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50-3-2009. Labels Working near unlabeled containers.

(a)  (1)  Existing labels on containers of hazardous chemicals shall not be removed or defaced.

     (2)  (A)  If the non-manufacturing employer transfers a hazardous chemical from the original container to another container, the non-manufacturing employer shall reproduce the information contained on the original container pursuant to the OSHA standard on the container to which the hazardous chemical was transferred.

          (B)  If the hazardous chemical is regulated under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, compiled in 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq., or the Tennessee Application of Pesticides Act of 1978, compiled in title 62, chapter 21, then the employer shall reproduce on the container to which the hazardous chemical was transferred the chemical name or common name that was on the original container.

(b)  (1)  Employees of manufacturing and non-manufacturing employers shall not be required to work with a hazardous chemical from an unlabeled container except for a portable container intended for the immediate use by the employee who placed the hazardous chemical into the portable container.

     (2)  For the purposes of subdivision (b)(1), “unlabeled container” means a container that is not labeled in accordance with subsection (a) or the OSHA standard.

[Acts 1985, ch. 417, § 9.]  

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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-50 > Chapter-3 > Part-20 > 50-3-2009

50-3-2009. Labels Working near unlabeled containers.

(a)  (1)  Existing labels on containers of hazardous chemicals shall not be removed or defaced.

     (2)  (A)  If the non-manufacturing employer transfers a hazardous chemical from the original container to another container, the non-manufacturing employer shall reproduce the information contained on the original container pursuant to the OSHA standard on the container to which the hazardous chemical was transferred.

          (B)  If the hazardous chemical is regulated under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, compiled in 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq., or the Tennessee Application of Pesticides Act of 1978, compiled in title 62, chapter 21, then the employer shall reproduce on the container to which the hazardous chemical was transferred the chemical name or common name that was on the original container.

(b)  (1)  Employees of manufacturing and non-manufacturing employers shall not be required to work with a hazardous chemical from an unlabeled container except for a portable container intended for the immediate use by the employee who placed the hazardous chemical into the portable container.

     (2)  For the purposes of subdivision (b)(1), “unlabeled container” means a container that is not labeled in accordance with subsection (a) or the OSHA standard.

[Acts 1985, ch. 417, § 9.]  


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Tennessee > Title-50 > Chapter-3 > Part-20 > 50-3-2009

50-3-2009. Labels Working near unlabeled containers.

(a)  (1)  Existing labels on containers of hazardous chemicals shall not be removed or defaced.

     (2)  (A)  If the non-manufacturing employer transfers a hazardous chemical from the original container to another container, the non-manufacturing employer shall reproduce the information contained on the original container pursuant to the OSHA standard on the container to which the hazardous chemical was transferred.

          (B)  If the hazardous chemical is regulated under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, compiled in 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq., or the Tennessee Application of Pesticides Act of 1978, compiled in title 62, chapter 21, then the employer shall reproduce on the container to which the hazardous chemical was transferred the chemical name or common name that was on the original container.

(b)  (1)  Employees of manufacturing and non-manufacturing employers shall not be required to work with a hazardous chemical from an unlabeled container except for a portable container intended for the immediate use by the employee who placed the hazardous chemical into the portable container.

     (2)  For the purposes of subdivision (b)(1), “unlabeled container” means a container that is not labeled in accordance with subsection (a) or the OSHA standard.

[Acts 1985, ch. 417, § 9.]