Ignoring This Poster

Ignoring This Poster

Can Be Hazardous To Your Health

Under the Rhode Island Right-To-Know Law, your employer

Must tell you about the dangers of any hazardous substances in your workplace.

You have a right to know :

the common name or trade names of the substance, including the chemical name;

the level at which exposure to the substance is hazardous, if known;

the effects and symptoms of exposure at hazardous levels;

the potential for flammability, explosion, and reactivity of the substance;

appropriate emergency treatment;

proper procedures for the safe use of and exposure to the substance;

proper protective equipment for safe use; and

procedures for clean-up of leaks and spills.

Your employer must provide you with the above information. If he or she has not, make sure you ask about it. Your company representative is:

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The Right-To-Know Law was created to protect you. For more information about your rights under the Hazardous Substances Right-to-Know Law, contact the R.I. Department of Labor and Training at (401) 462-8558 .

Because not knowing about the hazardous substances you work with is the greatest hazard of all.

THIS POSTER MUST BE DISPLAYED IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION IN THE WORKPLACE.

DLT-L-47 (Rev. 5/2000)

The Rhode Island

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