WAC 296-304-06013
Health and sanitation. "Hazardous
material" - A material with one or more of the following
characteristics:
• Has a flash point below 140°F, closed cup, or is
subject to spontaneous heating;
• 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;
• Has a single dose oral LD50 below 500 mg./kg.;
• Is subject to polymerization with the release of large
amounts of energy;
• Is a strong oxidizing or reducing agent;
• Causes first degree burns to skin in short time
exposure, or is systematically toxic by skin contact; or
• 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 the employer has 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, the employer shall 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 shall 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), 1111 3rd Ave. Suite 715, Seattle, Washington 98101.
A completed MSDS form shall be preserved and available
for inspection for each hazardous chemical on the worksite.
(4) The employer shall instruct employees who will be
exposed to the hazardous materials as to the nature of the
hazards and the means of avoiding them.
(5) The employer shall provide all necessary controls,
and the employees shall be protected by suitable personal
protective equipment against the hazards identified under
subsection (1) of this section and those hazards for which
specific precautions are required in WAC 296-304-020 through296-304-04013
.
(6) The employer shall 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. The employer shall 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) The employer shall not permit eating or smoking in
areas undergoing surface preparation or preservation or where
shiprepairing, shipbuilding, or shipbreaking operations
produce atmospheric contamination.
(8) The employer shall not permit employees to work in
the immediate vicinity of uncovered garbage and shall 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 296-800-170, Chemical hazard
communication program, 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. 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.]