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ChemicalHazardsintheWorkplaceChemicalsintheWorkplaceThereare750,000hazardouschemicalsusedintheworkplacearoundtheworld.•Hundredsmoreareaddedeveryyear.Chemicalsareusedforavarietyofpurposes.Employeesmustknowhowtoprotectthemselvesfromchemicalhazards.WhatisaHazardousChemical?Ahazardouschemicalisanysubstancethatposesaphysicalorhealthhazardtoyouorothersintheworkplace.HazardousChemicalsExamplesofPhysicalhazards:•Fires•ExplosionsExamplesofHealthhazards:•Cancer•Skinirritation•RespiratoryailmentsHealthHazardsHealthHazardscanbeAcuteorChronic•Acutehealthhazardsoccurrapidlyafteranexposure.•Chronichealthhazardsoccurgraduallyafterrepeatedexposures.ChemicalHazardsThemethodsinwhichchemicalsenterthebodyarecalled“routesofentry.”Understandingthesevariousroutesofentryisnecessarytopreventexposuretohazardouschemicals.Therearethreemain“RoutesofEntry”AbsorptionInhalationIngestionRoutesofEntryAbsorption•Occurswhencontactwithexposedskinallowsachemicaltobeabsorbedintothebody.•Topreventabsorption,wearproperprotectiveequipment:ChemicalglovesApronsCoverallsRoutesofEntryInhalation•Canoccurwhenchemicalsbecomeairborneintheformofavapor,mistordustallowingthemtobeinhaledintothelungs.•Topreventinhalinghazardouschemicalsyoumustselectanduseproperrespiratoryprotection.RoutesofEntryIngestion•Canoccurwhenhazardouschemicalsareeatenorswallowed.•Toavoidingestinghazardouschemicalsnever:eatdrinkapplymake-up•Alwayswashhandsafterhandlingchemicals.ChemicalHazardsTherearethreemainsourcesofinformationusedtoconveyachemical’shazardsChemicalManufacturer’sLabelSupplementalHazardLabelsMaterialSafetyDataSheetsHealthFlammabilityReactivityManufacturer’sLabelsThechemicalmanufacturer’slabelisthefirstsourceofinformationaboutpotentialhazards,safeworkpracticesandPPErequiredforaspecificchemical.Manufacturer’sLabelsManufacturer’slabelsprovidethefollowinginformationCommercialnameofthechemicalNameandaddressofthemanufacturerAnyphysicalorhealthhazardspresentedbythechemicalManufacturer’sLabelSomemanufacturer’slabelsincludeadditionalinformationsuchas:•RequiredPPEtobeworn•Specialhandling•Storagerequirements•Firstaid•SpillcleanupSupplementallabelsAdditionalsupplementallabelsareoftenusedtoquicklyconveyhazardinformationinaneasytoreadformat•NFPA•HMISNFPAlabelsNFPAlabelsrankhazardsrelatedto:•Health•Flammability•Reactivity•SpecialWarningsEachhazardisrankedonascalefrom0to4HMISlabelsHMISlabelsusethesamerankingandcolorstodisplay:•Health•Flammability•Reactivity•PPEEachhazardisrankedfrom0to4OtherLabelsManycompanieshavetheirownlabelingsystemtoidentifychemicalhazards.Besureyouknowandunderstandhowtoreadthelabelingsystemsusedinyourfacility.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsaskyoursupervisor.OtherLabelsChemicalsareoftentransferredfromlargecontainerstosmallersecondarycontainers.Whenthisoccursthesecondarycontainermustalsobelabeled.NEVERusechemicalsfromanunlabeledcontainer.MaterialSafetyDataSheetsMaterialSafetyDataSheetsareanothersourceofinformationaboutachemical’shazardsEverychemicalintheworkplacehasaMaterialSafetyDataSheetorMSDSMSDScontainmoredetailedinformationthanlabelsMaterialSafetyDataSheetsMaterialSafetyDataSheets(MSDS)arereadilyavailableforemployeereview.Makesureyouknowhowtoaccesstheseimportantdocuments.AlwaysconsultMSDSbeforewor...