Lab Safety Manual - UCLA - Environment, Health & Safety
Lab Safety Manual - UCLA - Environment, Health & Safety
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Chapter 2: Chemical Hazard Communication<br />
Regulatory Requirements<br />
<strong>UCLA</strong> has an established Hazard Communication Program that complies with 8 CCR 5194<br />
(http://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5194.html), the Cal/OSHA Hazard Communication Standard. The<br />
purpose of <strong>UCLA</strong>‟s Hazard Communication Program is to ensure that all employees and, upon<br />
request, their personal physicians, have the right to receive information regarding the hazardous<br />
substances to which they may have been exposed at work. <strong>UCLA</strong> is responsible for providing<br />
information about the hazardous substances in our workplace, the associated hazards, and the<br />
control of these hazards, through a comprehensive hazard communication program that is<br />
summarized briefly below. The requirements of the Hazard Communication Program apply to<br />
laboratory environments at <strong>UCLA</strong> due to the potential for large scale experiments and for activities<br />
that may occur outside of areas where engineering controls are available. Proper hazard<br />
communication involves the active participation of the PI/<strong>Lab</strong>oratory Supervisor, the EH&S Chemical<br />
<strong>Safety</strong> Officer, and the <strong>Lab</strong>oratory/Facility <strong>Safety</strong> Coordinator, who are each responsible for providing<br />
consultation and safety information to employees working with hazardous chemicals.<br />
List of Hazardous Substances<br />
All labs are required to keep an updated copy of their chemical inventory on file, which must be made<br />
available to EH&S upon request. For each hazardous substance on their inventory, specific<br />
information on any associated health or safety hazards must be made readily available to all<br />
laboratory personnel. Compressed gases need to be included in the inventory list.<br />
Hazard Determination<br />
PIs/<strong>Lab</strong>oratory Supervisors are responsible for verifying if any items on their chemical inventory are<br />
subject to the requirements of the hazard communication regulation.<br />
The term “hazardous substance” refers to any chemical for which there is statistically significant<br />
evidence based on at least one study conducted in accordance with established scientific principles<br />
that acute or chronic health effects may occur in exposed individuals. Hazardous substances include,<br />
but are not limited to, those chemicals listed in the following:<br />
1. “The Hazardous Substance List”, commonly known as the Directors List of Hazardous<br />
Substances, 8 CCR 339 (http://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/339.html);<br />
2. “Toxic and Hazardous Substances, Air Contaminants”, 8 CCR, Section 5155<br />
(http://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5155.html);<br />
3. “Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances in the Work <strong>Environment</strong>”, ACGIH, 2004;<br />
4. “Sixth Annual Report on Carcinogens”, NTP, 1991;<br />
5. “Monographs”, IARC, WHO (http://www.iarc.fr/en/publications/list/monographs);<br />
6. SDSs for reproductive toxins and cancer causing substances<br />
(http://map.ais.ucla.edu/go/1002824); and<br />
7. “Chemicals Known to the State to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity” (Proposition 65),<br />
22 CCR 12000.<br />
Chemical Hygiene Plan 2-1 January 2013