This is the number one cited standard by OSHA. Here is a short video on how to comply.

1. 365
Day 2 – Written Hazard Communication
Program
John Newquist,
MS, CSP, CIT, OHST, CHST

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.151(c)
.178(I)(1)(i)
.134(c)(1)
.212(a)(3)(ii)
.1200(g)(8)
.134(e)(1)
.147(c)(4)(i)
.1200(h)(1)
.212(a)(1)
.1200(e)(1)
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Most Frequently Cited Serious
Violations in General Industry
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Overall1910MFC
HAZARD COMMUNICATION – WRITTEN PROGRAM
MACHINE GUARDING – TYPES OF GUARDING METHODS
HAZARD COMMUNICATION – INFORMATION AND TRAINING
MEDICAL & FIRST AID – SUITABLE QUICK DRENCHING OR
FLUSHING FACILITY
RESPIRATORS – EMPLOYER ESTABLISHING A WRITTEN RESPIRATOR
PROGRAM
HAZARDOUS COMMUNICATION – MAINTAIN COPIES OF SDS’S
HAZARDOUS ENERGY CONTROL – PROCEDURES SHALL BE
DEVELOPED
MACHINE GUARDING – POINT OF OPERATIONS
POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS – COMPETENCY
TRAINING
RESPIRATORS – MEDICAL EVALUATIONS
29CFR1910SUBPARTS

3. 1906 - The Jungle
“...he worked in a place where his feet were soaked in
chemicals, and it was not long before they had eaten through
his new boots. Sores began to break out on his feet...the
sores would not heal - in the end his toes would drop off.”
Upton Sinclair

4. IL Right to Know - 1984
 Each company was to send
a copy of all MSDS’s to
Springfield
 MSDS’s to be furnish to
any IL worker upon
request

5. OSHA 1910.1200 Standard
 Several states enacted their own
“Right to Know” law
 Chemical manufacturers wanted
one uniform law vs. various state
laws
 1910.1200 Ordered by Congress -
1985
 Global Harmonization Standard
(GHS) added in 2012

6. #1 1910.1200(e)(1)
Written hazard
communication
program
Must contain a list of
hazardous chemicals
1521 citations in
2019

7. (e) Program Requirements
 Addresses non-routine tasks
 Discusses other contractors' responsibilities
 Available upon request to any employee or contractor

8. (e) Written Program
Describes how the
standard will be
implemented in that
facility

10. June 2017

11. June 2017

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