The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed a new rule to update its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to bring it into alignment with the latest version of the United ...

A typical American workplace can have any number of hazardous chemicals to which workers may be exposed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration estimates there are as many as 650,000 ...

The proposal could lead to changes in labels and SDSs employers would receive. For example, the agency is proposing a new provision for small container labels for containers with a capacity less than ...

NORTHBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OSHA's recent revisions to its Hazard Communication (HazCom) Standard (1910.1200) prompted Stericycle's (NAS: SRCL) enhancements of its Steri-Safe OSHA Compliance ...

During OSHA’s July 11 Web chat to discuss the agency’s Spring 2011 regulatory agenda, participants sought information about the hazard communication ruling, the Injury and Illness Prevention Program ...

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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 ...

Considerable testing of chemicals that are handled in the workplace may be required. This could include flash point, reactivity, or corrosivity. As stated in the OSHA ...