Written Hazard Communication Program
This program describes how this workplace meets the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200. It is available to employees, their representatives and OSHA on request.
Program coordinator:
1. Chemical inventory
The chemical list is kept with the SDS binder and lists every hazardous chemical by the product identifier on its label and SDS.
2. Safety data sheets
An SDS is kept for every hazardous chemical on the inventory. Location: . Binder in the break room; employees may ask a supervisor for a copy at any time during their shift. The coordinator requests an SDS from the supplier when one is missing or a new product arrives without one.
3. Labels and other warnings
Containers keep the manufacturer's label. Workplace (secondary) containers are labeled with the product identifier and the hazard words and pictograms from the shipped label. Labels are not removed or defaced, and damaged labels are replaced.
4. Employee training
Employees are trained when first assigned and whenever a new chemical hazard is introduced into their work area. Training covers:
- The requirements of 1910.1200 and where this program, the chemical list and the SDSs are kept
- Operations in their work area where hazardous chemicals are present
- How to detect a release (monitoring, appearance, odor)
- The physical, health and other hazards of the chemicals in the work area
- Protective measures: work practices, emergency procedures and PPE
- How to read labels and SDSs, including the label elements and the SDS section order
5. Non-routine tasks
Before a non-routine task (for example cleaning a tank or a chemical spill), the supervisor reviews the task's chemical hazards and protective measures with the employees doing it, including the hazards of chemicals in any unlabeled pipes in the work area.
6. Contractors and other employers
Contractors are told where SDSs are, which chemicals they may be exposed to, the labeling system and protective measures. Contractors give us SDSs for chemicals they bring on site.
7. Review
The coordinator reviews this program when chemicals or processes change. Reviewed by / date:
Prepared with the free hazard communication program generator at worksafecert.com/tools/hazcom-written-program. This is a template: check it against OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1200 and the conditions at your workplace before you rely on it.