HAZARD COMMUNICATION (HAZCOM) in Agriculture (437-004-9800)

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HAZARD COMMUNICATION (HAZCOM)in
Agriculture(437-004-9800)
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WHAT?

• Informing Employees About Hazardous Substances
  They Work with Directly--Or Indirectly

? GOAL ? Protect Employees
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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

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WHY?

• Employees Have The (Legal) Right and The Need to
  Know--gt
• Chemical Identities
• Chemical Hazards
• Protective Measures

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APPLIES

• Normal Conditions of Use
• Foreseeable Emergency

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EXEMPTIONS

• Hazardous Waste
• Biological Hazards
• Consumer Products
• Tobacco or Tobacco Products
• Wood or Wood Products

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EXEMPTIONS

• Articles
• Food or Alcoholic Beverages
• Drugs
• Products Deemed Non-hazardous
• Radiation

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STATS!

• OR-OSHA Citations For Ag
• HAZCOM written program, MSDS, List, Labels
• Safe Practices

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HOW?

• Develop a Written Program to Be Implemented
• Labels
• MSDSs
• Employee Info and Training
• Non-Routine Procedures

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HOW?

• Develop a Written and Implemented Program About
• Pipe and Piping Systems
• Hazardous Chemicals List

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INFORM!

• Employees Through Labels, MSDSs, and Training By
• Chemical Manufacturers
• Distributors
• Employers

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INFORM!

• Of Course, Some Employees Dont Pay Attention

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LABELS

• Original Container --gt Identification, Hazard,
  Manufacturers Address
• Secondary Container --gt Identification, Hazard

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LABELS

• For Pesticides
• The Label is The Law
• Yet

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MSDSs

• For Material Safety Data
  Sheets
• For Hazardous Chemicals
• Immediately Accessible
• Can Be on Paper or Via Computer

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MSDSs

• Required Info Such As
• Name and Hazardous Ingredients
• Physical/Chemical Characteristics, e.g., pH
  (Corrosive?)
• Physical Hazards,e.g., Reactivity (Storage?)

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MSDSs

• Health Hazards Signs/Symptoms
• Entry into Body
• Permissible Exposure Limit, etc.
• Carcinogen?
• Precautions for Safe Handling, e.g., Spills

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MSDSs

• Protective Measures, e.g., PPE
• Emergency/First Aid
• Date of MSDS
• Name/Address/Phone Number

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TRAINING

• Initial
• New Hazard

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TRAINING

• HAZCOM Rule
• Chemicals Where Employees Work
• HAZCOM Program
• Physical Health Effects
• How Company is Aware of Hazard

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TRAINING

• Protecting Yourself
• How Company is Protecting Employees
• Emergencies
• Reading Labels and MSDSs

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TRAINING

• Effective Training--gt When English is (or Is Not
  Even) a Second Language

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TRAINING

• Also In Agricultural HAZCOM
• Safe Practices When Working Around Hazardous
  Agricultural Chemicals

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Any Questions??