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Categories of Used or Excess
Hazardous Material
Afloat units turn in used or excess hazardous
materials to Public Works Centers or other shore
collection sites. The shore site then restores, recycles, or
disposes of the used or excess hazardous materials.
Material Safety Data Sheets
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) are technical
bulletins containing information about hazardous
material (figs. 5-4A and 5-4 B). Manufacturers produce
MSDSs based on their testing and research of their
products. By law, they must provide the data to
hazardous materials users. They tell users how to use,
store, and dispose of hazardous material. OPNAVINST
5100.19B requires all hands to follow these guidelines.
MSDSs must be in English and contain at least the
following information about the material:
Identity
Hazardous ingredients
Physical and chemical characteristics
Physical hazards
Reactivity
Health hazards
Precautions for safe handling and use
Control measures
Routes of entry into the body
Emergency and first-aid procedures for exposure
Date of preparation of the MSDS or last change
Name, address, and phone number of a
responsible party who can provide additional
information on the hazardous material and
appropriate emergency procedures
Manufacturers may use any format or arrangement
of this information, but every MSDS must include all
the items. Some MSDSs contain ingredient information
that the manufacturer considers proprietary (a trade
secret). Proprietary information is provided on the
compact disk-read only memory (CD-ROM) labeled
“LR” version. The “L” version does not contain
proprietary information. Only safety and health
professionals should have access to the “LR” version of
the CD-ROM.
Every hazardous material user must be trained on
the precautions associated with that material. MSDSs
must be available upon request to any user. If you have
a question, check with your command’s hazardous
material/hazardous waste coordinator.
Hazardous Materials Information System
The Hazardous Materials Information System
(HMIS) is a computerized data base of Material Safety
Data Sheets (MSDSs). It provides information for
people working in hazardous materials management.
The system provides basic technical information
required at all levels to aid in the proper handling,
storage, transportation, and disposal of hazardous
materials. In addition, it provides information about
safety, health, and environmental functions.
The HMIS data base provides useful information on
more than 70,000 hazardous materials used by DOD.
The Naval Supply Systems Command distributes the
data base quarterly on Compact Disk-Read Only
Memory (CD-ROM) as part of the Hazardous Material
Control Management (HMC&M) CD-ROM, which
contains the following materials:
HMIS data base with MSDSs and labels
Hazardous Material Afloat Program (HMAP)
Management Guide
Hazardous Material User’s Guide (HMUG)
Ships Hazardous Material List (SHML)
Safety Equipment Shopping Guide
Naval Safety Center roster
Various hazardous material and environmental
compliance instructions
Tutorial for hardware and software
Each ship and most shore stations have been issued
computer compact disk (CD) players, which are on
distribution for HMC&M updates. Navy Environmental
and Preventive Medicine Units (NePMUs) also offer a
1-day course that covers the retrieval of data, including
the type of data available, from the HMIS system.
Labeling of Hazardous Materials
Labeling provides the handler, shipper, and user of
a hazardous material with critical information. You
must ensure every container of hazardous material has
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