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Summary of Requirements - Right-to-Know - Access to Information About
Hazardous and Toxic Substances - Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH)
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- Compile a chemical information list and submit it to Maryland Department of the Environment.
- Obtain a material safety data sheet (MSDS) for each hazardous substance on the chemical information list.
- Add new chemicals to the list within 30 days of introduction into the workplace.
- Realphabetize and resubmit a new chemical information list every two years.
- Maintain each chemical information list for at least 40 years.
- Ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace
is labeled, tagged or marked with the identity of the hazardous chemical and appropriate hazard warnings.
- Ensure that the chemical information list is accessible to employees and designated representatives
within one working day of a request.
- Make material safety data sheets readily accessible to employees during their work shift.
- Provide employees with information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area.
- Develop, implement, and maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program that includes
provisions for compiling and submitting a list of hazardous chemicals, collection and availability of
material safety data sheets, container labeling, and an employee training program. The written hazard
communication program also must describe the means the employer will use to inform employees of the
hazards of non-routine tasks, and the hazards associated with chemicals in unlabeled pipes.
In addition, manufacturers and importers must:
- Evaluate chemicals produced in the workplace to determine whether they are hazardous.
- Provide a material safety data sheet to each purchaser of a hazardous chemical.
- Properly label each container of hazardous chemicals leaving the workplace.
- Maintain an MSDS for each hazardous chemical in the workplace and ensure that
it is readily accessible to employees in their work areas during each work shift.
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