The Purple Wave for workplace hazard communication -- the popular metaphor representing growing worldwide interest in a global standard -- is about to come ashore to the United States, as OSHA ...

Calling it the first major health rulemaking of the Obama administration, OSHA yesterday announced it is proposing a rule to align the agency's Hazard Communication standard with provisions of the ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has just recently published a new Proposed Rule -- “Update to the Hazard Communication Standard.” The associated ...

On May 20, 2024, OSHA published a significant revision to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) in an effort to better align the HCS with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of ...

How and when will OSHA's updated Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), which will now be aligned with the Globally Harmonized System of Chemical Labeling (GHS), impact chemical labeling? Read on for a ...

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HCL Labels, Inc., a global leader in hazard and chemical labeling, announces the introduction of OSHA GHS-compliant labeling ...

If you have a stock of refrigerant and are not yet familiar with the letters “GHS,” be aware that you soon will be, because your Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspector ...

Fewer than 20 words. In the 320-plus-page rulemaking on Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), that is how many words OSHA devoted to the most extensive new ...

In a world economy, many countries both import and export to the United States a wide variety of goods, including chemicals. The global chemical business is more than $1.7 trillion each year, ...

The new HazCom GHS guidelines require businesses, where hazardous chemical compounds are present, to train their employees on changes the Globally Harmonized System introduces. Some businesses may not ...