HAZARD COMMUNICATION (HAZCOM) in Agriculture (437-004-9800)
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Transcript of HAZARD COMMUNICATION (HAZCOM) in Agriculture (437-004-9800)
WHAT?• Informing Employees About
Hazardous Substances They Work with Directly--Or Indirectly
● GOAL Protect Employees
WHY???• An Unlabeled Pesticide Container Spills From A Shelf onto a Handler Wearing
No PPE…• A Seed Worker Drinks Several Beers the Night Before and Works with Thiram
the Next Day…• A Newly-Confirmed Pregnant Worker Is Assigned to Spray an Area with
Atrazine…
WHY?
• Employees Have The (Legal) Right and The Need to Know-->– Chemical Identities– Chemical Hazards– Protective Measures
EXEMPTIONS
• Hazardous Waste• Biological Hazards• Consumer Products• Tobacco or
Tobacco Products
• Wood or Wood Products
HOW?
• Develop a Written Program to Be Implemented– Labels– MSDSs– Employee Info and
Training– Non-Routine Procedures
HOW?
• Develop a Written *and* Implemented Program About– Pipe and Piping
Systems– Hazardous
Chemicals List
INFORM!
• Employees Through Labels, MSDSs, and Training By– Chemical Manufacturers– Distributors– Employers
LABELS
• Original Container --> Identification, Hazard, Manufacturer’s Address
• Secondary Container --> Identification, Hazard
MSDSs
• For “Material Safety Data Sheets”
• For Hazardous Chemicals• Immediately Accessible• Can Be on Paper or Via
Computer
MSDSs
• Required Info Such As• Name and Hazardous
Ingredients• Physical/Chemical
Characteristics, e.g., pH (Corrosive?)
• Physical Hazards,e.g., Reactivity (Storage?)
MSDSs• Health Hazards: Signs/Symptoms• Entry into Body• Permissible Exposure Limit, etc.• Carcinogen?• Precautions for Safe Handling,
e.g., Spills
MSDSs
• Protective Measures, e.g., PPE
• Emergency/First Aid• Date of MSDS• Name/Address/Phone
Number
TRAINING
• HAZCOM Rule• Chemicals Where Employees Work• HAZCOM Program• Physical & Health Effects• How Company is Aware of Hazard
TRAINING• Protecting Yourself• How Company is
Protecting Employees
• Emergencies • Reading Labels and
MSDSs
TRAINING
• Also In Agricultural HAZCOM• “Safe Practices When Working
Around Hazardous Agricultural Chemicals”