Hazard Communication Training (Chemical Safety)

The second most cited violation. OSHA’s New Hazard Communication Standard GHS - Globally Harmonized System of Classification & Labeling of Chemicals The Hazard Communication Training covers regulations found in OSHA 29CFR1910 Subpart Z, to include:

• Hazard communication standard overview
• Global harmonized system
• Written program
• Labels / pictograms
• SDSs
• Training
• Chemical inventory
• Review of common health effects
• Overview of chemical hazards
• Measurement and exposure limits
• Other ways to communicate hazards
• Controlling hazards

“Exposure to hazardous chemicals is one of the most serious dangers facing American workers today,” said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. “Revising OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard will improve the quality, consistency and clarity of hazard information that workers receive, making it safer for workers to do their jobs and easier for employers to stay competitive in the global marketplace.”

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