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2. Session Objectives Identify a chemical using its label Interpret the signal word on the label Recognize the hazard symbol or pictogram Interpret the label’s hazard statement Know what precautions to take with the chemical

3. © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501 How Much Do You Already Know? Under GHS, OSHA will no longer regulate workplace hazardous chemicals. The GHS chemical label will help create a safer work environment for you and your co-workers. Precautionary statements are an important part of the GHS chemical label. The GHS chemical label is harder to understand than older chemical labels.

4. © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501 What Is GHS? Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals Implemented through HazCom Provides a universal approach © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1205

5. © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501 Protect Yourself—Identify Hazards and Protective Measures Identify the physical and health hazards Container labels provide brief information Safety data sheets provide detailed information

6. © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501 Containers All containers must be labeled! Exceptions: Pipes and piping systems Portable containers for immediate use © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

7. Information On Labels © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

8. Product Identifier and Supplier Identification © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

9. Signal Word Danger Warning © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

10. Hazard Statement © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

11. Precautionary Statement Prevention Response Storage Disposal © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

12. Pictogram

13. Supplemental Information Not required by GHS Can’t interfere with required label information © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1205

14. © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501 Exercise Precautionary statements describe recommended measures to minimize adverse effects of exposure or improper storage and/or handling. Supplier identification includes the name, address, and telephone number of the manufacturer, importer, or distributor. “Warning” is not a signal word. GHS is intended to standardize the information about hazardous substances for people all over the world.

15. Do You Understand … Why the course is important? What GHS is? The importance of understanding a chemical’s hazards before using it? The different elements on a chemical label? Signal words, hazard statements, pictograms, and precautionary statements? © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

16. Pictogram— Health Hazard Carcinogen Respiratory sensitizer Reproductive toxicity Target Organ toxicity Mutagenicity Aspiration toxicity © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

17. Pictogram— Flame Flammables Self-Reactives Pyrophorics Self-Heating Emits flammable gas Organic peroxides

18. © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501 Pictogram— Exclamation Mark Skin and eye irritant Skin sensitizer Acute toxicity Narcotic effects Respiratory tract irritant © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

19. Pictograms— Gas Cylinder and Flame Over Circle Gas under pressure Oxidizer © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

20. Corrosives Acute toxicity (severe) Pictogram— Corrosion, Skull and Crossbones © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

21. Pictogram— Exploding Bomb Explosives Self-Reactive Organic peroxides © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

22. Pictogram—Environment Aquatic toxicity © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

23. Alternative Labeling Systems NFPA 704 Hazard Rating HMIS NFPA 704 Hazard Rating HMIS © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

24. Exercise Flammability hazard Oxidizer hazard Reproductive hazard Irritant hazard Aquatic hazard Acute toxicity hazard Gas under pressure hazard © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501

25. Review The different pictograms and the hazards they represent? Labeling requirements in our facility? Exceptions to the labeling requirements? Alternative labeling systems?

26. © BLR ® —Business & Legal Resources 1501 Key Points to Remember GHS standardizes information on labels Labels provide brief information Pictograms describe hazards All containers must be labeled Alternate labels must be compliant with GHS requirements