Hazard Labels
This organization developed standard system for the identification of the hazards of materials for emergency response in the shape of a diamond.
Who is the NFPA?
THE most important aspect of emergency response.
What is personal safety?
Pad color best suited to absorb oils.
What is white?
Substance with a pH of <7.
What is an acidic/corrosive substance?
The muster point in southern end of the Ring Corridor.
What is the severe weather response?
These labels have specific pictograms on a white background with a orange border.
What are GHS labels?
Located furthest from contaminated area.
What is the Cold Zone?
A piece of equipment used to contain a leaking drum.
What is an over-pack drum?
The concentration range of a gas/vapor that will burn/explode if an ignition source is introduced.
What are the Explosive Limits (upper & lower)?
Hard copy SDSs are available here.
What is the Security Desk.
The pictogram is a skull and cross bones.
What is a Toxic label?
This area has the highest risk for actual or potential contamination.
What is the Hot Zone or Exclusion Zone?
This system monitors storage and production for releases?
What is the Toxic Gas Monitoring System (TGMS) aka Blue Light Special.
The measure of the density of an object in comparison to the density of water at an exact temperature and pressure.
What is specific gravity?
Name an action to take when responding to an electrical emergency.
What is .... 1) NEVER touch a person in contact with electrical conductor. 2) Cut power. 3) Dislodge person with nonconductive object.
A flaming capital O.
What is the pictogram for an oxidizer?
PPE removal occurs here.
What is the Warm Zone?
For Glove Selection, what is the term used for assessing these are the four criteria: Penetration, Degradation, Permeation, and Break through Time.
What is chemical compatibility?
This term refers to a hazardous atmospheric condition that threaten immediate harm, escape interference, or irreversible health effects.
What is an IDLH atmosphere?
Calcium gluconate gel is used to exposure to this material.
What is BOE, buffered oxide etch, or hydrogen fluoride?
The DOT label color for non-flammable compressed gas?
What is green background with white border & lettering?
Contamination Reduction corridor is placed here to minimize contamination.
What is upwind from the Hot Zone.
This type of PPE use requires medical clearance, including spirometry, fit test, and medical history.
What is a respirator?
The legal limit in the United States for an employee’s exposure to a chemical substance or a physical agent.
What is the Permissive Exposure Limit (PEL)?
Name two of the three portable, single-gas, real-time air monitors NGB maintains.
What is Oxygen, Carbon Monoxide, or Hydrogen cyanide?