Whether you’re in an office, on a construction site, manufacturing products or managing a warehouse, chances are high there are potentially hazardous chemicals in your workplace. Most workplace ...

OSHA’s alignment of the HazCom Standard with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals means big changes for hazard classification, labels and Safety Data Sheets. To ...

On May 20, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) announced a final rule updating the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). The amended rule (29 CFR 1910) better aligns with ...

OSHA, on March 26 in the Federal Register, published the final rule to integrate the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) into OSHA’s hazard ...

On May 20, 2024, OSHA published a significant revision to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) in an effort to better align the HCS with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of ...

J.J. Keller has created a new online tool to help comply with OSHA’s alignment of the HazCom Standard with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). This ...

OSHA Hazard Communication Labels provides an overview of widely applied standards for hazard communication labels, with particular attention to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) of the ...

OHazard Communication (HAZCOM) is the OSHA rule that summarizes how chemicals should be managed in the workplace in order to protect workers from overexposures. The first main requirement is to have a ...

June marked the culmination of a decade-long effort to align OSHA's hazard communication standard (hazcom) with GHS, the UN's Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.

Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) is a standardized, international approach to hazard communication. The standard, which was previously known as the 'Right ...

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 ...