Labor & Industries (L&I), Washington State

Label containers of hazardous chemicals.

Exemption:

Containers are exempt from this section if ALL hazardous contents are listed in Table 11.

Note:

When the conditions specified in Table 10 are met for the solid material products listed, you aren’t required to provide labels for every shipment.

You need only send labels with the first shipment, IF the product is

AND

Whole grain

• It's shipped to the same customer
  and
• No hazardous chemicals are part of or known to be present with the product which could expose employees during handling
• – For example, cutting fluids on solid metal, and pesticides with grain

Solid untreated wood

Solid metal

For example: Steel beams, metal castings

Plastic items

Exemptions:

The chemicals (and items) listed in Table 11 are EXEMPT from THIS SECTION under the conditions specified. Requirements in other sections still apply.

Table 11
Conditional Label Exemptions

• Pesticides
• - Meeting the definition of "pesticides" in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). See Title 7, U.S.C. Chapter 6, Subchapter II, section 136 at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
  

• Subject to:
• - Labeling requirements
  of FIFRA. See http://
  www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
  and
• - Labeling regulations
  issued under FIFRA by
  the United States
  Environmental Protection
  Agency EPA. See Title 40
  of the Code of Federal
  Regulations at http://
  www.epa.gov

• A chemical substance or mixture
• -Meeting the definition of "chemical substance" or "mixture" in the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). See Title 15 U.S.C. Chapter 53, Subchapter II, section 2602 at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
  

• Subject to:
• - Labeling requirements
  of TSCA. See http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
  and
• - Labeling requirements
  issued under TSCA by the
  EPA. See Title 40 of the
  Code of Federal
  Regulations at http://
  www.epa.gov

• Each of the following:
• - Food
• - Food addititves
• - Color Additives
• - Drugs
• - Cosmetics
• - Medical devices or products
• - Veternary devices or products
• - Materials intended for use in these products (for example: flavors and fragances)
• As defined in
• -The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. See Title 21 U.S.C. Chapter 9, Subchapter II, section 321 at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
  or
• -The Virus-Serum Toxin Act of 1913. See Title 21 U.S.C. Chapter 5, section 151 et seq. at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
  or
• - Regulations issued under these acts. See Title 21 Part 101 in the Code of Federal Regulations, and Title 9, in the Code of Federal Regulations at
• http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

• Subject to:
• - Labeling requirements
  in Federal Food, Drug, and
  Cosmetic Act, Virus-Serum Toxin Act of 1913, and
  issued regulations
  enforced by the United
  States
  • Food and Drug Administration. See Title
    21 Parts 101-180 in the
    Code of Federal
    Regulations at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
    or
  • Department of Agriculture.
    See Title 9 in the Code of Federal Regulations at
    http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

• Each of the following:
• - Distilled spirits (beverage alcohols)
  and
• - Wine
  and
• - Malt beverage

• As defined in
• - The Federal Alcohol Administration Act. See
  Title 27 U.S.C. section 201 at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
  and
• Regulations issued under this act.
  See Title 27 in the Code of Federal Regulations at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

• Subject to:
• - Labeling requirements of
  Federal Alcohol
  Administration Act.
  See http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
  and
• -Labeling regulations
  issued under Federal Alcohol Administration
  Act by the Bureau of
  Alcohol, Tobacco, and
  Firearms. See Title 27
  in the Code of Federal
  Regulations at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

• Consumer products
  and
• Hazardous substances
• - As defined in
  • The Consumer Product
    Safety Act. See 15
    U.S.C. 2051 et seq. at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
    and
  • The Federal Hazardous Substances Act. See
    15 U.S.C. 1261 et seq.
    at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

• Subject to:
• - A consumer product safety or labeling requirement of the Consumer Product Safety Act or Federal Hazardous Substances Act. See http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
  or
• - Regulations issued under these acts by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. See Title 16
  in the Code of Federal
  Regulations at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
  
  

• Agriculture seed
  and
• Vegetable seed treated with pesticides

• Labeled as required by
• - The Federal Seed Act.
  See Title 7 U.S.C. Chapter 37 section 1551 et seq. at
  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
  and
• -Labeling requirements issued under Federal Seed Act by the United States Department of Agriculture. See http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html