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.

I once had an experience working with a manufacturing operation that included painting processes for the main production line and a small spray-painting area in the repair section. The facility ...

Employers should be prepared to address new hazards for chemicals, even for chemicals that have been used in the workplace for years. A key requirement of OSHA's newly revised Hazard Communication ...

For some time now, safety professionals have been expecting the U.S. adoption of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) to make some pretty significant changes to OSHA’s hazard communication standard.

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 adoption and implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) into the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Hazard ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (Jan. 9, 2013) -- Soldiers and civilians who handle hazardous chemicals as part of their job will soon begin training for changes coming to the labeling and classification of ...

In a world economy, many countries both import and export to the United States a wide variety of goods, including chemicals. The global chemical business is more than $1.7 trillion each year, ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has just recently published a new Proposed Rule -- “Update to the Hazard Communication Standard.” The associated ...

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 ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- The Occupational Health and Safety Administration has made changes to the Hazard Communication Standards to comply with the mandates of the Global Harmonized System. The ...