OSHA HAZ 1 Flashcards
to assure safe and healthful working condition for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Which OSHA regulations affect Funeral Homes?
- Hazard Communication Standard
- Blood-borne Pathogens Regulation
- Personal Protective Equipment Standards
- Respiratory Protection Program
- Formaldehyde and Glutaraldehyde Regulations
- Eye/Face and Wash/Shower Requirements
- Medical and First Aid Regulations
- Chemical Compatibility Concerns in Storage
- Disposal of Hazardous Waste
Hazardous Communication Standard (Right to Know)
•MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) is now known as SDS – (Safety Data Sheet)
•MSDS Sheet should come from the manufactories or their companies website
Formaldehyde Standard
•BLEACH & FORMALDEHYDE DO NOT MIX Blood-borne Pathogen Standard
•72hrs after death blood-borne pathogens can still cause harm.
Hazard Communication Standard (Right to Know Law)Employer Responsibilities
•Written training program in place and made available to employees exposed to all hazardous materials/chemicals
•Written hazard communication program for the funeral home.
•Ensure that all a hazardous materials/chemicals regulated by OSHA are in compliance
•Make appropriate changes to any labels of any hazardous material/chemicals within 3 months of the notification
Hazardous Material Labeling
•All containers in prep room must be properly labeled
•Each container of hazardous material/chemicals must be marked with the identity of material/chemical along with the hazard warning.
•MSDS/SDS for all hazardous material/chemicals used must be maintained in a binder, alphabetical order, readily available.
•Warnings may be described with words, pictures or symbols.
•Label must display the name and address of the chemical manufacturer or importer of the hazardous material/chemical.
•Label must accurately identify contents either by chemical and/or trade name and it must match an MSDS/SDS
•LABEL MUST BE IN ENGLISH!
•Labels must not be removed or defaced
•If no label Create new label and attach to container
•If material is transferred from one container to another, then proper labeling is required
MSDS/SDS Review
• Must have a MSDS/SDS for every hazardous chemical used
• Must be written in English
• Must be in alphabetical order by name and in a binder.
• Must be readily available.
• Good practice, have one in the embalming lab and another one in the front office.
Employee Training
• Employers must develop a written Hazard Communication Program that describes how requirements under the HazCom Standard will be regarding labeling, Material Safety Data Sheets/Safety Data Sheet, and employee training.
Employee Training
The written program must include:
1. A list off all hazardous materials/chemicals in the workplace to include information found on labels and the MSDS/SDS binder
2. The Method to be used by the employer on how to inform the employee of the hazards of non-routine tasks.
Employee Training
Employers must provide employees with information and training on hazardous material/chemicals in the workplace.
1. At the time of initial assignment and whenever a new physical or health hazard is introduced to the workplace.
Employee Training
The employer should be sure to include the following types of information in the written program:
1. Designation of person(s) responsible of obtaining and maintaining the MSDS’s/SDS’s
2. How such sheets are to be maintained in the workplace and how employees can obtain access to them when they are in their work area during the work shift;
3. Procedures to follow when the MSDS is not received at the time of the first shipment.
Good Practice!
- Each employee will sign and acknowledgement form attesting that they did attend a supervised training program.
- All acknowledgment forms should be kept in a permanent file for at least 30 years.
- An employer should ask the employee if she/he has any question regarding the training program.
The act of disinfecting or preserving a human dead body, entire or in part, by the use of chemical substances, fluids, or gases in the body; or by the introduction of the same into the body by vascular or hypodermic injection; or by direct application not the organs or cavities; or by any other method intended to disinfect or preserve a dead body or restore body tissues and structures.” Texas administrative code Title 25 Rule δ 181.1(10)
Embalming
- What Chemical is used to Embalm Human Remains?
- Formaldehyde (HCHO)
- A colorless, strong-smelling gas that when used in solution is a powerful preservative and disinfectant; a potential occupational carcinogen
- Some studies of workers exposed to formaldehyde have suggested an associate between formaldehyde exposure and cancers of the nasal sinuses, nasopharynx, brain, and possibly leukemia.
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Any substance that imperil health or life when absorbed into the body.
Poison
