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…
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…
Key Topics for Business Leaders – Hazard Communications
Many times a Hazard Communications class is started with the instructor asking the question “What hazards does OSHA’s Hazard Communications Standard address?” Often times the answers deal with safety signs or the way that hazards get communicated. Makes sense, but aren’t the correct…