OSHA has updated the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) by adopting the Global Harmonized System (GHS) of classification and labeling of chemicals. GHS replaces the provisions of the MSDS safety data ...
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels held a teleconference March 20 to announce the final rule for the long-awaited ...
On September 30, 2009, OSHA announced that it will be pursuing GHS. GHS -- the Globally Harmonized System of chemical classification and labeling -- is the next step in the march towards greening the ...
The adoption and implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) into the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Hazard ...
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 ...
The export of commodities frequently uses harmonized system (HS) codes, one of the systems used to classify industries. A system of names and numbers used to categorize traded goods is called the ...