Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
Definition.
(a) Has
a flash point below 140°F, closed cup, or is subject to spontaneous
heating;
(b) Has a threshold limit
value below 500 p.p.m. in the case of a gas or vapor, below 500 mg./m.3 for
fumes, and below 25 m.p.p.c.f. in case of a dust;
(c) Has a single dose oral LD50 below 500
mg./kg.;
(d) Is subject to
polymerization with the release of large amounts of energy;
(e) Is a strong oxidizing or reducing
agent;
(f) Causes first degree
burns to skin in short time exposure, or is systematically toxic by skin
contact; or
(g) In the course of
normal operations, may produce dusts, gases, fumes, vapors, mists, or smokes
that have one or more of the above characteristics.
(1) No chemical product, such as a solvent or
preservative; no structural material, such as cadmium or zinc coated steel, or
plastic material; and no process material, such as welding filler metal; which
is a hazardous material may be used until you have ascertained the potential
fire, toxic, or reactivity hazards which are likely to be encountered in the
handling, application, or utilization of such a material.
(2) In order to ascertain the hazards, as
required by subsection (1) of this section, you must obtain the following items
of information which are applicable to a specific product or material to be
used:
(a) The name, address, and telephone
number of the source of the information specified in this section preferably
those of the manufacturer of the product or material.
(b) The trade name and synonyms for a mixture
of chemicals, a basic structural material, or for a process material; and the
chemical name and synonyms, chemical family, and formula for a single
chemical.
(c) Chemical names of
hazardous ingredients including, but not limited to, those in mixtures, such as
those in:
(i) Paints, preservatives, and
solvents;
(ii) alloys, metallic
coatings, filler metals and their coatings or core fluxes; and
(iii) other liquids, solids, or gases (e.g.,
abrasive materials).
(d)
An indication of the percentage, by weight or volume, which each ingredient of
a mixture bears to the whole mixture, and of the threshold limit value of each
ingredient, in appropriate units.
(e) Physical data about a single chemical or
a mixture of chemicals, including boiling point, in degrees Fahrenheit; vapor
pressure, in millimeters of mercury; vapor density of gas or vapor (air=1);
solubility in water, in percent by weight; specific gravity of material
(water=1); percentage volatile, by volume, at 70°F.; evaporation rate for
liquids (either butyl acetate or ether may be taken as 1); and appearance and
odor.
(f) Fire and explosion hazard
data about a single chemical or a mixture of chemicals, including flashpoint,
in degrees Fahrenheit; flammable limits, in percent by volume in air; suitable
extinguishing media or agents; special firefighting procedures; and unusual
fire and explosion hazard information.
(g) Health hazard data, including threshold
limit value, in appropriate units, for a single hazardous chemical or for the
individual hazardous ingredients of a mixture as appropriate, effects of
overexposure; and emergency and first-aid procedures.
(h) Reactivity data, including stability,
incompatibility, hazardous decomposition products, and hazardous
polymerization.
(i) Procedures to
be followed and precautions to be taken in cleaning up and disposing of
materials leaked or spilled.
(j)
Special protection information, including use of personal protective equipment,
such as respirators, eye protection, and protective clothing, and of
ventilation, such as local exhaust, general, special, or other types.
(k) Special precautionary information about
handling and storing.
(l) Any other
general precautionary information.
(3) The pertinent information required by
subsection (2) of this section must be recorded either on United States
Department of Labor Form LSB 00S-4, Material Safety Data Sheet, or on an
essentially similar form which has been approved by the department of labor and
industries. Copies of Form LSB 00S-4 may be obtained at any of the following
regional offices of the occupational safety and health administration:
(a) Pacific region. (Arizona, California,
Hawaii, and Nevada.) 10353 Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36017,
San Francisco, Calif. 94102.
(b)
Region X, OSHA, (Alaska, Washington, Idaho, and Oregon), 300 Fifth Avenue,
Suite 1280, Seattle, Washington 98104-2397.
A completed SDS form must be preserved and available for
inspection for each hazardous chemical on the worksite.
(4) You must instruct employees
who will be exposed to the hazardous materials as to the nature of the hazards
and the means of avoiding them.
(5)
You must provide all necessary controls, and the employees must be protected by
suitable personal protective equipment against the hazards identified under
this section and those hazards for which specific precautions are required in
WAC
296-304-020
through
296-304-04013.
(6) You must provide adequate washing
facilities for employees engaged in the application of paints or coatings or in
other operations where contaminants can, by ingestion or absorption, be
detrimental to the health of the employees. You must encourage good personal
hygiene practices by informing the employees of the need for removing surface
contaminants by thorough washing of hands and face prior to eating or
smoking.
(7) You must not permit
eating or smoking in areas undergoing surface preparation or preservation or
where shiprepairing, shipbuilding, or shipbreaking operations produce
atmospheric contamination.
(8) You
must not permit employees to work in the immediate vicinity of uncovered
garbage and must ensure that employees working beneath or on the outboard side
of a vessel are not subject to contamination by drainage or waste from
overboard discharges.
(9)
Requirements of WAC
296-901-140,
Hazard communication, will apply to shiprepairing, shipbuilding, and
shipbreaking when potential hazards of chemicals and communicating information
concerning hazards and appropriate protective equipment is applicable to an
operation.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
49.17.010,
49.17.040,
49.17.050,
49.17.060, and chapter 49.17 RCW.
12-12-060, § 296-304-06013, filed 6/5/12, effective 8/1/12. Statutory
Authority:
RCW
49.17.010,
49.17.040,
49.17.050,
49.17.060. 07-03-163, §
296-304-06013, filed 1/24/07, effective 4/1/07. Statutory Authority:
RCW
49.17.010, [49.17].040, and [49.17].050.
01-11-038, § 296-304-06013, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01. Statutory
Authority:
RCW
49.17.040, [49.17].050 and[49.17].060 .
98-02-006, § 296-304-06013, filed 12/26/97, effective 3/1/98. Statutory
Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 95-04-006, § 296-304-06013, filed 1/18/95,
effective 3/10/95; 88-14-108 (Order 88-11), § 296-304-06013, filed 7/6/88;
Order 76-7, § 296-304-06013, filed 3/1/76; Order 74-25, §
296-304-06013, filed 5/7/74.