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In accordance with Michigan's Hazard Communication Standard, the University has established a written hazard communication program to ensure that employees with exposure or potential exposure to hazardous chemicals are provided with appropriate health and safety information. The written hazard communication program applies to all areas where employees are exposed to hazardous chemicals during their work or in a foreseeable emergency.
Supervisors or managers of storage areas where the containers remain sealed are responsible only for maintaining and making available the material safety data sheets for the hazardous chemicals stored, not removing or defacing the container labels, and for the information and training requirements of this program to the extent necessary to protect employees in the event of a spill or leak.
Laboratories covered under a written chemical hygiene plan need only comply with the requirements for maintaining container labels, the requirements for providing labels and material safety data sheets when transporting or shipping hazardous chemicals outside the laboratory, and the requirement to maintain material safety data sheets that are received with shipments of hazardous chemicals.
For the purposes of this program, the term "hazardous chemical" shall mean any chemical that is a physical or health hazard as defined in the standard, including mixtures and gases.
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