Osha Vinyl Chloride

Centers for disease control and prevention 2006.

Osha vinyl chloride.

The us epa and fda limit vinyl chloride in drinking water to 0 002 ppm. Occupational safety health administration provides information about exposure limits to vinyl chloride. Agency for toxic substances and disease registry. 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.

200 constitution ave nw. The us osha limits vinyl chloride exposure of workers to no more than 1 ppm for eight hours or 5 ppm for 15 minutes. Vinyl chloride pdf. 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. Because osha regulations are constantly being added deleted and or revised you must not rely on. 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. 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.

Severe storm and flood recovery assistance. 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. 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. 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.

800 321 6742 osha tty. Osha training requirements vinyl chloride. Employers shall include vinyl chloride in the hazard communication program established to comply with the hcs 1910 1200. Department of labor occupational safety health administration.

Employers shall include vinyl chloride in the hazard communication program established to comply with the hcs 1910 1200. Shipped as a liquefied compressed gas.