About the GHS GHS, also known as the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, is an international regulation standard of hazardous chemicals. GHS was created with the purpose of replacing the multitude of chemical classification systems that exist all over the world. Each country’s system is a bit different, requiring its own […]
Accidental releases of industrial products lead to fires, explosions, and death. Famous ones make the news. But in an average year, there are 34,000 hazmat incidents in the US, which makes this a very prevalent hazard across a variety of industries and job sites. More than half are spills of fewer than 10 gallons. The […]
Some 43 million American workers need to be trained by December 1st on the new update to the OSHA HazCom standard called the Globally Harmonized System or GHS. In announcing the requirement, OSHA officials trumpeted that “the Hazard Communication Standard in 1983 gave the workers the ‘right to know,’ but the new Globally Harmonized System gives […]
