Chemical - Any substance, or mixture of substances.
Chemical name - The Scientific designation of a chemical in acccordance with the nomenclature system developed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) or the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) rules of nomenclature, or a name which will clearly identify the chemical for the purpose of conducting a hazard classification.
Classification - Identification of relevant data regarding the hazards of a chemical; review of those data to ascertain the hazards associated with the chemical; and decision regarding whether the chemical will be classified as hazardous according to the definition of hazardous chemical in this section. In addition, classification for health and physical hazards includes the determination of the degree of hazard, where appropriate, by comparing the data with the criteria for health and physical hazards.
Container - Any bag, barrel, bottle, box, can cylinder, drum, reaction vessel, storage tank, tank truck, or the like that contains a hazardous chemical. Pipes or piping systems are not considered to be containers.
Emergency - An occurrence such as, but not limited to, equipment failure, rupture of containers, or failure of control equipment, which may or does result in a release of hazardous chemical into the workplace.
Exposure or Exposed - any situation arising from work operation where an employee may ingest, inhale, absorb through the skin or eyes, or otherwise come into contact with a hazardous chemical.
Hazard category - The division of criteria within each hazard class, e.g., oral acute toxicity and flammable liquids include four hazard categories. These categories compare hazard severity within a hazard class and should not be taken as a comparison of hazard categories more generally.
Hazard class - The nature of the physical or health hazards, e.g., flammable solid, carcinogen, oral acute toxicity.
Hazardous chemical - Any chemical which is classified as physical hazard or a health hazard, a simple asphyxiant combustible dust, pyrophoric gas, a hazard not otherwise classified, or is included in the List of Hazardous Substances prepared by the Director pursuant to Labor Code seciton 6382.
Health hazard - A chemical which is classified as posing one of the following hazardous effects: acute toxicity (any route of exposure); skin corrosion or irritation; serious eye damage or eye irritation; respiratory or skin sensitization; germ cell mutagenicity; carcinogenicity; reproductive toxicity; specific target organ toxicity (single or repeated exposure); or aspiration hazard.
Hazard material – are products that are capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property when transported by air, rail, ground, or sea.
Hazard statement - A statement assigned to a hazard class and category that describes the nature of the hazard(s) of a chemical, including, where appropriate, the degree of hazard.
Hazard substance – Includes hazardous material and/or waste.
Hazardous waste – a waste with properties that make it dangerous or capable of having a harmful effect on human health or the environment.
Immediate use - The hazardous chemical will be under the control of and used only by the person who transfers it from a labeled container and only within the work shift in which it is transferred.
Label - An appropriate group of written printed or graphic information elements concerning a hazardous chemical that is affixed to, printed on, or attached ot the immediate container of a hazardous chemical, or to the outside packaging.
Label elements - The specified pictogram, hazard statement, signal word and precautionary statement for each hazard class and category.
Mixture - A combination or a solution composed of two or more substances that do not react.
Physical hazard - A chemical that is classified as posing one of the following hazardous effects: explosive; flammable (gases, aerosols, liquids, or solids); oxidizer (liquid, solid or gas); self-reactive; pyrophoric (liquid or solid); self-heating; organic peroxide; corrosive to metal; gas under pressure; combustible liquid; waster-reactive; or in contact with water emits flammable gas.
Pictogram - A composition that may include a symbol plus other graphic elements, such as a border, background pattern, or color, that is intended to convey specific information about the hazards of a chemical. Eight pictograms are designated under this standard for application to a hazard category.
Precautionary statement - A phrase that describes recommended measures that should be taken to minimize or prevent adverse effects resulting from exposure to a hazardous chemical, or improper storage or handling.
Product identifier - The name or number used for a hazardous chemical on a label or in the SDS. It provides a unique means by which the user can identify the chemical. The product identifier used shall permit cross-references to be made among the list of hazardous chemicals required in the written hazard communication program, the label and the SDS.
Safety data sheet (SDS) - Written or printed material concerning a hazardous chemcial that is prepared in accordance with section 8 CCR 5194(g).
Signal word - A word used to indicate the relative level of severity of hazard and alert the reader to a potential hazard on the label. The signal words used in this section are "danger" and "warning." "Danger" is used for the more sever hazards, while "warning" is used for the less severe.
Specific chemical identity - The chemical name, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry Number, or any other information that reveals the precise chemical designation of the substance.
Substance - Chemical elements and their compounds in the natural state or obtained by any production process, including any additive necessary to preserve the stability of the product and any impurities deriving from the process used, but excluding any solvent which may be separated without affecting the stability of the substance or changing its composition.