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010.06.10-5. HAZARD COMMUNICATION PROGRAM.

AR ADC 010.06.10-5Arkansas Administrative Code

West's Arkansas Administrative Code
Title 010. Department of Labor
Division 06. Industrial Safety Division
Rule 10. Safety Code, Code NO. 12: Public Employees' Chemical Right to Know Act (Refs & Annos)
Ark. Admin. Code 010.06.10-5
010.06.10-5. HAZARD COMMUNICATION PROGRAM.
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12-(e) HAZARD COMMUNICATION PROGRAM
(1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at the workplace, a written hazard communication program for their workplaces which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs 12-(f), 12-(g), and 12-(h) of these regulations for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which shall include the following:
(i) A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present, regardless of quantity, using an identity that is referenced on the appropriate material safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work area); and,
(ii) The methods the employer will use to inform employees of the hazards of non-routine tasks, and the hazards associated with chemicals contained in unlabeled pipes in their work areas.
(2) Multi-employer workplaces. Employers who produce, use or store hazardous chemicals at a workplace in such a way that the employees of other employer(s) may be exposed (for example, employees of State Building Services working on-site at another state agency) shall ensure that they have a hazard communication program developed and implemented which includes the following:
(i) The methods the employer will use to provide the other employer(s) with a copy of the material safety data sheet, or to make it available at a central location in the workplace, for each hazardous chemical the other employer(s)' employees may be exposed to while working;
(ii) The methods the employer will use to inform the other employer(s) of any precautionary measures that need to be taken to protect employees during the workplace's normal operating conditions and in foreseeable emergencies; and,
(iii) The methods the employer will use to inform the other employer(s) of the labeling system used in the workplace.
(3) The employer shall make any written hazard communication program available, upon request, to employees, their designated representatives, and the Director.
Current with amendments received through February 15, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credit for details.
Ark. Admin. Code 010.06.10-5, AR ADC 010.06.10-5
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