Definitions: Carcinogens are chemicals that have been
determined to cause cancer by the following sources:
(1) National Toxicology Program (NTP), Annual
Report on Carcinogens (latest edition);
(2) International Agency for Research on
Cancer (IARC) Monographs (latest edition);
(3) 29 CFR Part
1910, Subpart Z, Toxic and
Hazardous Substances, Occupational Safety and Health Administration:
or
(4) National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), The Registry of Toxic Effects of
Chemical Substances (latest edition.) Crop- or product-related quality control
or quality assurance-type laboratory work means the testing of crops or
agricultural products to uncover defects, with the goal of improving or
stabilizing production standards. Laboratory use of hazardous chemicals means
handling or use of such chemicals in which all of the following conditions are
met:
(a) Chemical manipulations are carried
out on a "laboratory scale;"
(b)
Multiple chemical procedures or chemicals are used;
(c) The procedures involved are not part of a
production process, nor in any way simulate a production process; and
(d) Protective laboratory practices and
equipment are available and in common use to minimize the potential for
employee exposure to hazardous chemicals.
Laboratory scale means work with substances in which the
containers used for reactions, transfers, and other handling of substances are
designed to be easily and safely manipulated by one person. Laboratory scale
does not include those workplaces whose function is to produce commercial
quantities of materials.
(5) If employees are engaged only in crop- or
product-related quality control or quality assurance-type laboratory work, as
defined in this rule, any work with hazardous chemicals must comply with the
requirements in OAR
437-004-9800, Hazard
Communication.
(6) If employees use
carcinogens in laboratory research or crop- or product-related quality control
or quality assurance-type laboratory work, then Division 2/Z, OAR
437-002-0391, Additional Oregon
Rules for Carcinogens in Laboratories, also applies.
(7) If employees are engaged in the
laboratory use of hazardous chemicals, as defined in this rule, then Division
2/Z, 1910.1450, Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories,
applies to these activities.
Notes
Or. Admin. Code
§
437-004-9860
OSHA 4-1998, f. 8-28-98,
cert. ef. 10-1-98; OSHA 4-2012, f. 9-19-12, cert. ef.
1-1-13
Stat. Auth.: ORS
654.025(2)
& 656.726(4)
Stats. Implemented: ORS
654.001 -
654.295
