Safety professionals are finding that the more time they spend with the revised standard looking at training, the more questions they have about GHS adoption in general. OSHA revised the Hazard ...

Employers will need to offer safety training for their workers on the new Globally Harmonized System pictograms and safety data sheet format by December 1, 2013. The Hazard Communication Standard, ...

In 2012, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) modified its existing Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom) (29 CFR 1919.1200) to conform with the United Nations’ Globally ...

Anyone with children has heard these dreaded four words countless times on family car trips: "Are we there yet?" Likewise, with OSHA's adoption of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) into the HazCom ...

According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard CFR29 1910.1200 (HazCom), employers must ensure employees have access to information about the ...

The first of June has come and gone. OSHA's HazCom 2012 regulations for chemical labeling in the workplace are now in full effect for most companies. How's your facility looking? The first part of a ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised standards for hazardous communications over the past few years to be more in-line with the Global Harmonized ...

In practical use, the “right to know” in HazCom has meant giving workers access to information. We label chemicals and provide MSDS, but that doesn’t mean workers understand them. When OSHA announced ...

The Hazard Communication Standard was first promulgated in 1983. It requires employers to provide hazard information & training to employees on chemicals they work with. It also requires ...

Today, our society is acutely aware of its environment, especially its working environment, and is reacting as a whole to regulate hazardous substances therein. This social reaction has resulted in ...