Osha Vinyl Chloride

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Osha vinyl chloride.

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. Department of labor occupational safety health administration. 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. 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.

800 321 6742 osha tty. 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. Osha training requirements vinyl chloride. Last accessed december 28 2018.

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. Vinyl chloride pdf. Employers shall include vinyl chloride in the hazard communication program established to comply with the hcs 1910 1200. The us epa and fda limit vinyl chloride in drinking water to 0 002 ppm.

Severe storm and flood recovery assistance. Employers shall include vinyl chloride in the hazard communication program established to comply with the hcs 1910 1200. 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.

Occupational safety health administration provides information about exposure limits to vinyl chloride. Centers for disease control and prevention 2006. Agency for toxic substances and disease registry. 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.

Shipped as a liquefied compressed gas. The us osha limits vinyl chloride exposure of workers to no more than 1 ppm for eight hours or 5 ppm for 15 minutes.