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EkonMobil <br />Product Name: GENERAL HOMOPOLYMER AND COPOLYMER POLYPROPYLENE <br />Revision Date: 20 Sep 2019 <br />Page 1 of 13 <br />ExxonMobil Chemical Company <br />22777 Springwoods Village Parkway <br />Spring, TX 77389-1425 <br />Subject: OSHA Hazard Communication 2012 Combustible Dust Labeling <br />Dear ExxonMobil Customer: <br />As you may be aware, in March 2012, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its final <br />Hazard Communication Standard which stated its intent to adopt the United Nations Globally Harmonized System <br />(GHS) for the classification and labeling of hazardous substances. This updated hazard communication standard <br />requires product labels for hazardous substances and mixtures. In addition to product labels, the standard requires <br />suppliers to provide Safety Data Sheets (SDSs), previously known as Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), for all <br />hazardous products. <br />The UN GHS does not contain a classification for combustible dust hazards. The combustible dust hazard was an <br />element OSHA desired to include in its standard. As such, OSHA amended the standard definition of 'hazardous <br />chemical' to include 'combustible dust' which has resulted in a hazard classification of certain polymer materials and the <br />need to provide a hazard label. For polymer materials presenting a combustible dust hazard as shipped, a label will be <br />applied to each package. For polymers that do not present a combustible dust hazard in the shipped form, OSHA <br />permits the transmittal of label information with the SDS. Enclosed please find the combustible dust label for the <br />referenced product. <br />If you have any questions, please direct them to your ExxonMobil Customer Service Representative.