OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) was first adopted in 1983 for the manufacturing sector. In 1987, the agency expanded the scope of coverage to include all industries where employees are ...

Your business, shop or warehouse contains chemicals unrelated to the primary work done at your company. Normal exposure to these chemicals combined with other chemicals and compounds used by your firm ...

Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) are the cornerstone of compliance for a number of OSHA and EPA standards. Yet, as notorious as they are among safety professionals, some argue that MSDSs remain ...

Twenty years ago, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration began requiring companies that manufacture or market hazardous chemicals to prepare and issue material safety data sheets (MSDSs).

The roots of material safety data sheets (MSDS) can be traced to prehistoric times, when information about materials used in medicines and dyes was exchanged verbally. The first written MSDS were ...

Over each of the past seven years, hazard communication (1910.1200) has been one of the top five most penalized OSHA standards. But concentrating your efforts on maintaining safety data sheets (SDSs) ...

Inform yourself about hazardous materials before working with them. Start by reading the container label and reviewing the product's Safety Data Sheet (SDS). The Occupational Safety and Health ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- The Occupational Health and Safety Administration has made changes to the Hazard Communication Standards to comply with the mandates of the Global Harmonized System. The ...