Provisions of the Hazard Communication Standard

As stated in the previous slide, there are five major provisions of the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, with which employers must comply.  They are:

Chemical Inventory - A list of the hazardous chemicals in the workplace

Material Safety Data Sheets, or MSDS for short, must be available for each hazardous chemical with which you work.  MSDSs are documents which give very detailed hazard information for a particular chemical.

Labeling - Labels must be affixed to each chemical container in the workplace.  Labels must identify the container contents and warn the user of any hazards that may exists while using the chemical.

Training - Employers must inform their employees of the hazards of chemicals in their workplace, and train them on how to work safely with those chemicals.

Written Program - There must be a written hazard communication program, or policy, in the workplace which detail how the employer complies with the provisions of the Hazard Communication Standard.