
Environmental Remediation Drilling
Safety Guidelines
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TERM DEFINITION
Flammable
A chemical that falls into one of the following categories:
• Aerosol, flammable means an aerosol that yields a flame projection
exceeding 18 inches at full valve opening, or a flashback (a flame
extending back to the valve) at any degree of valve opening,
• Gas, flammable means:
− ) A gas that, at ambient temperature and pressure, forms a flammable
mixture with air at a concentration of thirteen (13) percent by volume
or less, or
− A gas that, at ambient temperature and pressure, forms a range of
flammable mixtures with air wider than twelve (12) percent by volume,
regardless of the lower limit.
• Liquid, flammable means any liquid having a flash point below 100 deg.
F., except any mixture having components with flash points of 100 deg.
F. or higher, the total of which make up 99 percent or more of the total
volume of the mixture.
• Solid, flammable means a solid, other than a blasting agent or explosive
as defined in 1910.109(a), that is liable to cause fire through friction,
absorption of moisture, spontaneous chemical change, or retained heat
from manufacturing or processing, or which can be ignited readily and
when ignited burns so vigorously and persistently as to create a serious
hazard. A chemical shall be considered to be a flammable solid if it
ignites and burns with a self-sustained flame at a rate greater than one-
tenth of an inch per second along its major axis.
Flash point
The minimum temperature at which a liquid gives off a vapor in sufficient
concentration to ignite.
Hazardous chemical
Any chemical this is a physical hazard or a health hazard.
Hazard warning
Any words, pictures, symbols, or combination appearing on a label or other
appropriate form of warning which convey the specific physical and health
hazard(s), including target organ effects, of the chemical(s) in the
container(s). (See the definitions for physical hazard and health hazard to
determine the hazards which must be covered.)
Health hazard
A chemical for which there is evidence that acute or chronic health effects
may occur in exposed employees. The term health hazard includes
chemicals which are carcinogens, toxic or highly toxic agents, reproductive
toxins, irritants, corrosives, sensitizers, hepatotoxins, nephrotoxins, and
neurotoxins, agents which act on the hematopoietic system and agents
which damage the lungs, skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.
Identity
Any chemical or common name which is indicated on the material safety data
sheet (MSDS) for the chemical. The identity used shall permit cross-
references to be made among the required list of hazardous chemicals, the
label and the MSDS.
Immediate use
The hazardous chemical shall 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.
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