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| Hazcom labeling | | When it comes to the Hazard Communication Standard, OSHA is specific about the employer’s responsibility to provide information on chemical hazards in the workplace, including container labeling. The container label is the first link in protecting workers from chemical hazards. | | 01 April 2013 | | Read More |
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| GHS is here | | OSHA has published its final Hazard Communication Standard, adopting the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals, a system that already has been embraced by several countries. | | 01 May 2012 | | Read More |
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| OSHA unveils final hazcom rule | | While participating in a teleconference today with OSHA officials about the agency’s final hazcom standard, I learned a few details about the new rule. | | 20 March 2012 | | Read More |
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| Dealing with revisions to OSHA’s hazcom standard | | How will the proposed revisions to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (incorporating key GHS principles) impact the daily life of workers? | | 16 March 2012 | | Read More |
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| Custom signs and labels | | What are the benefits of custom site-specific signs and labels? And why don’t generic signs work? | | 03 February 2012 | | Read More |
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| Hazcom: A combustible issue | | The road to updating OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard is nearing its end, and stakeholders have been meeting with White House officials to voice their opinions on what the final rule should look like. At press time, the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs was reviewing the final rule to determine its potential costs and benefits. | | 01 February 2012 | | Read More |
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| Adopting a new Hazard Communication Standard | | OSHA is in the final stage of its rulemaking process that would lead to adopting the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals as the national Hazard Communication Standard. | | 01 February 2012 | | Read More |
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| 'Everybody gets to go home in one piece' | | While running up a flight of stairs on an icy morning, merging from one lane to another during rush hour or sliding centimeters past an open file cabinet at the office, every day we narrowly avoid incidents that could result in a serious injury. When these incidents take place on the job, it can serve as a warning that a serious incident is waiting to happen. | | 01 January 2012 | | Read More |
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| NFPA 70E training changes | | Does the 2012 edition of NFPA 70E have any new retraining requirements? | | 01 January 2012 | | Read More |
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| MSDS updates: Roles and responsibilities | | With the changes in the regulatory landscape regarding material management, do companies need to contact suppliers to obtain changes to a Material Safety Data Sheet? | | 01 October 2011 | | Read More |
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| The General Duty Clause | | Combustible dust, diacetyl and – more recently – gas blows all are recognized industry hazards, yet federal OSHA does not have standards regulating them. However, the agency does have a way to protect workers from unregulated hazards, and employers could be seeing it more often: the General Duty Clause. | | 01 May 2011 | | Read More |
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| Future of the hazard communication standard | | The next action for OSHA’s hazard communication standard will be a final rule, projected to be released in August. What exactly will happen on this date? | | 01 May 2011 | | Read More |
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| Writing out a hazcom plan to protect employees | | What part of the hazard communication standard do employers most often violate? | | 01 May 2010 | | Read More |
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| OSHA safety signage regulations | | What are the OSHA regulations for workplace safety signage? | | 01 February 2010 | | Read More |
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| Managing MSDSs electronically | | Is managing Material Safety Data Sheets electronically OSHA-compliant? | | 01 July 2009 | | Read More |
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