USECHH – Use & Standard of Exposure of Chemical R7 – 8 hour time-weighted average

Hazard to Health Regulation – operation 4 April 2000

 Employer ensure exposure person to chem does
Airbone Quantity chemical measured (vol or not exceed 8 hour time-weighted average
concentration mass) / (no. fibres if fibrous) / airbone conc.
(specified vol. of air)  Not with standing subregulation – exposure not
Ceiling limit Airbone concentration not exceed
exceed max exposure limit during workshift.
during working day
Chemicals Chem elements
compound,mixture(natural/synthetic)
R8 – Compliance with permissible
Not include microorganism exposure limit using respirator
Chem Safety Document hve info of chemical &
Data Sheet pursuance in OSHA CPL 1997  Protection by respirator – time respirator worn
Medical Monitor person to identify changes in is taken to determine employer follow
surveillance health status permissible exposure limit
Permissibe Ceiling limit/8 hour time weighted
 Time need to average w exposure level of
exposure limit average airbon con./ max limit
Degree of Ratio of airbone cont of contaminant
airbone conc – when respiarator not worn to
protection outside to conc contaminant inside record employee’s daily time-weighted averge
face respirator
Registered Register under Registration of R9 – Assessment of risk to health
professional Engineers Act 1967 [Act 138]
engineer  Report indicate – action require to
eliminate/reduce actual/potential exposure
 Employer shud action – change work process,
Regulation 3 - Application practices, procedures,plants/eng control equip
within 1 month after receive report
Apply to all chem hazardous except…
 Employer ensure control measures
1. Radioactive materials under Atomic Energy Licensing implemented – reduce exposure level, low
1984 [Act 304] practicable level, lower permissible exposure
2. Foodstuffs limit.
3. Explosive/flammable properties/ high or low temp
Assessment need to have…
or pressure
4. Pharmaceutical products (dosage for human use) 1. Potential risk to employee result of exposure
2. Method & procedures adopt in use of chem hzrd
R4 – Duty of employer & self-employed person 3. Nature of hazard to health
 Need to practicable/under duty carry by employer (self- 4. Degree of exposure – chemical hazard
employed person – apply to an employer & employee) 5. Risk to health – from use & release in chem prcs
 Not extend person who is not employees (expt he is on 6. Measures,procedures, equip – tp contro
premises & do work for employer) accidental emission of chem – from
leakage,spilage, process, equip failure
R5 – Register of Chemical Hazardous to health 7. Employee exposure monitoring program
8. health surveillance programme
 Employer need identify & record all chemicals hazardous in 9. Requirement of training & retraining of
register employe
 Register –to maintain in good order & condition, updated
R10 – Review Assessment (review if….)
time to time
a) List all chemical hazardous to health use  There’s change in work tht relate to assestmnt
b) Current Chem. Safety Data Sheet for each chem except  >5 yrs hve passed since last assesstment
– pesticides (inform @ schedule III)  Directed by – Director General, Deputy DG,
c) Average quantity used, produced/stored per month or Director of OSH
per year
d) Process & work area where chem used R11 – Assessment to be carried out by an
e) Name & address of supplier each chem assessor
 Employer shud ensure any assessment need to
be conducted by assessor.
 R12 – Assessment of risk to health report. R18 - Design, construction &
 Person appointed by employer (R11) - do assessment
commissioning of local exhaust
within 1 month & submit the report to employer Local exhaust ventilation install shall be…
 If assessment @ workplace, plants, substance/process –  Design according standard – by registered pro
cause immediate danger to life & property – person engineer
appointed need to inform employer immediately  Based on design specification
 Test by pro engineer – aftr construction,
R 13 - Assessment report. installation & demonstration

Employer shall ensure R19 – Records of eng control equipment

 report assessment in good order & condition in < 30 yrs Employer need to maintain..
 assessment report is available for examination if
DG/employee tht exposed to chem request  Records design
 Construction, testing, inspection
R14 – Action to Control exposure  Examination & maintanence of eng equip

