• Compliance with OSHA requirements on arsenic exposure will require employee training, warning labels, regulated areas, proper storage, medical surveillance when needed, and more.

The following checklist can help ensure compliance with The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)’s requirements:

• A written compliance program is in place.
• Employees are aware of the hazards involved with arsenic if they may be exposed to it in their work environment.
• A training program has been instituted for all employees who are subject to exposure to arsenic.
• Employee exposure to arsenic is monitored and kept within acceptable levels.
• Employees are provided with proper protective equipment when working with arsenic.
• Engineering and work practice controls are used to reduce exposures to arsenic to a permissible level.
• Proper precautions are taken when handling arsenic.
• Caution labels and signs are used to warn of arsenic.
• A regulated area has been established and marked where arsenic is manufactured, processed, used, repackaged, released, handled, or stored.
• Employees who work with arsenic wash their hands after assigned tasks are completed and before engaging in other activities.
• Arsenic is stored and used appropriately.
• Containers used to store arsenic are appropriately marked.
• All employees who work with arsenic have had an initial medical examination.
• A medical surveillance program is in place for employees who become exposed to arsenic.
• Appropriate records are maintained (exposure monitoring, medical surveillance, etc.).
• Employees are instructed in proper first aid and other emergency procedures.
• Emergency procedures are in place for dealing with emergency situations involving arsenic.