Re: MSDS for radiological hazards?

[Tad_Blanchard@ccmail.gsfc.nasa.gov]

Happy New Year RADSAFERS,

        Every shipment of RAM leaving NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center 
has a copy of a "MSDS" (only titled that way for HAZMAT people).  We use 
the standard format shown in the USDOT Emergency Response Guidebook 
which corresponds to the type of RAM being shipped.  We do this as a CYA 
thing. (You x-military people should know that acronym).

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Nat'l Health Svc, Inc         O       Greenbelt, Maryland           
Sr Health Physics Tech       / \      Phone: 301-286-9157           
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Subject: MSDS for radiological hazards?
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at Internet
Date:    1/4/96 10:20 AM


 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

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