OSHA National News Release
WEBMay 20, 2024 — WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced a final rule from its Occupational Safety and Health Administration that will update the current Hazard Communication Standard to better protect workers by improving the amount and quality of information on labels and safety data sheets and allow workers and first responders to react more ...
OSHA’s updated HazCom standard: What’s changed?
WEBSep 22, 2024 — OSHA’s updated standard on hazard communication (1910.1200) officially went into effect July 19. The standard now aligns the agency’s regulations with those of the seventh revision of the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals – better known as GHS.
A Closer Look at OSHA’s Final Rule Updating the HazCom Standard
WEBJun 17, 2024 — OSHA published its long-awaited final rule updating requirements in its Hazard Communication (HazCom) Standard. The publication of OSHA’s final rule ended months of waiting and uncertainty by manufacturers and users of hazardous chemicals and aligns HazCom with updated versions of the UN’s Globally Harmonized System of Classification and ...
Department of Labor announces final rule updating the Hazard ...
WEBJul 19, 2024 — Department of Labor announces final rule updating the Hazard Communication Standard to better protect workers, first responders. Improves quality of information on labels, safety data sheets; takes effect July 19, 2024.
Hazard Communication - Overview | Occupational Safety and …
WEBThis update to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) will provide a common and coherent approach to classifying chemicals and communicating hazard information on labels and safety data sheets.
What You Need to Know About OSHA’s Updated Hazard Communication ...
WEBMay 20, 2024 — The new final rule seeks to better align U.S. hazard communication with those of our international trade partners, but there are still country-to-country differences, and the revised HCS is far less stringent than the EU’s chemical regulations.
Regulatory Alert: OSHA Publishes Final Rule Revising the HazCom ...
WEBMay 20, 2024 — It’s finally happened! OSHA has published its long-awaited final rule updating requirements in its Hazard Communication (HazCom) Standard. The publication of the final rule ends months of waiting and uncertainty by manufacturers and users of hazardous chemicals and aligns HazCom with updated versions of the UN’s Globally Harmonized System ...
Finalized hazcom standard update may be issued soon: OSHA …
WEBOct 25, 2023 — The long-awaited and finalized update to OSHA’s standard on hazard communication could be published in the coming months.
OSHA publishes update to Hazard Communication Standard
WEBMay 20, 2024 — Washington — OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (1910.1200) will now align with the seventh revision of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. The final rule is set to go into effect July 19, the agency announced May 20.
Chemical Makers, Employers Brace for OSHA HazCom Rule (Correct)
WEBJun 12, 2024 — OSHA’s latest update to its rules on communicating chemical hazards—or HazCom, for short—is receiving pushback from chemical manufacturers that say the new standard contains an overly complex requirement for flagging downstream dangers to employers that use the substances.