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OSH LEGISLATION

OCCUPATIONAL SAFEW AND HEALTH(USE AND STANDARDS OF EXPOSURE OF

CHEMICALS HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH)REGULATIONS 2OOO

OBJECTIVE

Describe the rationale of USECHH 2000

To define the application of USECHH 2000

To list at least 6 Part in USECHH 2000

To explain Paft II, III, N dan V

SCOPE

' Rationale of the Regulations. Salient Provision. Application. Definition of "USE". Definition of "CHH'. Exemption. Employers Duties

' Conclusion. Guidelines under USECHH Regulations

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RATIONALE

r Legal framework for the employer to

control hazardous chemicals

. Set workplace exposure standard

. Promote excellence management of chemicalhazardous to health

. Prevent the occurrence of occupationaldiseases, poisoning or adverse health effect

INTRODUCTION TO USECHH2000

. The USECHH 2000 is the sixth set ofregulations make under the OSHA 1994 (ACT

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. This Regulations shall come into operation on4 April 2000.

SALIENT PROVISION

' Paft I: Preliminary

. Part II: Identification of Chemicals Hazardousto Health

. Part III: Assessment of Risk to Health

. Paft V: Action to Control Exposure

. Part VI: Labelling and Relabelling

' Paft VII: Information, Instruction andTraining

SALIENT PROVISION

r Paft VIiI: Monitoring of Exposure at the Placeof Work

. Paft IX; Health Surveillance

. Part X: Medical Removal Protection

. Paft XI: Warning Sign

' Part XII: Record Keeping

SALIENT PROVISION

. Schedule I: List of Permissible Exposure Limit

. Schedule II: List of Chemicals for WhichMedical Surveillance is Appropriate

' Schedule III: Information on Pesticide

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APPLICATION

. All places of work within the purview of theOSH Act 1994 where chemicals hazardous tohealth are used.

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APPLICANON

. EXCEPT CHEMICALS WHICH ARE...o . Defined as radioactive materials under theAtomic Energy Licensing Act 1984

b . Foodstuffs

c . Hazardous to health solely by virtue of theirexplosive or flammable properties, or solelybecause they are at a high or lowtemperature or a high pressure and

It . Pharmaceutical Products

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DEFINITION OF USE

means production, processing, handling,storage, transport, disposal and treatment

v.LDEFINITION OF CHH

v is listed in Schedule I or IIv possesses any of the properties categorised

in Paft B of Schedule I of the OccupationalSafety and Health (Classification, Packagingand Labelling of Hazardous Chemicals)Regulations 1997

v comes within the definition of "pesticide"under the Pesticides Act 1994

v is listed in the First Schedule of theEnvironmental Quality (Schedule Wastes)Regulations 1989

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EXEM PTION. Chemicals which are:r, RadioactiveMaterialz. Foodstuffs:. PharmaceuticalProductsq Hazardous to Health Solely by Virtue of

Their- Explosive or. Flammable Propefties, or- At a High or Low Temperature or Pressure

EMPLOYERS DUNES

. Identification of Chemicals Hazardous toHealth Crf)

' Permissible Exposure Limitr Assessment of Risk to Health

. Action to Control Exposure

' Labelling and Re-Labelling. Information, Instruction and Training

EMPLOYERS DUTIES

. Monitoring of exposure at the place of work

. Health surveillance

' Medical remgval protection

. Warning sign

. Record keeping

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IDENTIFICATION OF CH EMICALSHAZARDOUS TO HEALTH (REGULANON

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. List of all chemicals hazardous to health use

. Current Chemical Safety Data Sheet

. Average quantity use

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and work area where the chemicals

. Name and address of the supplier of eachchemical

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PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITL ' Ceiling Limit - means the airborne

concentration that should not be exceededduring any part of the working day

?Cr) . Eight-hour Time-weighted Average (TWA)an average airborne concentration over

eight-hour

I . Maximum Exposure Limits - means a 15minute TWA airborne concentration (3 timesthe eight-hour TWA)

q€.PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMIT

. An employer shall ensure that no person isexposed or likely to be exposed to anychemical hazardous to health:

v above the ceiling limit at any time; orv above the eight-hour time-weighted

average airborne concentration specifiedfor that chemical in Schedule I of theRegulations, or

v above the maximum exposure limit duringthe work shift

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ASSESSMENT OF RISK TOHEALTH

. EMPLOYER TO CONDUCT WRITTENASSESSMENT:

. Before starting any work using chemicalhazardous to health

' Within I year from the effective date of thisregulations for the existing work/process

THE ASSESSOR(REGULAION 11)

. Employee/any other person appointed byemployer and registered with D.G of DOSH toconduct assessment

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ASSESSM ENT SHALL CONTAIN...v the potential risk to an employee as a result of

exposure to chemicals hazardous to healthv the methods and procedure adopted in the use

of chemicals hazardous to healthv the nature of the hazard to healthv the degree of exposure to such chemicalsv the risk to health created by their use and their

release from work processesv measures and procedures required to control the

exposure of an employee to chemicals hazardousto health

ASSESSMENT OF RISKTO HEALTH

v the measures, procedures, and equipmentnecessary to control any accidental emissionof a chemical hazardous to health as a resultof leakage, spillage, or process or equipmentfailure

v the necessity for an employee exposuremonitoring programme

r' the necessity for a health surveillanceprogramme

, the requirement for training and retraining ofemployees

ACTION TO CONTROL EXPOSURE(REGULATTON 14)

. Within 1 month of receiving the assessmentreport from the assessor, the employer shalltake action to control exposure asrecommended by the assessor

. This may include changes in work processes,practices, procedures or plant or engineeringcontrol equipment to reduce the exposurelevel to the lowest practicable level,

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CONTROL MEASURES

c) . Elimination of chemicals hazardous to healthfrom the workplace

b) . Substitution of less hazardous chemicals forchemicals hazardous to health

c,). Total enclosure of the process and handlingsystems

f) . Isolation of the work to control the emission

, of chemicals hazardous to health[? . Modification of the process parameters

$ ' Application of engineering control equipment

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CONTROL MEASURES3) ' Rdoption of safe work systems and practices

that eliminate or minimise the risk to health

h . Provision of approved personal protectiveequipment,

,) . Employer shall ensure that all safe worksystems and practices are documented andimplemented

C, . Employer shall ensure that all safe worksystems and practices are reviewed wheneverthere is a significant change to the process/equipment, materials or control measuresinstalled.

