NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE Environmental Health and Safety Department

1. NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGEEnvironmental Health and Safety Department HAZARD COMMUNICATION Training Program

2. Objectives • To apply employee safety and protection • To recognize agencies who regulates Hazard Communication Standard -HCS- • To review the main aspects of the HCS • To recognize the hazardous that are associated with the materials at the work place • To apply safe work practices when working with hazardous chemicals/materials • To demonstrate comprehension of information

3. Hazard Communication Standard-HCS • OSHA= 29 CFR 1910.1200 (federal) • (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) • Covers all employers and employees • EPA - Environmental Protection Agency (federal) • NYSDEC - Department of Environmental Conservation (state)

4. Hazard Communication Standard-HCS • Written Hazard Communication Program • Obtaining and keeping Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on hazardous chemicals • Identifying and listing an inventory of hazardous chemicals • Ensuring that hazardous materials are labeled with name and hazard • Training employees on the Standard, safety information, labeling and protective measures

5. Background • The HCS is based on a simple concept-that employees have both a need and a right to know the hazards and identities of the chemicals they are exposed to when working • The also need to know what protective measures are available to prevent adverse effects from occurring • The HCS is designed to provide employees with the information they need

6. 1-The Written Program • Describes how the Hazard Communication Program, is implemented at the New York Medical College • An inventory list of hazardous chemicals is required to be maintained as part of the program

7. 2-Laboratory Signs • Posted outside lab • Provides specific information about lab • Biological Hazards • Chemical Hazards • Radiological Hazards • Provides general safety information No radioactive materials present Radioactive materials may be present

8. Chemical Labeling • Original Containers • Verified Product Name • Write the date the container arrived • Write the date the container was opened

9. Chemical Labeling • If abbreviations are used on secondary containers, utilize the chemical abbreviation list

10. Labels secondary containers, working solutions 1 2 3 Can you read the label in the 1st container? What is in the 2nd container?Can you read the label in the 3rd container?

11. Labels • Containers of hazardous chemicals must be labeled with the full name the material and appropriate hazard warning (e.g. flammable, corrosive, poison, irritant, etc) • Labels must be legible and written in English Working solutions, secondary containers

12. Color-Coded Labeling System • HAZARD IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, NFPA 704M • Numbering system from • 0-4 • 0 = Little or no risk • 4 = Greatest risk • If all numbers are the same, flammability would be the primary hazard

13. EXPLOSIVES FLAMMABLES CORROSIVES TOXIC IRRITANT OXIDIZER Common Chemical Warning Symbols

14. 3-Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS’s) • MSDS’s are one of the most important tools available to employers for providing information, and protection to workers from Hazardous Chemicals which are used in the workplace • Hazardous Chemicals= any chemical which is a physical or a health hazard

15. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS’s) • Objectives • Know what an MSDS is • Describe the purpose of an MSDS • List what information is on an MSDS • Identify the locations of the MSDS collection

16. Chemical Product and Company Identification Composition Hazard Identification First Aid Measures Accidental Release Measures Handling and Storage Personal Protection, Exposure Control Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS’s) • Physical and Chemical Properties • Stability and Reactivity • Toxicological Information • Disposal Considerations • Transport Information • Regulatory Information • Additional Information

17. MSDS’s can be acquired for any chemical • MSDS’s can be useful tool at home E.g. Clorox Bleach, Ammonia, Fantastic, X-19, Off (oven cleaner), Windex, W-40, Crazy Glue, etc LABS are required to have MSDS’s For all their hazardous chemicals

19. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS’s) Location MSDS's are located in three places: • Security area in BSB as a hard copy in yellow binders • Internet • Individual Labs

20. EHS-Laboratory Inspections • All laboratories are inspected twice a year for: • Chemical Safety and Compliance • Biological Safety and Compliance All laboratories using radioactive materials (RAM) are inspected quarterly for: • Radiological Safety and Compliance

21. 4-Employee Information and Training • Employers must provide employees information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area: • At the time of their initial assignment • Whenever a new physical or health hazard, about which employees have not been previously trained, is introduced into their work area • Training may cover several categories of hazards

22. Summary • OSHA is responsible for the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) • Hazard Communication Standard : • Written Program, Labels, MSDS’s and Training • All chemical containers must have labels with name and hazard warning • MSDS’s must be read before using a chemical substance • Each lab must have a binder with MSDS collection as well as a Chemical Inventory for all hazardous chemicals present in the lab • Employee is responsible for using safe work practices when working with physical and chemical hazardous • Training should be given on specific physical or health hazard • Hazard Communication shall be taken annually

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