Topic 7 Flashcards
What does (OSHA) mean?
Occupational safety and health administration
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH ADMIISTRATION (OSHA)
CLASSIFIES CHEMICAL HAZARDS INTO TWO GROUPS:
Physical Hazards & Health Hazards
should be labeled with a description
of their particular hazard such as poisonous, corrosive,
flammable, explosive, teratogenic, or carcinogenic.
Hazardous Chemicals
developed
the Standard System for Identification of the Fire
Hazard of Materials, NFPA 704.
National Fire Protection Association
description:
Bursting ball
EXPLOSIVES
description:
Flame
FLAMMABLE
LIQUIDS
description:
Circle with flame
OXIDIZING
LIQUIDS
description:
Cylinder
COMPRESSED
GAS
description:
Test tube over
metal/hand
CORROSIVE
TO METALS
description:
Skull with
crossbones
ACUTE
TOXICTY
description:
Test tube over
hand/metal
SKIN
CORROSION
description:
Exclamation mark
SKIN
IRRITATION
CMR; STOT
ASPIRATION
HAZARD
CMR
Carcinogenic; Germ Cell Mutagenic;
Toxic to Reproduction
STOT
Specific Target Organ Toxicity
description:
Dead fish and tree
HAZARDOUS TO THE
AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
developed the
Hazard Communication (HazCom) Standard to protect
employees who may be exposed to hazardous
chemicals.
OSHA
The HazCom standard is known as ________ because of
the labeling requirement.
The right to know
Summary of the hazardous nature of chemicals
used in the workplace.
Material Safety Data Sheet?
requires manufacturers to
supply material safety data sheets (MSDSs) for their
products.
OSHA HazCom standard