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LABELLING AND RELABELLING(REGULAION 20)

. Duty of Employer:

- Ensure that all hazardous chemicals suppliedor purchased and all containers in use at theplace of work are properly labelled.

- Relabelled if removed, defaced, modified oraltered.

RELABELLING (REGULATION 21). Contents of container not used within normal

shift

' Used within normal shift is relabelled withchemical name or trade name as written onthe original label

. If the chemicals used in a testing chemicallaboratory the container shall be relabelledwhether or not the contents are used within a

normal workshift

' Container need not be relabelled if thechemical hazardous to health is usedimmediately

RELABELLING(REGUTATTON 21(s))

r For the purpose of this regulation, "labelling"and "relabelling" means labelling orrelabelling according to:

(4) Y CPL Regulations 1997 or(b) v Pesticides Act 1974 orCc) v EQA (Schedule Wastes) Regulations 1989

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TRATNTNG (REGULATTON 22)

. The employer shall provide information,instruction and training to all employees who maybe exposed or is likely to be exposed to ahazardous chemical. From the information,instruction and triining given, the employeeshould be able to know:

v the risk to health created by such exposurev the precaution that should be takent results of any exposure monitoringv results of any health surveillance programme

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TRAINING PROGRAMME(REGULATTON 22 (3) (4))

Employer to conduct & to review the trainingprogramme:

Once in 2 years

New job assignment

Changes in hazard information, safe workpractices or control measures

@) . Documented and kept for inspection

IN FORMATION, INSTRUCTION &SUPERVISION OF PERSON

(REGULATION 23)

I Must be given by employer to employee &any person who carries out any workconnected to the employer involving chemicalhazardous to health.

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csDs (REGULATION 24)

. Employer must obtain:- Label

- CSDS

. Chemical hazardous to health receivedwithout label and CSDS not to be used untilsuch information is obtained.

PROVISION OF CSDS

(REGULAION 2s)

. CSDS or Copy:- Kept close to chemical work area

- Easily assessible to emploYees

MONITORING OF EXPOSURE AT THEPLACE OF WORK (REGULATION 26

(1), (2), (3), (4))

r Employer required to ensure:

r. The maintenance of control measures isadequate

z. Carried out using approved method andanalysis

. Exposed to Schedule II chemical hazardousto health monitored at interval or shorter,determined by assessor

. Conducted by Hygiene Technician

. Except checking gases in confined space

MONITORING OF EXPOSURE AT THE

PLACE OF WORK

. Record Keeping:

. dt least 30 years for personal exposure

r At least 5 years in any other case

HEALTH SURVEILLANCE(REGULAION 27)

. indicate by assessment result, employeeexposed or likely to be exposed

. Carryout by OHD

' Exposed to Schedule II - 12 months intervalor less

. Record keeping 30 years

. Maintained for inspection

. Employees allowed to access healthsurveillance records after notice

MEDICAL REMOVALPROTECTTON (REGULAION 28)

r Employees with detected medical condition/atincreased risk to health must be removed

. Shall not allow pregnant or breast feedingemployee who is exposed to chemicalhazardous to health to work when notified byOHD/medical practitioner

' Return to former job when:- no longer with detected medical condition- No longer pregnant/breast feeding. Record kept

WARNING SIGN(REGULAION 29)

Cr) . The employer shall ensure that:(o) v warning signs are posted at a conspicuous

place at every entrance of the area towarn persons entering the area of thehazards.

Cb: " other relevant information are given topersons who may be or are likely to be atrisk of being affected by the chemicalhazardous to health

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WARNING SIGN FEATURES:

. Illuminated

. Cleaned

. Legend visible

. Give warning of hazards

, Written in Bahasa & English

. Printed dark red, white background

RECORD KEEPING(REGULAION 30)

r Retention of records by employer

r. Handover records to successor

z Transmit records to DG if no successor

:. Notify the DG 3 months in advance forrecords disposal

RECORD KEEPING(REGULAION 30)

' Record to be maintained:

- Assessment repoft

- Engineering control- Info, instruction & training- Monitoring of exposure. Health surveillance

RECORD KEEPING(REGULATION 30)

. Record to dispose after 30 Years:

r Assessment rePort

z. Monitoring of exposure

:. Health surveillance

PENALry

r Non-compliance to Regulation:- Maximum fine RM 10,000 or. One year jail term or- Both;

' Continuing Offence:- Maximum fine RM 1,000 daily during which

the offence continues

GUIDELINES UNDER USECHHREGULATIONS

' Registration of Assessor, Hygiene Technicianand Occupational Health Doctor

. Guidelines for the Preparation of a ChemicalRegister

. Control of Chemical Hazardous to Health

. Guidelines on Medical Surveillance

. Assessment of the Health Risks Arising fromthe Use of Hazardous Chemicals in theWorkplace

CONCLUSION

r. Legal framework to control chemicalhazardous to health;

z. Set exposure standards;

:. Prevent losses;

+. Safeguard person's health