Section 19 – Material Safety Data Sheets; Release to Municipal Officials
Section 19. A municipal coordinator who has obtained an MSDS from an employer pursuant to section sixteen may make available to another municipal official for the city or town in which the workplace of the employer is located, a copy of an MSDS, if he determines that an imminent threat to public health or safety […]
Section 20 – Material Safety Data Sheets, Release to Treating Physician; Confidentiality Agreement
Section 20. (a) A preparer shall provide an MSDS without trade secret information immediately on a confidential basis to a community resident’s treating physician who states in writing that said resident’s medical condition may be the result of exposure to a toxic or hazardous substance present in the said employer’s workplace; provided, however that such […]
Section 21 – Disclosure of Information; Public Record; Penalties
Section 21. (a) Any information provided to state or local agencies or instrumentalities by manufacturers and employers pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and any information provided to their public agencies or coordinator pursuant to this chapter shall not be a public record for the purposes of chapter sixty-six of the General Laws. (b) […]
Section 7 – Containers; Labels
Section 7. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, an employer shall label with the chemical name each container in his or her workplace containing a toxic or hazardous substance. Said label shall also contain the proper NFPA Code applicable to any contents of the container for which an NFPA Code has been published […]
Section 8 – Material Safety Data Sheets; Preparation; Revision
Section 8. The manufacturer of any toxic or hazardous substance shall prepare and provide direct purchasers of said toxic or hazardous substances with an MSDS which, to the best of the manufacturer’s knowledge, is current, accurate, and complete, based on information then reasonably available to the manufacturer. Any person other than a manufacturer who sells […]
Section 9 – Material Safety Data Sheets; Obligation to Provide to Purchaser
Section 9. (a) Any person subject to the provisions of section eight shall be relieved of the obligation to provide a specific purchaser of a toxic or hazardous substance with a MSDS if he has a record of having provided the specific purchaser with the most recent version of the MSDS; or if the substance […]
Section 10 – Material Safety Data Sheets; Mixtures
Section 10. A manufacturer or employer may provide the information required by section eight of this chapter on an entire mixture, instead of on each toxic or hazardous substance in it, when all of the following conditions exist: (a) Hazard test information exists on the mixture itself, or adequate information exists to form a valid […]
Section 11 – Material Safety Data Sheets; Employers' Duties; Employee's Right to Examine
Section 11. (a) Every employer who manufactures, processes, uses or stores toxic or hazardous substances in the workplace shall provide a MSDS for each product which is present in said workplace. All MSDS’s shall be available at a central location in the workplace. (b) A completed federal OSHA Form 20 material safety data sheet shall […]
Section 12 – Material Safety Data Sheets; Examination by Employee's Physician; Disclosure of Information
Section 12. An employer or the preparer of an MSDS shall provide said MSDS, including information withheld as a trade secret, immediately on a confidential basis to an employee’s treating physician who states in writing that in his professional judgment said employee’s medical condition may be the result of occupational exposure to a toxic or […]
Section 13 – Discrimination Against Employees Exercising Rights Under This Chapter; Complaint; Investigation; Hearing; Review
Section 13. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged or otherwise discipline or in any manner discriminate against any employee for the reason that such person has exercised any right, made any claim or filed any complaint or suit or has instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under this chapter, or […]