Re: Re[2]- MSDS for radiolog

["GORDON MILLER" <gordon_miller1@lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov>]

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The OSHA reg that applies is 29CFR 1910.1200, "Hazard Communication" (HAZCOM).

The exemptions listed in  the HAZCOM standard do not list radioactive
materials.

The HAZCOM standard does not mention radioactive materials either.  This would
exempt radioactive materials by omission.

Again, the vendor mentioning a radionuclide in an MSDS is to be commended as
acting within the spirit of the HAZCOM standard and as good risk management.

These opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect on those of the
University of California, LLNL, or USDOE.

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Date: 1/4/96 11:09 AM
To: GORDON MILLER
From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
     I can't give you the reference, but I know that OSHA does not require 
     MSDS for items or devices containing radioactive mateiral.  The only 
     MSDS, if you want to call it that, are usually accompanied with 
     radiopharmaceuticals used in nuclear medicine studies.  This could be 
     the begining of something and might catch on...mike coogen sends


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Subject: Re: MSDS for radiological ha
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Date:    1/4/96 10:44 AM


        Reply to:   RE>MSDS for radiological hazards?
Including radiological considerations in an MSDS makes sense from the liability

point of view.
     
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Date: 1/4/96 8:23 AM
To: GORDON MILLER
From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
 I have just received a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) from a vendor for a 
 device containing tritium; this MSDS addresses the radiological hazards rather

 than chemical/physical hazards. It has been my understanding that OSHA 
 specifically exempts radioactive materials from MSDS requirements. Can anyone 
 confirm this and provide me with a reference citation for this exemption?
     
      Bruce Pickett
      The Boeing Company
      Seattle, WA
      shea136@kgv2.bems.boeing.com
     
 "Welcome to my nightmare."
                          - Alice Cooper
     
     
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