OSHA Hazard Communication Standard

New, revised hazard communication standard taking effect.

Dec. 1, 2013 was the fi rst compliance date of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new, revised Hazard Communication Standard. Yes, you still have time to comply, and here is what you need to know. Why is the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard being revised? Part of the purpose for the update is to align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classifi cat...

Complying with the hazard communication standard.

The goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) is to “ensure that the hazards of all chemicals produced or imported are evaluated and that information concerning their hazards is transmitted to employers and employees.” You can communicate the information through a comprehensive hazard communication program, which should include contai...

The association of the original OSHA chemical hazard communication standard with reductions in acute work injuries/illnesses in private industry and the industrial releases of chemical carcinogens.

BACKGROUND OSHA predicted the original chemical Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) would cumulatively reduce the lost workday acute injury/illness rate for exposure events by 20% over 20 years and reduce exposure to chemical carcinogens. METHODS JoinPoint trend software identified changes in the rate of change of BLS rates for days away from work for acute injuries/illnesses during 1992-2009...

OSHA proposes standard for occupational exposure to TB.

Selected science: an industry campaign to undermine an OSHA hexavalent chromium standard

While exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) has been associated with increased lung cancer risk for more than 50 years, the chemical is not currently regulated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on the basis of its carcinogenicity. The agency was petitioned in 1993 and sued in 1997 and 2002 to lower the workplace Cr(VI) exposure limit, resulting in a court order...