The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s adoption of the Globally Harmonized System into its existing Hazard Communication standard is being pushed back until February, according to OSHA spokeswoman Kimberly Darby. OSHA originally submitted the text for the final rule to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) on [...]

Along with its final report on three accidents that left five dead and three injured in a Tennessee metals plant, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board called on the Occupational Health and Safety Administration to develop and publish a combustible dust standard that includes coverage for metal dusts. The Hoeganaes powdered metal plant in Gallatin, Tennessee [...]

OSHA’s adoption and implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) into its Hazard Communication Standard could occur by January 25, 2012. OSHA submitted the text for the final rule to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) on Oct. 25. The office has [...]

Safety Services Company has released its updated Haz­ard Communication training program, complete with OSHA’s new Globally Harmonized Standard (GHS). The implementation of the GHS impacts virtually every employer in the U.S. It establishes new rules for hazardous chemicals in transportation, workplace use and consumer use. Key points of change include: The replacement of Material Safety [...]

According to OSHA spokeswoman Kimberly Tucker the federal occupational safety department is still on schedule implement the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) into the existing Hazard Communication System this month. OSHA began the process of adopting the GHS in September 2006 and originally planned on having the program in place by August 2011. That deadline was [...]

OSHA is in the midst of switching from the MSDS system of categorizing chemicals and their hazards to the Global Harmonized System. To help answer some of the questions about this switch Safety Services talked with OSHA representatives about the switch. 1. Why did OSHA start the process to switch to the GHS? The main [...]