The first deadline in the implementation phase of OSHA’s revised Hazard Communications Standard isn’t fast approaching, but it is approaching. Employers have until Dec. 1, 2013 to train workers on the new label elements and safety data sheet format.
The update to the HazCom standard provides a common approach to classifying chemicals and communicating hazard information on labels and safety data sheets and is aligned with the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).