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SAFETY
TRAINING
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CLINTON
AN INTRODUCTION
TO
CHEMICAL HAZARD COMMUNICATION
HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD -
“HAZCOM”
29 CFR 1910.1200
INTRO
To begin I'd like to quote some statistics taken from the 2003
report by the AAPCC ( American Assoc. of Poison Control Centers )
found in the American Journal of
Emergency Medicine Vol. 22, #5 Sept 2004
Of all the calls
made to the reporting poison control centers
108,991 were
concerning Poison Information
( 9.33% of the
total calls ).
That's not a very
high statistic.
However, of all the
calls made 75.7% were from people's homes.
In 2003 there were
1,106 fatalities resultant from chemical exposure
and more than half
(646) of those were men and women between the ages of 20 and 49.
Of those 646 people
27 were listed as OCCUPATIONAL,
meaning
their fatal exposure occurred at work.
In all exposure
cases 71.9% involve ingestion,
while only 10.5%
involve inhalation.
What does this mean?
- That even though safety rules and regulations have reduced the
numbers dramatically,
people are still being fatally exposed to substances at work.
- That even though occupational safety is a priority,
many more people do not follow safety rules at home.
- That people are most likely to be exposed to chemicals by
ingesting them.
You will view a Power
Point presentation then take a short quiz.
OVER VIEW OF THIS TRAINING:
1 - WHY ARE YOU HERE?
2 - RESPONSIBILITIES
3 - TYPES OF HAZARDS
4 - ROUTES of ENTRY
5 - P.P.E.'s
6 - LABELS
7 - Material Safety Data Sheets
The
Haz Com Standard