MSDS/HazCom
OSHA Issues Proposed Rule to Adopt the Globally Harmonized Hazard Communication System
Calling it the “first step in an aggressive regulatory agenda” for the Obama administration, acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Jordan Barab announced a proposed rule to align OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (hazcom standard) with provisions of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The rule was published in the Sept. 30 Federal Register...
AIHA Survey Names Top Health and Safety Issues
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) recently announced the results of its biennial membership survey, projecting that permissible exposure limits, MSDS/GHS and nanotechnology are among the top public policy issues of concern to AIHA members and the EHS profession over the next 2 years....
Expanding Confined Space Awareness
Joe Gurican, who teaches a confined space awareness class, believes confined space deaths typically occur for two reasons. First, employers and workers fail to recognize and control the hazards associated with confined spaces, and secondly, they conduct inadequate or incorrect emergency response, resulting in the death of the initial entrant, the would-be rescuer or both. ...
Improving Compliance Through Accurate MSDSs and Hazmat Inventory
In the hazmat world today, most large organizations follow a time-honored process for identifying critical compliance needs and spend the money necessary...
