We continue to hear from clients that they are not receiving Safety Data Sheets from their suppliers. Today is June 9 and the OSHA deadline for compliance with global harmonization system (GHS) requirements was June 1. Some suppliers are continuing…
GHS – Distributors Slow to Act … Do Your Part
There are now less than two months to go before the deadline when manufacturers or distributors of hazardous chemical products must change product labels and send Safety Data Sheets to their customers. Many companies are waiting until the due date…
GHS – Globally Harmonized System
This is the year when most regulations of OSHA’s Global Harmonization of the Hazard Communications Standard takes effect. Manufacturers of hazardous chemicals are required to use new labels and to provide safety data sheets by June 1, 2015. Those who…
What does GHS stand for and how does it impact me?
GHS is an acronym that stands for Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. It has a general self explanation in terms of what it is used for, but there is a bit more of an in depth…
OSHA Haz Com Globally Harmonized System Update
December 1, 2014 marks one year from the date that employees were to be trained in OSHA’s addition of the Globally Harmonized System for Hazard Communications to its Haz Com Standard. Have all of your employees received training? Yes, it…