City of Greensboro Personnel Policy Manual

City of Greensboro Personnel Policy Manuał

Table of Contents A B C D E F H I J K L List of Appendices G Hazardous Communication Program Number: J-5 Revision: 1 Effective Date: 01-01-2000 1.0 POLICY T he City of Greensboro shall comply with the requirements of the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Hazard Communication Standard, 13 NCAC 7c.0101(a)(99), and the Hazardous Chemicals Right to Know Act, North Carolina General Statues, Chapter 173/218. 2.0 PURPOSE E ach employee has the right to know about the hazardous chemicals to which the employee is exposed. The purpose of this policy is to explain how the City will maintain hazardous chemical information, educate employees, and comply with legal requirements about hazardous materials in the workplace. 3.0 SCOPE This policy applies to all City employees. 4.0 DEFINITIONS 4.1 Chemical - Any element, chemical compound, or mixture of elements and/or compound. 4.2 Hazardous Chemical - Any chemical which is a physical hazard or a health hazard. 4.3 Physical Hazard - Any chemical for which there is scientifically valid evidence that it is a combustible liquid, a compressed gas, an explosive, flammable, an organic peroxide, an oxidizer, a pyrophoric, an unstable (reactive) or water reactive. 4.4 Health Hazard - Any chemical capable of producing acute or chronic health effects in exposed personnel. 4.5 Container - Any bag, barrel, bottle, box, can, cylinder, drum, reaction vessel, storage tank, or the like that contains a hazardous chemical. For purposes of this policy, pipes, or piping systems are not considered to be containers. 4.6 Portable Container - A small container into which a chemical is transferred from a labeled container and which is intended for immediate use by the person making the transfer during the work shift in which the transfer is made. 4.7 Label - Any written, printed, or graphic material affixed to containers of hazardous chemicals. 4.8 Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) - A document describing a product and giving

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