The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard's impact on wire and cable

摘要

Recent changes in chemicals considered toxic by the EnvironmentalnProtection Agency (EPA) and hazardous by the American Conference ofnGovernmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) has required the cablenindustry to reevaluate the “Article” exclusion for wire andncable products under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration'sn(OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). Many wire and cable productsncan no longer be considered an Article which was exempt from thenMaterial Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and hazard labeling requirements undern29 CFR 1910.1200. This paper reviews the changes that were made by thenEPA, OSHA's clarification of the Hazard Communication Standard, and thenimpact these changes will have on the manufacture, storage,ninstallation, testing and disposal of wire and cable and its materialncomponents. User reporting requirements are also addressed