Cleaning Chemicals: Protect Yourself--Cleaning Chemicals and Your Health Poster (OSHA 3569)

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   DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2012-125

   • Protect Yourself:
   • Cleaning Chemicals and Your Health
   • Working with cleaning chemicals can cause:
   • Coughing
   • Wheezing
   • Red, Itchy Eyes
   • Skin Rashes
   • Skin and Eye Burns
   • Shortness of Breath
   • Sore Throat
   • Headaches or Dizziness
   • Nosebleeds
   • Asthma
   • If you have health problems that you think are caused by using cleaning chemicals, tell your supervisor and ask to see a doctor.
   • Your employer is required to provide a safe workplace that includes:
   • Sufficient ventilation (airflow) when using cleaning chemicals.
   • Protective clothing, gloves, and safety goggles, when needed.
   • Labels on containers of cleaning chemicals.
   • Training on the hazards of cleaning chemicals you are using and safe work practices.
   • Your employer must train you to:
   • Know the hazards of cleaning chemicals BEFORE using them.
   • Know how to use and store cleaning chemicals safely.
   • Know how and when to dilute cleaning chemicals you are using.
   • Know what to do if there is a spill or other emergency.
   • Know how to obtain and use hazard information on labels and safety data sheets (SDS).
   • Know how and when to use protective clothing, gloves, and safety goggles.
   • Remember
   • Wash your hands after using cleaning chemicals and before eating, drinking, or smoking.
   • Green Cleaners
   • What are they?
   • Are Green Cleaners Effective at Cleaning?
   • Cleaning products certified by independent
   • Many have met performance standards for its
   • organizations as safer to use and less intended use.
   • harmful to your health and the environment.
   • Cleaners with "green" in their name do not mean it has been certified.
   • Also, many green cleaners are "fragrance-free" but still
   • clean effectively. "Clean" does not have an odor!
   • Safety Reminder
   • You may need to use protective clothing, gloves or safety goggles with some certified green cleaners.
   • Ask your employer.
   • This guidance document is not an OSHA standard or regulation but it contains recommendations that are advisory in nature and intended to assist employers and workers in providing a safe and healthful workplace. The mention of any nongovernmental organization in this document does not constitute an endorsement by NIOSH or OSHA of that organization, its products or services.
   • National Institute for
   • w/OSH
   • OSIM
   • (800) 321-0SHA (6742)
   • Do not mix cleaning products that contain bleach and ammonia. Dangerous gases can be released and can cause severe lung damage.
   • OSHA Publication No. 3569-10R 2021
   • What You Need to Know