Osha Vinyl Chloride

Centers for disease control and prevention 2006.

Osha vinyl chloride.

Last accessed december 28 2018. Vinyl chloride pdf. Severe storm and flood recovery assistance. Because osha regulations are constantly being added deleted and or revised you must not rely on.

Employers shall include vinyl chloride in the hazard communication program established to comply with the hcs 1910 1200. 800 321 6742 osha tty. Employers shall ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers of vinyl chloride and to safety data sheets and is trained in accordance with the requirements of hcs and paragraph j of this section. 200 constitution ave nw.

Shipped as a liquefied compressed gas. Recent evidence for vinyl bromide and vinylidene chloride demonstrates a pattern of tumor induction in animals similar to that of vinyl chloride including angiosarcomas at low exposure levels. Food ingestion is a trivial source of exposure. Department of labor occupational safety health administration.

These procedures were designed and tested for internal use by osha personnel mention of any company name or commercial product does not constitute endorsement by osha. The us osha limits vinyl chloride exposure of workers to no more than 1 ppm for eight hours or 5 ppm for 15 minutes. Osha training requirements vinyl chloride. 1 an employee is currently exposed above the action level for vinyl chloride and 2 the employee s first employment in vinyl chloride and or polyvinyl chloride manufacturing plants preceded january 2 1965.

Employers shall ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers of vinyl chloride and to safety data sheets and is trained in accordance with the requirements of hcs and paragraph j of this section. Presently 29 cfr 1910 1017 k 2 i applies when the following conditions exist. The us epa and fda limit vinyl chloride in drinking water to 0 002 ppm. Agency for toxic substances and disease registry.

Chloroethene chloroethylene ethylene monochloride monochloroethene monochloroethylene vc vcm vinyl chloride monomer vcm colorless gas or liquid below 7 f with a pleasant odor at high concentrations. This website is not the official or final authority to determine osha compliance responsibilities which are set forth in osha standards themselves and the occupational safety and health act of 1970.