(a)
- (1) Chemical manufacturers and distributors shall label each container of hazardous chemicals as required by 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200.
- (2) The employer need not affix new labels to comply with this section if existing labels already convey the required information.
(b) The employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged, or marked with the following information:
- (1) Identity of the hazardous chemicals contained therein; and
- (2) Appropriate hazard warnings.
(c) The employer is not required to label portable containers:
- (1) Into which hazardous chemicals are transferred from labeled containers; and
- (2) Which are intended only for the immediate use of the employee who performs the transfer.
- (d) The employer shall not remove or deface existing labels on incoming containers of hazardous chemicals.
(e)
- (1) If a hazardous chemical is transferred from the original container to another container, the employer shall reproduce or otherwise place on the container to which the hazardous chemical was transferred the information required by subsection (b) of this section.
- (2) However, if such hazardous chemical is regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq., or the Arkansas Pesticide Control Act, Arkansas Code § 2-16-401 et seq., then such employer shall reproduce on the container to which such hazardous chemical was transferred the chemical name or common name on the original container.
(f)
(1) The employer shall ensure that labels or other forms of warning are:
- (A) Legible;
- (B) In English; and
- (C) Prominently displayed on the container.
- (2) Employers having employees who read only other languages shall add the information in their language to the material presented.