1. Niagara Falls City School District Right To Know
Prepared by Kevin Czaja
Orleans Niagara BOCES

2. Hazard Communication Standard
OSHA created the Hazard Communication Standard to help ensure your safety when working with hazardous chemicals.
Hazard Communication involves the communication of hazards about chemicals to employees, also know as the “Right To Know”.

3. Hazard Communication Program
Each school building has a written HazCom Program. This program is located in the Main Office of each building.
Employers will:
Provide training on hazardous materials
Discuss labels
Provide MSDS

4. Use Chemicals Safely Know the chemicals you are working with
Know the hazards and how to protect yourself
Store them properly
Use correct personal protective equipment - PPE

5. Physical Hazards In Chemicals May Be:
Explosive
Compressed Gases
Flammable
Combustible Liquid
Unstable
Oxidizer
Organic Peroxide
Water-reactive

6. Health Hazards Chemicals can: Cause cancer Be Poisonous / Toxic
Damage skin, internal organs,
or nervous system
Be corrosive – acids, alkalines
Cause allergic reactions after repeated
exposure

7. Chemicals May Enter The Body Through
Inhalation
Absorption
Ingestion

8. Chemicals Affect the Body
Chemicals that enter the body can affect your lungs, kidneys, and/or liver
The effects can be acute or chronic

9. Read The Label Avoid mixing of chemicals unless directed
Chemicals may react dangerously when mixed with other chemicals

10. Labels All containers must be labeled You should never have any
unlabeled containers in your workplace!

11. Secondary Containers Must be appropriate for the chemical
Be thoroughly rinsed as residue may cause a chemical reaction
Never use food or beverage containers

12. Labeling of Secondary Containers
Remove old label
New Label:
Product name
Manufacturer's name
Hazards
PPE

13. Material Safety Data Sheet
The MSDS is the primary source of information about hazardous chemicals used in your worksite
Your employer must have an MSDS for every hazardous substance you use as part of your job
The MSDS must be readily available in your workplace

14. Purpose of MSDS Communicate the hazards of the product to employees
Potential health effects
Physical and chemical characteristics
Protective measures

15. MSDS Company Information Hazardous Ingredients Revision Date
Fire and Explosion Data
Health Hazard Data
Reactivity Data
Spill & Leak Procedures
Special Protection Information
Special Precautions

16. MSDS Chemical Inventory List
Chemical inventories are
updated annually
MSDS and chemical inventory lists are kept in area where chemicals are found. Master copies are kept in the office of Supervisor / Assistant Supervisor of Operations and Maintenance

17. Chemical Storage Keep chemicals in a secured location
Separate based on compatibility
Store flammable/acidic material in approved flammable/acid storage cabinets

18. Chemical Exposure Treat immediately
Eyes: Flush with water for 15 minutes
Skin: Wash with soap and water
Inhalation: Move to fresh air
Swallowing: Get emergency
medical assistance

19. Bloodborne Pathogen
Training

20. The Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
Required by OSHA 29 CFR
Schools are required to develop and implement an Exposure Control Plan to:
protect employees who are at risk for acquiring bloodborne diseases
protect those employees whose activities may involve contact with infectious body fluids

21. What is a Bloodborne Pathogen?
Microorganisms that are carried in the blood that can cause disease in humans

22. Common Bloodborne Pathogen Diseases
HIV
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis B

23. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
HIV is the virus that leads to AIDS
HIV depletes the immune system
HIV does not survive well outside the body
No threat on contracting HIV through casual contact
HIV Help

24. HIV is Spread Through Blood to blood exposure
Transfusion of infected blood
Sharing of needles
Unprotected sexual intercourse
Born of infected mother

25. Hepatitis C (HCV)
Hepatitis C is the most common chronic bloodborne infection in the United States
Symptoms include: jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, intermittent nausea, vomiting
May lead to chronic liver disease
and death

26. Hepatitis B (HBV) Over 1 million people are infected
Symptoms include: jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, intermittent nausea, vomiting
Vaccination available
May lead to chronic liver disease, liver cancer, and death
HBV can survive for at least one week in dried blood
Symptoms can occur
1 - 9 months after exposure

27. Hepatitis B Vaccination
Your school will offer the Hepatitis B Vaccination to the “At Risk Personnel” listed in the Exposure Control Plan
Consent/Refusal Form for vaccination must be completed by “At Risk Personnel”
Vaccine is provided at no cost
to employees

28. Potentially Infectious Bodily Fluids
Skin tissue, cell cultures
Any other bodily fluid
Blood
Saliva
Vomit
Urine
Semen or vaginal secretions

29. Transmission Potential
Contact with another person’s blood or bodily fluid that may contain blood
Mucous membranes: eyes, mouth, nose
Non-intact skin
Contaminated sharps/needles

30. Your Exposure Potential
Administering first aid
Post-accident cleanup
Janitorial or maintenance work
Handling of any waste products

31. Universal Precautions
Use of proper PPE
Treat all blood and bodily fluids as if they are contaminated
Proper cleanup and decontamination
Disposal of all contaminated material in the proper manner

32. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Anything that is used to protect a person from exposure
Latex or Nitrile gloves, goggles, CPR mouth barriers, aprons, respirators

33. PPE Rules to Remember
Always check PPE for defects or tears before using
If PPE becomes torn or defective remove and get new
Remove PPE before leaving a contaminated area
Do not reuse disposable equipment

34. Regulated Medical Waste Must Be Place in BioHazard Containers
Liquid or semi-liquid blood or Other Potentially Infectious Material (OPIM)
Contaminated items that could release
blood
Contaminated sharps in
sharps container

35. Decontamination Do an initial wipe up
Use disinfectant as per manufacturer’s directions
Dispose of all blood / body fluid waste / towels in biohazard red containers
PPE should also be removed and disposed of in biohazard red containers

36. Hand Washing Wash hands immediately after removing PPE
Use an antibacterial soap
A hand sanitizer can be used but wash with soap and water as soon as possible

37. Exposure Incident Response
Contact with skin: wash exposed areas with antibacterial soap and running water
Contact with eyes or mucous membranes: flush affected area with running water for at least 15 minutes
Contact with clothing: remove contaminated clothing, wash
underlying skin

38. Exposure Incident Response
Report all accidents involving blood or bodily fluids immediately to your supervisor and/or nurse
A Post-Exposure medical evaluation will be offered to any employee involved in an exposure incident

39. Post-Exposure Evaluation
A Consent/Declination Form for Post-Exposure Incident Medical Evaluation must be completed after all exposure incidents
If Consent Form is signed, the employer will make arrangements for that employee to seek medical evaluation

40. Recordkeeping Medical records include: Hepatitis B vaccination status
Post-exposure evaluation and follow-up results
Training records include:
Training dates
Contents of the training
Signature of trainer and trainee

41. Location of the Exposure Control Plan
Nurse’s office of each building
District’s Nurse Practitioner’s Office
Office of Supervisor / Assistant Supervisor of Operations and Maintenance

42. Questions
Please feel free to ask any questions about the material covered by contacting your:
Building Nurse
Nurse Practitioner or
Kevin Czaja - Safety Risk Specialist
reachable through the office of Supervisor / Assistant Supervisor of Operations and Maintenance
Prepared by Kevin Czaja
Orleans Niagara BOCES