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Welcome to our January 2018 Phylmar Update,
We begin by highlighting an OSHA publication that contains training requirements across OSHA standards including general industry, construction, maritime, and agriculture. The publication is part of OSHA's Training Requirements and Resources webpage, and presents all training-related requirements at the time of publication in an excerpted and organized form. Also included are links to related OSHA training resources including techniques for developing and delivering effective training to employees. We then turn to a recent publication by the World Health Organization (WHO) on protecting workers from potential risks of manufactured nanomaterials. We take a look at the Guideline Development Group's recommendations for assessing health hazards, assessing exposures, and controlling exposures for manufactured nanomaterials is provided.
We hope you enjoy this month's Phylmar Update and please let us know if there are any topics you would like to see covered,
Mark Katchen
Managing Principal
The Phylmar Group |
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Training Requirements in OSHA Standards
Summarized from OSHA Publication 2254-09R 2015, Training Requirements in OSHA Standards, 2015
Many OSHA standards include explicit safety and health training requirements to ensure that workers have the required skills and knowledge to safely do their work. These requirements reflect OSHA's belief that training is an essential part of every employer's safety and health program. To assist employers, safety and health professionals and training directors, OSHA's training-related requirements have been excerpted and collected in this document.
Training requirements are organized into five categories of OSHA standards: General Industry, Maritime, Construction, Agriculture, and Federal Employee Programs. Requirements for posting information, warning signs, and labels are excluded, as are most references to the qualifications of people assigned to test workplace conditions or equipment.
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WHO Recommendations to Protect Workers of Manufactured Nanomaterials
Summarized from WHO Guidelines on Protecting Workers from Potential Risks of Manufactured Nanomaterials, Geneva: World Health Organization, December 12, 2017
Many OSHA standards include explicit safety and health training requirements to ensure that workers have the required skills and knowledge to safely do their work. These requirements reflect OSHA's belief that training is an essential part of every employer's safety and health program. To assist employers, safety and health professionals and training directors, OSHA's training-related requirements have been excerpted and collected in this document.
The term nanomaterials refers to materials that have at least one dimension (height, width or length) that is smaller than 100 nanometres (10=E2=88'7 metre), about the size of a virus particle. Manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) may present health hazards that differ from those of the counterpart substance in bulk form, and may require different test methods for hazard, exposure and risk assessment. The WHO Guideline Development Group (GDG) recommendations include:
- Assigning hazard classes to all MNMs according to the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals for use in safety data sheets.Updating safety data sheets with MNM-specific hazard information or indicating which toxicological end-points did not have adequate testing available.
- Assess workers' exposure with methods similar to those used for the proposed specific occupational exposure limit (OEL) value of the MNM. (List of proposed OEL values provided in Annex 1 of the guidelines).
- Focusing control of exposure on preventing inhalation exposure.
- Recommends taking control measures based on the principle of hierarchy of controls and a precautionary approach.
- Prevent dermal exposure by occupational hygiene measures such as surface cleaning, and the use of appropriate gloves.
To view the WHO guidelines and complete recommendations go here. For background on the potential risks of working with nanomaterials see the NIOSH Nanotechnology Topic webpage.
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