Fewer than 20 words. In the 320-plus-page rulemaking on Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), that is how many words OSHA devoted to the most extensive new ...

Employers can see that employee training, while part of the first and final deadlines in OSHA's GHS transition period, is actually an ongoing obligation. OSHA's final compliance deadline for the ...

In the chemical industry, safety is of the utmost importance. OSHA estimates that more than 43 million employees in the United States could be exposed to hazardous chemicals. 1 Implementing ...

A Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for Hazard Classification and Labeling. It is an international, standardized approach to hazard communication. The introduction of this system ensures that chemical ...

How and when will OSHA's updated Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), which will now be aligned with the Globally Harmonized System of Chemical Labeling (GHS), impact chemical labeling? Read on for a ...

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 ...

To help employers deal with the dwindling time period before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) deadline for training workers on its new ...

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 ...

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 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, ...