The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals is a new worldwide initiative for the standardized classification of hazardous chemicals and a communication system for ...

Approximately 40 years ago, the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) was first adopted by OSHA for the manufacturing industry. Since that time, a substantial number of changes have been made to the HCS ...

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 ...

Adoption of the GHS by OSHA will require OSHA to propose changes to the agency's hazard communication standard, according to the agency. The GHS is a system for standardizing and harmonizing the ...

If you are using chemicals, you will have Safety Data Sheets (SDS) available. The details of some of the information in the SDS, like the hazard classifications of the Globally Harmonized System of ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has amended its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200, to align with Revision 7 (Rev. 7) of the United Nations’ Globally ...

Prior to 2001, Canada had not yet established harmonized classification criteria for HHHOCs. At the international level, the United Nations (UN) was developing the Globally Harmonized System of ...

In practical use, the “right to know” in HazCom has meant giving workers access to information. We label chemicals and provide MSDS, but that doesn’t mean workers understand them. When OSHA announced ...

William & Mary employees have the right to know the properties and potential safety and health hazards of substances to which they may be exposed. This knowledge is essential to reducing the risk of ...