 Report indicate action – eliminate/reduce actual/ R20 – Duty of employer to ensure

potential exposure of employee to chem labelling
 Employer take action – work process, practices,
procedures, plants or eng control equipment in 1 mth  Ensure label not remove, deface, modified
 If no label – need to relabel
R15 – Control Measures
R21 - Relabelling
 Employer ensure to do control measure….
 Eliminate chem hazardous to health - @ workplace 1. if transfer to another container (fromsupplier) –
 Substitute less hazard chem relabel not use container within normal work
 Total enclosure – process & handling systems shift
 Isolate work – control emission of chem hzrdous 2. if use @ normal shift – need to relabel w
 Modify process parameter chemical name/ trade name as original label
 Apply Eng control equipment 3. use for lab testing – label as no.2
 Adopt safe work systems & practice – eliminate/
R22 – information, instruction &
minimise risk
 Provide approve PPE
Training
 All safe work systm & process…  know – risk from exposure & its precaution
o Documented & implemented  information – monitoring exposure, health
o Review any changes to process, equip, materials & surveillance programme
control measure above.  training – at least once/2 yrs, documented &
kept for OSH inspection
R16 - Use of approved PPE
 Use during apply control measure R23 - Information, instruction &
 designed/ installed ctrl measure supervision of person
 Expose to chem hazard
 ensure employee has all details
 Implement procedures, maintenance, inspection &
training to use PPE R24 – Chemical Safety Data Sheet
 PPE need to…
o Suitable workplace  Inform supplier - if chemical labels/safety data
o Fit employees sheet are not provided
o Not adversely affect health/medical condition  Don’t use chemical - if information is not
o Sufficient supply & available if need obtained

R17 – Eng control equipment R25 – Provision of Chemical Safety Data

 Inspect @ appropriate intervals & < 1 month Sheet in a place of work
 Test by hygiene technician < 12 month  Keep chemical data sheet – near location
 Maintain & operate same time w operation plant chemical use – (employee easy to access)
 R26 – Monitoring of exposure Chemical for which medical surveillance
 Exposure is monitored according – method of
is appropriate (R27)
monitoring & analysis 4-Aminodiphenyl Free crystalline silica
 Repeat monitoring < 6 months – if employee expose Arsenic & any compound Isocyanates
to chem hazard (determine by assessor till satisfied) Asbestos (all form expt Lead (including organic
 Monitor by hygiene technician – unless need to check crocidolite) lead compounds)
Auramine, Magenta Manganese
toxic/ flammable gas presence & level of O2
Benzidine Mercury
 Monitoring record keep for <30 yrs Beryllium Mineral oil including
 If other case - <5 year paraffin
Cadmium & any comp b-Naphthylamine
Carbon disulphide 1-Naphthylamine and its
R27 – health surveillance salts
Disulphur dichloride Orthotolidine and its salts
 Check by Occupational health doctor Benzene including benzol Dianisidine and its salts
 Medical surveillance conduct <1 yr – if expose to Carbon tetrachloride Dichlorobenzidine and its
hazard (determine by occu health & OSH) salts
Trichloroethylene 4-Nitrodiphenyl
 Keep Record/copy health surveillance for 30yr
n - Hexane Nitro or amino derivatives
of phenol and of benzene
or its homologues
R28 – Medical Removal Protection bis (Chloromethyl) ether Tar, bitumen or creosote
Chromic acid Pesticides
 Remove medical condition employee from any work Chromium, metal & Pitch
tht expose to chemical – return when not sick inorganic compounds, e. g. Nitrous fumes. Chromate
 Rmve Pregnant/ breastfeeding employee tht expose Water-soluble Cr VI or dichromate of
to chemical – return when no longer pregnant/brstfdg compounds, Insoluble potassium, sodium,
Cr VI compounds ammonium or zinc
Vinyl chloride monomer
R29 – Warning Sign (VCM)

 Post warning sign – every entrance of hazard area

 Post risk information – tht can affect by chem hazard Information on Pesticides
 Prepare illuminate & clean sign – require by  Common name of pesticides
Regulation  Trade & chemical name
Criteria for warning sign  Structural formula
 Name & concentration – every ingredient
 Warning of hazard  Toxicological information – every ingredient
 Written in national / English language  Precautionary measure
 Printed in dark red against white background
 Name, address & No. Tel – supplier &
manufacturer

R30 – Retention of records by employer

 If employer carry on business & another person
succeeds him – All records need to be maintained
under R13,19,22,26 & 27
 if employer carry on business & no person succeeds
him – Transmit record to Director General tht
maintain under R13,19,22,26 & 27
 if expiration of retention period maintain under
R13,26,27 – employer shall give DG at least 3 months’
writing notice to dispose the records