William & Susan Schran User on thu 27 jan 11
On 1/27/11 1:07 AM, "rickmahaffey@COMCAST.NET"
wrote:
> I don't laugh about anything associated with vinegar. We have to have an =
MSDS
> for Vinegar now (acetic acid!!) in our studio.
Rick,
Just had OSHA visit at school couple weeks ago.
Our MSDS binder has grown to near bursting.
ANYTHING stored by the studio must have MSDS label and sheet in the book.
Prior to the visit, I looked through everything in the chemical room making
sure it had a label.
Last item to get label was gallon of Elmer's white glue.
Folks may laugh, but this is about hazard communication for employees and
students.
When I was in school I never was told anything about hazards of clay dust,
not to mention mixing lead glazes without mask or gloves!
OSHA, actually DEQ person from state, looked in chemical room, saw all had
labels, saw MSDS binder in chemical room and studio, just nodded her head.
She asked about clay dust in studio.
Told her about students required to do wet clean-up, floors mopped every
night.
Then I told her at start of every semester I tell all female students if
they are pregnant or become pregnant to see me after class to discuss safet=
y
in the studio. I mentioned Monona Rossol, DEQ person knew her and her work.
She smiled, said excellent and walked out.
When it comes to schools and clay, just follow some simple rules that are
there for your own safety. This stuff is not hard, most is simple common
sense. Ignore and don't follow what needs to be done, well then you've got
problems. Won't be a bad idea for individual studio potters to be aware of
these guidelines also.
Here's a link to Monona's site:
http://www.artscraftstheatersafety.org/bio.html
I suggest the following publication:
Keeping Clay Work Safe & Legal
Bill
--
William "Bill" Schran
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
Steve Mills on thu 27 jan 11
When Kate and I ran our Ceramic Supply in Bath (UK) we supplied all custome=
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s, especially those in Education or employing Staff with a CD with MSDS of =
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ur entire catalogue on it in PDF format, so all possible purchases were cov=
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red, easily accessed, etc. as an easy alternative to searching through larg=
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Binders! We also could update the sheets very quickly!
Understandably this proved quite popular, and we subsequently learnt we wer=
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probably the first over here to do that.=3D20
Steve M
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
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On 27 Jan 2011, at 15:01, William & Susan Schran User wro=
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e:
> On 1/27/11 1:07 AM, "rickmahaffey@COMCAST.NET"
> wrote:
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>> I don't laugh about anything associated with vinegar. We have to have an=
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SDS
>> for Vinegar now (acetic acid!!) in our studio.
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> Rick,
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> Just had OSHA visit at school couple weeks ago.
> Our MSDS binder has grown to near bursting.
> ANYTHING stored by the studio must have MSDS label and sheet in the book.
> Prior to the visit, I looked through everything in the chemical room maki=
n=3D
g
> sure it had a label.
> Last item to get label was gallon of Elmer's white glue.
>=3D20
> Folks may laugh, but this is about hazard communication for employees and
> students.
> When I was in school I never was told anything about hazards of clay dust=
,=3D
> not to mention mixing lead glazes without mask or gloves!
>=3D20
> OSHA, actually DEQ person from state, looked in chemical room, saw all ha=
d=3D
> labels, saw MSDS binder in chemical room and studio, just nodded her head=
.=3D
> She asked about clay dust in studio.
> Told her about students required to do wet clean-up, floors mopped every
> night.
> Then I told her at start of every semester I tell all female students if
> they are pregnant or become pregnant to see me after class to discuss saf=
e=3D
ty
> in the studio. I mentioned Monona Rossol, DEQ person knew her and her wor=
k=3D
.
> She smiled, said excellent and walked out.
>=3D20
> When it comes to schools and clay, just follow some simple rules that are
> there for your own safety. This stuff is not hard, most is simple common
> sense. Ignore and don't follow what needs to be done, well then you've go=
t=3D
> problems. Won't be a bad idea for individual studio potters to be aware o=
f=3D
> these guidelines also.
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> Here's a link to Monona's site:
> http://www.artscraftstheatersafety.org/bio.html
> I suggest the following publication:
> Keeping Clay Work Safe & Legal
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> Bill
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> --
> William "Bill" Schran
> wschran@cox.net
> wschran@nvcc.edu
> http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
Snail Scott on fri 28 jan 11
On Jan 27, 2011, at 5:49 PM, Steve Mills wrote:
> When Kate and I ran our Ceramic Supply in Bath (UK) we supplied all =3D
customers, especially those in Education or employing Staff with a CD =3D
with MSDS of our entire catalogue on it in PDF format...
Wow, how awesome is that! Steve, you rock!
-Snail=3D
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