Osha Vinyl Chloride

Chloroethene chloroethylene ethylene monochloride monochloroethene monochloroethylene vc vcm vinyl chloride monomer vcm colorless gas or liquid below 7 f with a pleasant odor at high concentrations.

Osha vinyl chloride.

Employers shall ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers of vinyl chloride and to safety data sheets and is trained in accordance with the requirements of hcs and paragraph j of this section. Agency for toxic substances and disease registry. Vinyl chloride is regulated by osha as a demonstrated carcinogen in humans with an occupational exposure limit of 1 ppm. Osha training requirements vinyl chloride.

Vinyl chloride pdf. Employers shall ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers of vinyl chloride and to safety data sheets and is trained in accordance with the requirements of hcs and paragraph j of this section. Employers shall include vinyl chloride in the hazard communication program established to comply with the hcs 1910 1200. 1 an employee is currently exposed above the action level for vinyl chloride and 2 the employee s first employment in vinyl chloride and or polyvinyl chloride manufacturing plants preceded january 2 1965.

The us epa and fda limit vinyl chloride in drinking water to 0 002 ppm. 800 321 6742 osha tty. Employers shall include vinyl chloride in the hazard communication program established to comply with the hcs 1910 1200. Occupational safety health administration provides information about exposure limits to vinyl chloride.

Because osha regulations are constantly being added deleted and or revised you must not rely on. Last accessed december 28 2018. These procedures were designed and tested for internal use by osha personnel mention of any company name or commercial product does not constitute endorsement by osha. Department of labor occupational safety health administration.

Food ingestion is a trivial source of exposure. Recent evidence for vinyl bromide and vinylidene chloride demonstrates a pattern of tumor induction in animals similar to that of vinyl chloride including angiosarcomas at low exposure levels. Centers for disease control and prevention 2006. 200 constitution ave nw.

Shipped as a liquefied compressed gas. The us osha limits vinyl chloride exposure of workers to no more than 1 ppm for eight hours or 5 ppm for 15 minutes.