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Chemical Hazard Communication

Industrial establishments often carry many toxic chemicals as well as unstable reagents. While all containers of hazardous chemicals must be clearly labeled there may be problems, especially if a label is impossible to read. While management has a responsibility to inform employees of significant chemical hazards, employees have the right to know about such dangers. However, once informed, company personnel have a duty to themselves and to their co-workers to learn about these hazards and to follow safe workplace practices.

Loaded with resources these topics will explain why companies are required to provide Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), documents that employees have the right to inspect

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HAVE EMPLOYEES READ, LEARN BUT NEVER INWARDLY DIGEST.

Employees working with hazardous chemicals should quickly find out what the letters MSDS mean, as they could touch every aspect of their job. Understanding the color codes and numbers on warning labels will help them recognize dangers that lurk in every container. It's all here.


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ONLY CLOWNS JUGGLE WITH THEIR LIVES. This teaching guideline is a resource for workers and employers to safely store and handle chemicals in the workplace. Together with an employee's right to information when working with chemicals, it provides the fundamental rules for safe chemical handling, use and storage requirements and an understanding of the basic concepts of toxicology.	“Work Safely with Chemicals…Material Safety Data Sheets Tell You the Hazards”	"Check Labels”

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"Protect Yourself from Chemical Hazards – Follow Safe Operating Procedures." While companies must provide its employees handling and protection ”know-how” against chemical hazards, only the workers know if they will taking the training seriously and follow the laid out safety procedures. This topic offers a well thought-out approach designed to make it easier for employees to develop good working habits when dealing with chemical hazards.	“Learn Safe Handling Procedures…Before You Use a Chemical.” The topic offers a short list of precautions that must be taken when handling or working with chemicals. It also suggests a starting list of “working hazard” questions that employees can discuss and enlarge upon. Additionally, it reinforces the common danger of employee assumptions when dealing with hazardous chemicals.	“You Have the Right to Know. If in Doubt Consult the MSDS.” This topic not only sets out the items that should be included in an MSDS but specifically points out the duty employees assume to both know and understand what the MSDS’s information conveys. It then details how knowledge of chemical hazards gives employees the power and confidence to work safely with chemicals.

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“You Have the Right to Know.”

Learn from this compendium of chemical safety issues not only the necessary information needed to safely work with chemicals but the responsibility employee have to familiarize themselves and completely understand properly laid out procedures when working with hazardous materials. This includes the “safety first” attitude that must be followed by everyone.

“Check Labels on Chemical Containers.”

Is every chemical container at your workplace properly labeled and legible?

Increase your employees understanding of what must appear on a label and more importantly what the various color codes and numbers shown on the label mean. The topic also provides a new listing of what is currently appearing on some company MSDSs.

“Before Working with Chemicals, Know How they React.”

Employees have a right to know what hazardous chemicals they are working with and how to protect themselves.

This topic focuses on how to correctly label chemical containers to warn users. It also discusses what hazards exist under normal circumstances and the precautions that must be taken when handling or working with toxic materials.

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“Work Safely with Chemicals…Material Safety Data Sheets tell you the Hazards.”

This topic contains a detailed listing of information to be included in an MSDS.

These include the physical and chemical appearance of hazardous materials, fire and explosion hazard information, chemical reaction warnings, what to expect and do when an employee is actually exposed to such dangers and finally the safe handling of chemicals.

“Some Workplace Hazards Lurk in Containers. Know what they are!”

Do your employees know what the acronym MSDS means?

This topic highlights the purpose of Material Safety Data Sheets and outlines the safety details they must contain.

Here employees will discover their individual responsibilities to read the MSDS and fully understand the hazards and safety precautions needed when handling hazardous chemical containers.

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