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Becoming Familiar with the Rule |
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It is the employer’s obligation to provide coverage for workers to the
degree required for the operations involved. Any limited coverage does not affect the
employer's duties as a distributor of chemicals. For example, a distributor may have
warehouse operations where employees would be protected under the limited sealed container
provisions. In this situation, requirements for obtaining and maintaining MSDSs are
limited to providing access to those received with containers while the substance is in
the workplace, and requesting MSDSs when employees request access for those not received
with the containers. However, as a distributor of hazardous chemicals, that employer will still have responsibilities for providing MSDSs to downstream customers at the time of the first shipment and when the MSDS is updated. Therefore, although they may not be required for the employees in the work operation, the distributor may, nevertheless, have to have MSDSs to satisfy other requirements of the rule. Go to the next screen to see how much you remember! |
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