Dallas Co. Community College District
057501

EMPLOYEE WELFARE

DO
(LEGAL)

HAZARD COMMUNICATION
The District shall perform the following duties in compliance with the Hazard
Communication Act:
NOTICE
1.Post and maintain the notice promulgated by the Texas Board of Health in
the workplace. Health and Safety Code 502.017(a)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2.Provide an education and training program for employees using or handling
hazardous chemicals. "Employee" means any person who may be or may
have been exposed to hazardous chemicals in the person's workplace
under normal operating conditions or foreseeable emergencies. Workers
such as office workers or accountants who encounter hazardous chemicals
only in nonroutine, isolated instances are not employees for purposes of
these requirements. Health and Safety Code 502.003(10),502.009
3.Maintain the written hazard communication program and a record of each
training session to employees, including the date, a roster of the employees
who attend, the subjects covered in the training session, and the names of
the instructors. Records shall be maintained for at least five years. Health
and Safety Code 502.009(g)
WORKPLACE CHEMICAL LIST
4.Compile and maintain a work-place chemical list that includes required
information for each hazardous chemical normally present in the workplace
or temporary workplace in excess of 55 gallons or 500 pounds, or as
determined by the Texas Board of Health for certain highly toxic or
dangerous hazardous chemicals. The list shall be readily available to
employees and their representatives. Health and Safety Code
502.005(a)(c)
5.Update the list as necessary, but at least by December 31 each year, and
maintain at least 30 years. Each workplace chemical list shall be dated and
signed by the person responsible for compiling the information. Health and
Safety Code 502.005(b)(d)
LABELING
6.As required by law, label new or existing stocks of hazardous chemicals
with the identity of the chemical and appropriate hazard warnings, if such
stocks are not already appropriately labeled. Health and Safety Code
502.007
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS
7.Maintain a legible copy of the most current manufacturer's material safety
data sheets (MSDS) for each hazardous chemical; request such sheets
from the manufacturer if not already provided or otherwise obtain a current
MSDS; make such sheets readily available to employees or their
representatives on request. Health and Safety Code 502.006
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
8.Provide employees with appropriate personal protective equipment.
Health and Safety Code 502.017(b)
ASBESTOS NOTIFICATION
Unless no friable asbestos-containing material is present in a school, the District
shall post in its primary administrative and custodial offices and in the faculty
common rooms of each school, a completed copy of the required Notice to
School Employees regarding the presence of asbestos. The notice shall remain
posted indefinitely in any school that has friable asbestos-containing material. 40
C.F.R. 763.111
HIV EDUCATION
The District shall provide to each employee an educational pamphlet about
methods of transmission and methods of prevention of HIV infection and about
state laws relating to the transmission and to conduct that may result in the
transmission of HIV infection. The pamphlet shall be provided to a newly hired
state employee on the first day of employment. The educational pamphlet shall be
based on the model developed by the Texas Department of Health and shall
include the District's workplace guidelines. Sec. 5.01 HIV Svs Act
HIV/AIDS WORKPLACE
GUIDELINES
The District shall adopt and implement workplace guidelines concerning persons
with AIDS and HIV infection. The workplace guidelines shall at a minimum
incorporate the model workplace guidelines developed by the Texas Department
of Health. Sec. 5.23 HIV Svs Act

DATE ISSUED: 03/07/1994
UPDATE 10
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