California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders
Group 8 - Points of Operation and Other Hazardous Parts of Machinery
Article 64 - Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Mills
Section 4419 - Chlorine Dioxide and Sodium Chlorate
Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 4419
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Sodium Chlorate.
(1) Personnel shall be instructed in the
handling precautions and special work procedures when working with Sodium
Chlorate.
NOTE: Refer to Manufacturing Chemists Association Chemical Data Sheet No. SD-42 (Sodium Chlorate).
(2) Personnel exposed to direct contact with
Sodium Chlorate shall be provided with and shall wear personal protective
clothing as required by Article 10.
(3) Facilities for storage and handling of
Sodium Chlorate shall be designed, constructed and maintained to eliminate
possible contact of dry or evaporated Sodium Chlorate with wood or other
material which could cause a fire or explosion.
(b) Chlorine Dioxide.
(1) Where a safety shower is not immediately
available and welding or other sources of ignition are present, a "jump tank"
shall be provided for employees exposed to contact with sodium chlorate and/or
other hazardous chemicals.
(2)
Welding or burning shall not be performed on the generator system while it is
operating.
1. Repealer and new section filed 9-15-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 38).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
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