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HAZCOM helper compliance tool for MSHA rule 30 CFR part 47

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  • Corporate Authors:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Spokane Research Laboratory
  • Description:
    "The new MSHA rule, 30 CFR, Part 47 (also known as the HazCom rule), requires all mines to develop a written program to track hazardous chemicals at their sites. More specifically, the rule requires that mines list all chemicals and determine which are hazardous

    develop a written Hazard Communication Program

    label all containers used to store hazardous chemicals

    obtain or develop Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for all chemicals stored or produced

    provide miners with training in working around hazardous chemicals

    and make information about hazardous chemicals available to all workers. All mines with six or more employees must have complied with the new rule by September 23, 2002, and mines with five or fewer employees will have to be in compliance by March 21,2003. NIOSH personnel met with representatives from several mining companies and MSHA to discuss what NIOSH could do to help companies comply with the new rule. A significant problem identified was the nonavailability of software to enable writing the required HazCom plan and list all hazardous chemicals at a mine. This software leads the person responsible for writing the HazCom plan step-by-step through its preparation. Prompts and suggestions are provided to help the writer fill in the proper information

    the Help menu is also useful. Appendix A assists with writing a list of all hazardous chemicals at a site. The program can be saved and recalled at any time so it can be updated whenever necessary." - NIOSHTIC-2

    NIOSHTIC no. 20022394

  • Subjects:
  • Series:
    Mining Publications
  • Subseries:
    Technology News
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Genre:
    Newsletter
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    2 unnumbered pages
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20022394
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:40dd0d84821554f4011e01e722c8f9271aa0735e10aea725b0af28a4018896bd39bed1194d120a0b1891af849139e587688abc1ddecb16ae3dfa4efe104027c8
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