Definitions

As used in 105 CMR 670.000 the following words and phrases have the following meanings: Carcinogen means: (1) any substance or combination of substances which causes an increased incidence of benign and/or malignant neoplasms in one or more species; or, (2) any substance or combination of substances which substantially decreases the latency period between exposure and onset of a neoplasm in one or more species; or, (3) any substance or combination of substances which is metabolized into one or more substances that causes an increased incidence of neoplasms or decreases the latency period between exposure and onset of neoplasms in one or more species. CAS Number means the identification number assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service to a specific chemical substance. Chemical Name means the scientific designation of a substance in accordance with the nomenclature system developed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, or the system developed by the Chemical Abstracts Service. Commissioner means the Commissioner of Public Health. Common Name means any designation or identification such as a code name, code number, trade name, or brand name used to identify a substance other than by its chemical name. Community Resident means any resident of a municipality in which an employer manufactures, processes, uses or stores toxic or hazardous substances listed in the Massachusetts Substance List. Department means the Department of Public Health. Designated Representative means an employee's treating physician upon written authorization by said employee, and the employee's collective bargaining agent who is certified, or is recognized by the employer of the employee without regard to written employee authorization. No other individual or organization shall be authorized to serve as a designated representative. Employee means any individual employed on or after the effective date of M.G.L. c. 111F who is, has been, or may be exposed under normal operating conditions or foreseeable emergencies to any toxic or hazardous substance in the workplace. In the case of a deceased or legally incapacitated employee, the employee's spouse, guardian or executor may exercise all the employee's rights under M.G.L. c. 111F and 105 CMR 670.000. For the purposes of M.G.L. c. 111F and 105 CMR 670.000 any individual whose employment is terminated for any reason after the effective date of M.G.L. c. 111F is an employee. (MA REG. # 1321, Dated 9-9-16) 670.005: continued Employer means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other entity engaged in a business or in providing services, including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and any of its political subdivisions, that manufactures, processes, uses or stores toxic or hazardous substances, but not including the employment of domestic workers or casual laborers employed at the place of residence of the employer. Independent contractors shall be deemed the sole employer of their employees, even when said employees are performing work at the workplace of another employer as defined herein. Expose or Exposure mean any situation arising from or related to the work operation of an employer where an employee or a community resident may ingest, inhale, absorb through the skin or eyes or otherwise come into contact with a toxic or hazardous substance. Extraordinarily Hazardous Substance means a substance which is designated a carcinogen pursuant to 106 CMR 670.010(C)(1); or for which there exists valid and substantial evidence that the substance has an oral LD50 of 25 milligrams or less per kilogram in one or more species of test animals, or an LC50 of 0.5 milligrams per liter in one or more species of test animals exposed for a period of up to eight hours. A listing of an LD or LC in the Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances published by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, June, 1983, or any amendment thereto, shall be deemed to establish that valid and substantial scientific evidence exists. Lethal Concentration Fifty or LC50 means a calculated dose of a gaseous substance which can be expected to cause the death of 50% of an entire defined experimental animal population. An LC50 is determined by exposing a significant number of test animals to the substance by inhalation. An LC50 for a gaseous substance is expressed as the ratio of the volume of the substance respired by the test animal to the total volume of air respired by the test animal in a specified time period. Lethal Dose Fifty or LD50 means a calculated dose of a substance which can be expected to cause the death of 50% of an entire defined experimental animal population. An LD50 is determined by exposing a significant number of test animals to the substance by any route of exposure other than inhalation. An LD 50 is expressed as the ratio of the weight of the substance administered in a single dose or over a short period of time to the weight of the test animal. Manufacturer means a person who produces, synthesizes, extracts, or otherwise makes a toxic or hazardous substance. Massachusetts Substance List means a compilation of toxic or hazardous substances which are to be subject to the provisions of M.G.L. c. 111F. The Massachusetts Substance List is more fully described in 105 CMR 670.010. Material Safety Data Sheet or MSDS means the written document which sets forth the following information for a toxic or hazardous substance: (1) the chemical name, any common names, and the CAS number of the toxic or hazardous substance; and (2) the hazards or other risks in the use of the toxic or hazardous substance, including: (a) the potential for fire, explosion, corrosivity, and reactivity; (b) the acute and chronic health effects of risks from exposure; including the medical conditions that might be aggravated by exposure; and (c) the potential routes of exposure and symptoms of overexposure; and (3) the proper precautions, handling practices, necessary personal protective equipment, and other safety precautions in the use of or exposure to the toxic or hazardous substance, including appropriate emergency treatment in case of overexposure at hazardous levels; and (4) the emergency procedures for spills, fire, disposal and first aid; and (5) a description in lay terms, of the specific potential health risks posed by the toxic or hazardous substance intended to alert any person reading this information, including but not limited to carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, or neurotoxic effects, for substances so designated on the Massachusetts Substance List, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 111F, § 4(c); and (6) the month and year that the information was compiled and the name, address, and emergency telephone number of the manufacturer responsible for preparing the information. 670.005: continued Medical Emergency means a serious medical condition which poses an imminent threat to a person's health, caused, or suspected to have been caused, by accidental exposure to a toxic or hazardous substance, and which requires immediate treatment by a physician. Mixture means any solution or intimate admixture of two or more substances, at least one of which is present as a toxic or hazardous substance listed on the Massachusetts Substance List, which do not react chemically with each other. Production or Manufacture of Goods for Direct Commercial Sale means the production or manufacture, or the monitoring or quality control of the production or manufacture of any goods intended to be sold at wholesale or retail, or intended to be used in the production of goods intended to be sold at wholesale or retail. Teratogen means any substance or combination of substances for which valid scientific evidence shows that prenatal exposure may lead to mortality, structural malformation, functional/behavioral deficits or growth retardation of the zygote, embryo, fetus, neonate, child or adult. Toxic or Hazardous Substance means any chemical substance or mixture of substances in a gaseous, liquid or solid state which is listed in the Massachusetts Substance List (see 105 CMR 670.010), and which is manufactured, processed, used or stored in the workplace, but which shall not include alcoholic beverages as defined in M.G.L. c. 138, § 1, or articles intended for personal consumption by employees in the workplace, or consumer articles packaged for distribution to, and used by, the general public, or articles sold or used in retail food establishments and all other retail trade establishments, exclusive of articles used in processing and repair areas, or substances being transported in interstate commerce. Trade Secret means any formula, pattern, device or compilation of information which is used in an employer's or manufacturer's business, and which gives said employer or manufacturer an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors who do not know or use it.