On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:13:26 GMT, "DeepDiver"
wrote:


I'm not suggesting that worker safety should be ignored, but OSHA has become
one of the many bloated self-serving government bureaucracies that has
contributed to forcing manufacturing overseas. I'm sure many of you are
familiar with the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet). Did you know that OSHA
even has an MSDS for saline eye wash solution (pure water with a little bit
of salt added)? I came across that little gem when working in the Navy: I
couldn't believe it when I saw it. It wouldn't surprise me if there was an
MSDS for distilled water.
SNIP

Here's some:
http://hazard.com/msds2/f/bmz/bmzdd.html
http://msds.ogden.disa.mil/msds/owa/..._list?istart=W
(scroll down to "Water")

I always got a kick out of the MSDS for talcum powder. Our planned
maintenance procedures required us to dust the inside of our rubber
gloves (the big, black, electrical safety type) after each use and
also at some fixed periodicity. They PM also required us to review all
pertinent MSDS. The MSDS first aid procedures for skin contact were
to wash with soap and water.

Every time I performed that particular PM I'd get a mental picture
of some poor (literal-minded) slob entering into an infinite loop -
putting the gloves on, yanking them off to wash his hands, putting the
gloves on, . . ..

Note - talc _can_ be hazardous, particularly when inhaled (talcosis)
or ingested.

R,
Tom Q