The Guam Contractors Association hosted its 25th Annual Joseph Leasiolagi "Samoan Joe" Safety Conference on Oct. 23-24 at the ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the cornerstone of workplace safety in the U.S., creating and enforcing regulations that protect employees from hazards across industries.

OSHA provides the requirements for the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) in 29 CFR 1910.1200. The purpose of the HCS is to ensure that employees understand health and safety information concerning ...

If you have just ONE employee with the potential to be exposed to ONE non-exempt hazardous chemical, you must train that employee under paragraph (h) of 1910.1200. That’s OSHA’s Hazard Communication ...

Since OSHA published its 2024 final rule updating the HazCom standard, many business leaders and EHS professionals have had questions about its impact. Learning about these changes is critical, as the ...

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 ...

Updates to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom) went into effect last month, with a compliance deadline set for 2026. HazCom is meant to identify ...

OSHA’s latest update to its rules on communicating chemical hazards—or HazCom, for short—is receiving pushback from chemical manufacturers that say the new standard contains an overly complex ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a final rule updating and improving the current Hazard Communication Standard to provide better information on data sheets and labels that ...