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Your Responsibility:
To provide employers with containers
of hazardous chemicals that are properly labeled.
You must
WAC
296-839-40005
Label containers of hazardous chemicals.
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Exemption:
Containers are exempt from this section
if ALL hazardous contents are listed in Table 11. |
You must
- Make sure every container
of hazardous chemicals leaving the workplace is properly labeled.
This includes ALL of the following:
- The identity of the hazardous chemical (the chemical
or common name) that matches the identity used on the MSDS
– An appropriate hazard warning
– The name and address of the chemical manufacturer, importer,
or other responsible party
– Make sure labeling doesn’t conflict with the requirements
of:
- The Hazardous Materials Transportation
Act (49 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
AND
- Regulations issued under the act by the
U.S. Department of Transportation (Title 49 of the Code
of Federal Regulations, Parts 171 through 180). See http://www.dot.gov
- – Revise labels within 3 months of becoming
aware of new and significant information about chemical hazards
- – Provide revised labels on containers
beginning with the first shipment after a revision, to manufacturers,
distributors or employers
- – Revise the label when a chemical isn’t
currently used, produced or imported, before:
- You resume shipping (or transferring)
the chemical
OR
- The chemical is reintroduced in the workplace
- – Label information
- Clearly written in English
AND
- Prominently displayed on the container
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Note:
When the conditions specified in Table
10 are met for the solid material products listed, you aren’t
required to provide labels for every shipment. |
Table 10
Labeling for Solid Materials
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You need only send labels with the first
shipment, IF the product is |
AND |
Whole grain |
- It's shipped to the same customer
and
- No hazardous chemicals are part of
or known to be present with the product which could expose
employees during handling
- – For example, cutting fluids
on solid metal, and pesticides with grain
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Solid untreated wood |
Solid metal
For example: Steel beams, metal castings |
Plastic items |
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Exemptions:
The chemicals (and items) listed in Table
11 are EXEMPT from THIS SECTION under the conditions specified.
Requirements in other sections still apply. |
Table 11
Conditional Label Exemptions |
This section doesn't apply to |
When the product is |
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- A chemical substance or mixture
- -Meeting the definition of "chemical
substance" or "mixture" in the Toxic Substance
Control Act (TSCA). See Title 15 U.S.C. Chapter 53, Subchapter
II, section 2602 at http://www.access.gpo.gov/
uscode/uscmain.html
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- Each of the following:
- - Food
- - Food addititves
- - Color Additives
- - Drugs
- - Cosmetics
- - Medical devices or products
- - Veternary devices or products
- - Materials intended for use in these
products (for example: flavors and fragances)
- As defined in
- -The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act. See Title 21 U.S.C. Chapter 9, Subchapter II, section
321 at http://www.access.gpo.gov/
uscode/uscmain.html
or
- -The Virus-Serum Toxin Act of 1913.
See Title 21 U.S.C. Chapter 5, section 151 et seq. at
http://www.access.gpo.gov/
uscode/uscmain.html
or
- - Regulations issued
under these acts. See Title 21 Part 101 in the Code of
Federal Regulations, and Title 9, in the Code of Federal
Regulations at http://www.access.gpo.gov/
nara/cfr/index.html
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- Subject to:
- - Labeling requirements
in Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act, Virus-Serum Toxin Act of 1913, and
issued regulations
enforced by the United
States
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- Each of the following:
- - Distilled spirits (beverage alcohols)
and
- - Wine
and
- - Malt beverage
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- Consumer products
and
- Hazardous substances
- - As defined in
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- Agriculture seed
and
- Vegetable seed treated with pesticides
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