 If you transfer chemicals to another container - it MUST be labeled. Name of product ABC Cleaner General hazard warning information WARNING: May cause eye irritation! Avoid eye contact! Slide 33 NYS Right-to-Know Law 12 NYCRR Part 820 33 Notice to Employees posted. MSDS/SDS information must be provided on request. Must be provided within 72 hours of employee request (excluding weekends and holidays). The employee can not be required to work with a chemical for which the information has not been provided after that 72 hours, until the info is provided. Slide 34 Initial and annual training for employees routinely exposed to toxic substances. 34 The education and training program shall include, but may not be limited to, the following: (a) the location of toxic substances to which the employee may be exposed; (b) the properties of toxic substances to which employees may be exposed; (c) the name or names of the toxic substance, including the generic or chemical name; (d) the trade name of the chemical and any other commonly used name; (e) the acute and chronic effects of exposure at hazardous levels; (f) the symptoms of effects of exposure at hazardous levels; (g) the potential for flammability, explosion and reactivity of such substance; (h) appropriate emergency treatment; (i) proper conditions for safe use and exposure to such toxic substance; (j) procedures for cleanup of leaks and spills of such toxic substance. Slide 35 35 Slide 36 Goals of training 36 Name two laws that protect an employees right-to-know about hazardous materials in the workplace. OSHAs Hazard Communication Standard NYSs Right-to-Know Law Name two primary methods used to communicate chemical. Labels Safety Data Sheets Slide 37 37 Name two ways chemicals, in general, can cause injury to the body. There are four routes of entry skin contact, inhalation, ingestion, and injection. Who can help me get more information about the chemicals I work with Where can I find info if a product I am handling can cause an increased risk of pregnancy loss or potentially cause cancer? Info would be on a SDS. Discuss with your healthcare provider. Where can I find the type of gloves I should be using? Info would be on the SDS and often the label.