Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) is a standardized, international approach to hazard communication. The standard, which was previously known as the 'Right ...

The GHS system gradually is being adopted on a worldwide basis. But what is GHS and what are some of the challenges that chemical producers and shippers will encounter in complying? As a response to ...

OSHA[2] revised its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). Two significant changes ...

Under the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) criteria, the highest hazards are rated as “1” and lower hazards are rated as successively higher numerical ratings (lower the number, higher the ...

OSHA has adopted new hazardous chemical labeling requirements as a part of its recent revision of the Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200 (HCS), bringing it into alignment with the United ...

Chemical Labels- The new standard requires more detailed labels, and specifically sets forth what information must be included for each identified hazard class and category.

The Hazard Communication Standard requires pictograms on labels to alert users of the chemical hazards to which they may be exposed.

The revised standard also brought with it a change to the labels used to make workers aware of the hazards each chemical could cause.

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 ...

This Standard is also applicable to employees involved in work operations where employees only handle chemicals in sealed containers, which are not opened under normal conditions. Labeling All ...

To better protect workers who handle hazardous chemicals, OSHA has revised the Hazard Communication Standard. Online Secondary Label Training is provided to inform Purdue University employees of the ...

Training includes a review of how chemical container labels and safety data sheets (SDS) present and format chemical hazard information since the updates mandated by OSHA for the Hazard Communication ...