Safety Talks: Chemical Safety and Hazard Communication
In our today’s world 90% of the industrial work is related with chemicals, some are more hazardous some are less, we need to work with them to accomplish our task. Chemical hazards are however classified as: · Toxic · Carcinogenic · Corrosive · Irritants · Sensitizers · Flammable liquids · Combustible liquids A Chemical Lab Scientist having Microscopic View of a Group of Chemicals The use of chemicals may lead to physical damage to the human body and might have chronic effects: a disease which develops over time or acute effects symptoms that appear or change rapidly there are a variety of ways in which chemicals can be exposed to the body. The primary methods of entry can be: · Inhalation (breathing) · Absorption (skin contact) · Ingestion (eating) · Injection Actually chemical safety begins with a w...