A crew is about to use a new solvent adhesive, but the safety data sheet is not available on site and workers have not been briefed on the hazards. What should happen first?
Correct Answer
A) Obtain the SDS and communicate the hazards before the adhesive is used
Hazard communication requires workers to have access to hazard information before using chemical products. Other choices delay or avoid the information workers need to use the product safely.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Hazard communication requires workers to have access to hazard information before using chemical products. Other choices delay or avoid the information workers need to use the product safely.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option B: The crew should use the product if the container is unopened
In general project requirements, Use the product if the container is unopened is the wrong selection for Hazard communication: the option does not produce the required Hazard communication outcome, Obtain the SDS and communicate the hazards before the adhesive is used.
Option C: Rely on the supplier's website after the shift
The trap in C is Rely on the supplier's website after the shift. That selection is wrong because it points to Rely on the supplier's website after the shift, but.
Option D: Let only the fastest worker use it and use that item to close hazard communication
Choice D gives Let only the fastest worker use it. Its specific error: the action skips the timing, documentation, or field-control step needed for Hazard communication.
Memory Technique
Use the phrase "problem, control, result" for hazard communication; the result side is Obtain the SDS and communicate the hazards before the adhesive is used.
Reference Hint
Open 29 CFR 1926 OSHA Construction Standards; use 29 CFR 1926.59 / hazard communication principles to confirm that Hazard communication requires workers to have access to hazard information before using chemical products.
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