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UNDERSTANDING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF
```````‘s HAZCOM12
What’s changing
and how to ensure compliance
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OSHA’s HAZARD COMMUNICATION
STANDARD 2012
HazCom12
1.
Updated from previous Hazardous Communication
Standard from 1994.
2.
Aligned with the UN’s Globally Harmonized System
(GHS) and is the current regulation governing many
workplaces and facilities in the United States.
3. Creates a universally-understandable method to
communicate hazard warnings, especially on
international shipments.
4. Employee training deadline 12/1/2013, new
documentation and formats in place by 6/1/2015, and
continual updates moving forward as new hazards are
identified.
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Why changes were made…
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Under the old Standard, labels did not
show hazards quickly or clearly.
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Now, labels become standardized:
OLD
NEW
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Material Safety Data Sheets were not
formatted, and information was hard to
access quickly.
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
.
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New format Safety Data Sheets are
easier to read and use.
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
OLD
NEW
.
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Employers that have hazardous chemicals in their workplaces are required by
OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), 29 CFR 1910.1200, to implement a
hazard communication program. The program must include LABELS on containers of
hazardous chemicals, SAFETY DATA SHEETS (SDSs) for hazardous chemicals, and
TRAINING WORKERS. Each employer must also describe in a WRITTEN PROGRAM
how it will meet the requirements of the HCS in each of these areas.
https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3696.pdf
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What changes were made…
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29 CFR 1910.1200
– paragraph e
Written hazard
communication
program
incorporating Training
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29 CFR 1910.1200
– paragraph g
Safety Data Sheets
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Safety Data Sheet Components
1. Identification
2. Hazard(s) Communication
3. Composition/ingredients
SAFETY DATA
SHEETS have a
prescribed
16-section format.
4. First Aid
5. Fire-fighting measures
6. Accidental release measures
7. Handling & storage
8. Exposure control/ PPE
9. Physical & chemical properties
10. Stability & reactivity
11. Toxicological information
12. Ecological information
not regulated
by OSHA
13. Disposal considerations
14. Transport information
15. Regulatory information
16. Other information, incl. date /revision
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29 CFR 1910.1200
– paragraph f
Shipping label elements
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SHIPPING CONTAINER LABEL
Required:
1) Product identifier
2) Signal word
– DANGER or WARNING
3) Pictogram(s)
– specified by OSHA
4) Hazard statement
5) Precautionary statement
6) Supplier contact
information
(Supplemental information –
optional)
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SHIPPING CONTAINER LABEL
All elements in
any format
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29 CFR 1910.1200
– paragraph f
Workplace labels
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How the process works…
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Chemical manufacturers classify
hazardous materials and produce
the SAFETY DATA SHEETS (SDS)
for each substance.
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Facilities must update
Right-to-Know centers
with the SDS for each
chemical by 6/1/2015,
and must update them as
changes are made.
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All information on the SHIPPING
CONTAINER LABEL comes from the
SDS.
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Containers arrive at the facility with
SHIPPING CONTAINER LABELS.
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Materials must not ship with old format
labels after 12/1/2015.
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Both OSHA and DOT labels may appear on
SHIPPING CONTAINERS.
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When materials are transferred from
SHIPPING CONTAINERS,
SECONDARY
CONTAINER
LABELS are
created…
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by copying the
SHIPPING CONTAINER LABELS,
or…
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by using selected elements from the
SHIPPING CONTAINER LABELS.
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All labels must be:
- in English
- prominently displayed
- updated as changes are made to the SDS
- applied to every container
of hazardous chemicals in
the workplace, except...
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materials transferred into a
TEMPORARY CONTAINER
to be used immediately and
completely by one worker
during a short-term period.
These do not require a label.
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All other containers in
the facility must be
labeled, with elements
that easily convey all
aspects of hazard to
an employee trained on
the workplace program.
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SECONDARY
CONTAINER
LABELS
can duplicate
or simplify
SHIPPING
CONTAINER
LABELS
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SECONDARY CONTAINER LABELS
contain elements from the
SHIPPING CONTAINER LABEL…
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and can add elements from other systems
used in the facility, as long as there are
no directly conflicting elements.
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Compatible labels, signs,
placards, etc. for storage areas
for tanks or drums which clearly
identify hazards associated with
these materials can be used as
STATIONARY PROCESS LABELS.
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SECONDARY CONTAINER LABELS
must contain enough information to
enable workers to understand exactly
what the hazards are for that chemical
under the workplace’s program.
Label + Training = Understanding
Understanding = Compliance
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Know the system and understand how the
components work together for a
safer workplace.
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How NMC can help…
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All custom label
elements come
Directly from sections
in the SDS.
Add facility-specific
extras as Supplemental
Information.
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Make sure you have the labels you need for your facility by
printing them yourself with NMC’s custom label printers!
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Make sure to download our “How to comply with OSHA’S
Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) Flow Chart!