# Presentation: 323119

## HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD (HCS)

***COMPLIANCE DIRECTIVE***
***CPL 2-2.38D***

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**      ****Abstract Page**
**      ****Table of Contents**
**      ****Index**

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## Cancellation

**Memorandum (Compliance Instruction)**

**TO:****	****	****	****	****Regional Administrators**
**DATE:****	****	****	****March 21, 1995**
**ENTITLED:****	****HCS: Documentation of Citations **
**	****	****	****	****	****Related to the Exposure to **
**	****	****	****	****	****Hazardous Substances and**
** ****	****	****	****	****	****Consumer Products**

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## CPs/Articles

**Specific hazardous chemical must be described.**
**In mixtures, include concentration of chemical.**
**No citations shall list, for instance, **
**"glue" or "brick" **
**Must state hazardous chemical, e.g., **
**“****toluene" or “silica"**

## Labeling

**ANSI Standard Z129.1-1994**

****  Provides useful information**
****  Generally helpful in complying with HCS**
****  States labeling is not only based on inherent **
**     ****properties / Customary and reasonably **
**     ****foreseeable use.**

## Labeling

**Employer must ensure in-plant containers labeled**
**w/appropriate hazard warning (f)(5)(ii)**
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**Provide general information via symbols, pictures,**
**etc., as long as other info required by HCS is**
**immediately available**

## Alternative Labeling

****  Permitted when employer's overall program**
**     ****proven effective**
****  Must ensure employees fully aware of hazards/ **
**     ****use and understanding of labeling system **
****  Employer bears burden of establishing that **
**     ****employee awareness equals or exceeds **
**     ****conventional labeling system**

## Labeling

**Stay of Enforcement --  Paragraph (f)(11)**
**Requiring**
**Manufacturers to update labels within 90 days **
**OSHA will alert regulated community when lifted**

## MSDSs

-   **NACOSH Recommendations**

**Concerns regarding proliferation of MSDSs**
**OSHA endorse statement indicating whether **
**MSDS required by HCS**

## MSDSs

_**Directive already contained such a statement**_

_***"This product is not considered to be or to ***_
_***contain hazardous chemicals based on evaluations made by our company under the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200."***_

## MSDSs

**NACOSH recommended OSHA endorse **
**ANSI Z400.1-1993**

**Have included language endorsing order of **
**presentation.**
**Stated Z400 is becoming internationally accepted,**
**provides guidance on section design, is a valuable**
**tool, provides uniform approach, meets diverse**
**needs, and is recommended by OSHA.**

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## Electronic Access, con't.

**"Violations of (g)(8) shall be cited when an **
**employer using electronic access as an integral**
**part of the hazcom program does not have an**
**adequate back-up system to address emergency **
**situations."**

**Citation Guidance:**

## Electronic Access

**NOT REQUIRING COMPANIES TO HAVE**
**HARD COPIES (PAPER) AS BACK-UP **
**FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS**

## Employee Training & Info

**Clarified to include hazard categories**
**Does not supercede intent of training**
**Hazard categories must be linked with chemicals**
**Training inadequate otherwise**

##      Employee Training & Information, 

**con’t.**

**So...**
**Language is included to emphasize that**
**the intent of the standard is to make**
**employees specifically aware of the **
**hazard categories a product falls within.**

## Training

**Not necessary to retrain each new hire if **
**employee has already received HCS training**
**Rudiments of standard could be expected to **
**remain with employee from one job to another**
**HOWEVER...Current employer held responsible **
**to ensure adequate training**

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