The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has amended its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200, to align with Revision 7 (Rev. 7) of the United Nations’ Globally ...

Despite being a critical component of employee safety, HazCom training is one of the most overlooked elements of employer safety programs. Despite being a critical component of employee safety, HazCom ...

On November 23, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a Letter of Interpretation (LOI) on labeling packages for import and export. The LOI ...

Employees are to be trained when they are initially assigned to work with a hazardous chemical. Additional training is to be done whenever a new health or physical hazard is introduced into the work ...

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The proposed revisions to the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) that are designed to achieve alignment with the 7th Revision to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of ...

The following information is contributed by Rick Hartwig and the Environmental, Health, and Safety Affairs Department of Printing Industries of America. Get ready for changes to your Hazard ...

In your workplace, you probably use many different chemicals in the form of solvents, paints, varnishes, and lubricants. The workplace itself contains additional chemicals, including those used by ...

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These are the states with the biggest compliance gaps, according to a recent analysis.

When I think about the topic of hazard communication system (HCS) requirements, a famous quote from Strother Martin in “Cool Hand Luke” comes to mind: “What’s we’ve got here is failure to communicate.

The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has obliged, by providing some constructive criticism on two draft documents pertaining to the agency's hazard communication standard: OSHA's ...