Another name for the Hazard Communication Standard
What is Right to Know Standard
100
Permissible Exposure Limit
What is a legal limit in the US for exposure of an employee to a chemical substance or physical agent generally based upon an 8-hr TWA.
100
Number of sections required on an SDS under the new GHS standard.
What is 16
100
Unlikely does not mean...
What is "impossible"
100
The difference between PPM and mg/kg.
What is ppm is use primarily with liquids/gases and mg/kg is used primarily with solids. They both represent 1/millionth of a portion.
200
Under what circumstances is the HazCom standard applicable to a business
What is if the company has at least 1 hazardous chemical and 1 employee
200
Acute
What is happens quickly.
200
1 of 2 key requirements on a label.
What is name, pictogram, signal words, supplier, hazardous statement, precautionary statement.
200
the blue section on the NFPA triangle represents?
What is health hazards
300
One of the two goals of HazCom
What is to make employees aware of the hazards of the chemicals in which they are working, and 2) to enable employees to know how to properly protect themselves from those hazardous chemicals.
300
LD50
What is the lethal dose in which 50% of the test subject, generally mice/rats, died when exposed to that specific concentration of chemical.
300
Under GHS a 1 rating indicated this level of hazard
What is severe
300
How a chemical with a specific gravity of 1.3 compares with water.
What is it is heavier and will therefore settle to the bottom.
400
Why refresher training is important for HazCom.
What is because employees get complacent round chemicals they work with routinely.
400
Differentiate between flammable and combustible.
What is flammables are less than 100^ flashpoint. Combustible over 100^flashpoint. Flash point is the temperature at which enough vapor is given off to sustain a fire.
400
Under GHS a 1 rating indicates this level of hazard.
What is severe
400
How often an SDS should be updated
What is when there is a change in chemical or every 3 years.
500
Name 2 EMPLOYEE responsibilities under HazCom
What is (various)
500
Oxidizer
What is a chemical that gives off large quantities of oxygen during a chemical reaction.
500
Chemical concentration would be found under which SDS subsection.
What is section 3 - Composition/Ingredients
500
List 4 primary routes of chemical entry into the body.
What is absorption through the skin, inhalation, injection, and ingestion