An OSHA initiative means employers who use hazardous chemicals in the workplace should start preparing to update their hazard communication training programs. Who needs training, what are the elements ...

Hazard communication is an OSHA requirement established in 1983. This standard pertains to a worker’s understanding of the safety hazards associated with any chemicals they will use during their ...

OSHA is amending its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) regulations which require chemical manufacturers and importers to classify the hazards of chemicals they produce or import and to provide their ...

This is the ninth installment in a series of articles intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 and the Occupational Safety ...

All of us, regardless of industry, face safety hazards at work. Some are obvious like heavy machinery or working from tall heights, while some are less obvious such as workplace violence and ...

The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has obliged, by providing some constructive criticism on two draft documents pertaining to the agency's hazard communication standard: OSHA's ...

OSHA put its Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program into place over 10 years ago. Since then, new NFPA standards on combustible dust have been issued, OSHA’s plan for a comprehensive Combustible ...