OSHA is preparing to update its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align with Revision 7 of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). This ...

Hazard communication is an OSHA requirement established in 1983. This standard pertains to a worker’s understanding of the safety hazards associated with any chemicals they will use during their ...

OSHA is amending its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) regulations which require chemical manufacturers and importers to classify the hazards of chemicals they produce or import and to provide their ...

The Hazard Communication Standard is an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation. The Hazard Communication Standard may also be referred to as the Right-to-Know Law, RTK, or ...

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 ...

OSHA announced on March 16 that it is launching a Safety Champions Program. The agency describes the program as a "new cooperative initiative designed to help employers develop and implement effective ...

As workplace safety enforcement remains a national priority, new OSHA violation data highlights where employers most often ...

OSHA notes that no changes to the purpose, or the scope and application, of the HCS appear in the NPRM. OSHA states that several LOIs were included in the NPRM. One of significance relates to the ...

In 2023, OSHA wrote citations for an astounding 3,213 violations related to hazard communication systems (HCSs). That number is not as astounding as the 7,271 violations for fall protection in the ...

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 ...