Since you are purchasing and using, not producing and distributing, potentially hazardous chemicals you will be primarily concerned with ensuring that every purchased container is labeled. You can choose to use the labels provided by your suppliers on the containers as your labeling system. These are usually text labels that do not include numerical rating systems or symbols that require special training. Remember - this is a continuing duty and all containers of potentially hazardous chemicals must always be labeled, so it is important to designate someone to be responsible for ensuring that the labels are maintained as required and that newly purchased materials are checked for labels prior to use. Safety Data Sheets You must have an SDS for each chemical that your employees use. The rule does not require a specific format for SDSs, but there are specific information requirements. Your supplier must provide a data sheet that includes all of the information required under the rule. If you do not receive one automatically request one. As long as employees can get the information when they need it, any approach may be used. The employees must have access to the actual sheets. The SDSs provide detailed information on each chemical, including its potential effects, its physical and chemical characteristics and recommendations for appropriate protective measures. A glossary of helpful SDS terms is included as part of our program. To ensure that you have the required, current SDS for each product and that employee have access to them the compliance officers looks for: Designation of person(s) responsible for obtaining and maintaining the SDSs How SDSs are maintained in the workplace (e.g., in team leader binders) and how employees can obtain access to them when they are in their work area during the work shift Procedures to follow when the SDS is not received at the time the Initial Package is received or when requested. The most important aspect of the written SDS program is to ensure that someone is responsible for obtaining and maintaining the SDSs for every chemical in the workplace. As new chemicals are purchased, the list should be updated . Employee Information and Training You must provide information and training to each employee who may be exposed to the chemicals when working prior to her initial assignment working with the chemicals and whenever the hazard changes. “Exposure” or “exposed” under the rule means, “an employee is subjected to a hazardous chemical in the course of employment through any route of entry (inhalation, ingestion, skin contact or absorption, etc.), and includes potential (e.g. accidental or possible) exposure.” The written program must provide enough detail about your plans to assess whether or not a good faith effort is being made to train employees.
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