4. Original Hazard Communication Standard (1983)
◦ “Right to Know”
Revised Standard
◦ “Right to Understand”
Aligned with GHS
5. Enhances worker comprehension of hazards
Reduces confusion in workplace
Facilitates safety training
Safer handling and use of chemicals
Quicker and more efficient access to information
on safety data sheets (SDSs)
6. US businesses save more than $475 million in
productivity improvements
Fewer SDSs and label updates needed
Provides simpler HazCom training
Reduces trade barriers harmonized systems
around the world
7. Abbreviated: GHS
A common, coherent approach to define, classify
and communicate hazards from chemicals
Agreed upon by the UN General Assembly
◦ Modeled after existing systems in US, Canada, and
Europe
8. Standardized system across countries
◦ Creates systems in countries where none exist
Enhances global trade
◦ Fewer compliance burdens between different systems
Enhances protection of humans and the
environment
9. What was Classification Communication
hazardous before Criteria Requirements
is STILL • Health and • Labels
hazardous environmental • Safety Data
hazards
GHS standardizes Sheets (SDS)
methods of • Physical • Training
hazards
classifying and
communicating
hazards
10. Acute Toxicity Carcinogenicity
Reproductive Toxicity Hazardous to Aquatic
Environment*
Target Organ Toxicity (Single Serious Eye
and Repeat Dose) Damage/Irritation
Aspiration Toxicity Respiratory/Skin
Sensitization
Skin Corrosion/Irritation Germ Cell Mutagenicity
*Exception: OSHA has no jurisdiction over aquatic toxicity (GHS does)
11. Explosives Self-Heating
Flammability Organic Peroxides
Oxidizers Corrosive to Metals
Self-Reactive Gases Under Pressure
Pyrophoric Water Activated Flammable
Gases
12. Dec 1, 2013 June 1, 2015 Dec 1, 2015 June 1, 2016
• Train employees • Reclassified • All GHS Label • HazCom
on new label and prepared Requirements program must
elements and GHS-compliant must be comply with
SDS format SDSs implemented GHS
• Affects • Affects Chemical • Affects Chemical • Proper GHS
employers Manufacturers, Manufacturers, labels
Importers, Importers, • Proper SDS
Distributors, Distributors,
Employers Employers • Additional
employee
training to
follow updated
HazCom
program
• Affects
everyone
13. Comply with either existing Hazard
Communication Standards (HCS) or the revised
HCS, or both
It is okay if both standards for labels and SDSs
are present in workplace (until 6/1/2016)
14. Revisions Did Not Change…
◦ Who is covered by HCS
◦ Ability to protect trade secrets on labels, in SDSs, etc.
◦ What types of substances are covered
The Bottom Line:
◦ Documents will look different.
◦ The chemicals are the same.
16. Biggest change
Only employers who manufacture products/by-
products are involved
New Process
◦ Specific criteria for each health & physical hazard
◦ Detailed instructions for hazard evaluation and
determinations
◦ Hazard classes divided into hazard categories
17. Who is affected?
◦ Everyone
◦ Especially chemical manufacturers and importers
Harmonized Labels
◦ Signal Word
◦ Pictogram
◦ Hazard Statement
◦ Precautionary Statement
6 Months to update labels when new information
becomes known
18. Used to indicate relative level of severity of hazard
Alerts reader to potential hazard on label
“Danger” = more severe hazard
“Warning” = less severe hazards
“Caution” = no longer used
19. Graphic:
◦ White Background
◦ Red Square Frame
◦ Black Symbol
Conveys specific
information about
hazards of
chemical
9 under GHS, only
8 required under
OSHA HCS
20. Assigned to hazard class and category
Describes the nature of the hazard(s) of chemical
(including degree of hazard, if appropriate)
Example:
◦ “Fire or protection hazard”
◦ “Fatal if inhaled”
21. Describes measures to be taken to minimize/prevent
adverse effects that result from exposure to hazardous
chemical, improper storage, etc.
Type Example Statements
Prevention Do not spray on open flame
or other ignition source.
Response Wash contaminated
clothing before reuse.
Storage Protect from sunlight.
Store in a well ventilated
place.
22. Key Label Elements:
Product Identifier
Supplier Identifier
Chemical Identity
Hazard Pictograms*
Signal Words*
Hazard Statements*
Precautionary Information
*Harmonized
29. MSDS SDS
• Content Requirements • Content Requirements
• No Format (Order Counts!)
Requirements • Format Requirements
• Difficult to use during • Most critical
training information shown first
31. Training should include:
◦ How to read labels and SDSs
◦ How to respond safely to chemical hazards
Major changes are just revised elements of HCS
Ongoing training continue as usual
32. Train employees BEFORE the labels appear
Make sure employees understand the labels
34. “The Purple Book” published by the UN (also
available on OSHA website)
OSHA Quick Cards for SDSs, Labels, and
Pictograms
35. OSHA’s “Hazard Communication” Webpage
◦ Highlights and key information about HazCom, according
to OSHA and the United States Dept. of Labor
Facts on Aligning the Hazard Communication
Standard to the GHS
◦ Published by OSHA
◦ FAQ about the changes
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Notas del editor
The fundamental principle of Hazcom is the employee’s right to know…About the hazardous substances they’re exposed toWhy those substances are hazardousHow to protect against those hazardsGHS builds on the “right to know” and pushes employers to help employees understand what they’re being exposed to, by using the following methods (the same you use today) to communicate that information to employees:Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), now called Safety Data Sheets (SDS) with a slightly different format;Labels; and Information and training.So it’s important to know that the system isn’t changing – it’s just being updated for further clarity and aid in understanding.
If you get your hazardous chemicals from an outside supplier, you won’t bear the burden of creating the SDS and label. Under current rules, chemical manufacturers, importers, and distributors are responsible for label and SDS creation. This is the same under GHS.Your responsibility as an employer:Make sure you get the PROPER VERSION of these new labels and SDSs for each hazardous substance at your workplace (BEFORE THE DEADLINE).Furthermore, while the content of your MSDS binders or access systems will change, the fundamental system of how you store and make MSDSs/SDSs at your workplace accessible to your employees does not have to change. If the current system is giving sufficient access to employees, nothing need be changed aside from content.Employers with outside suppliers for their chemical products are thereby most impacted by the Dec. 1, 2013 and June 1, 2016 dates, because those are the deadlines to have completed training and to have implemented all of the changed documents from suppliers, manufacturers, etc.
WI: CWA 4603 training on Employee Free Choice Act and Healthcare by Casie Yoder of AFL-CIO is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.Based on a work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/labor2008/2760446437/in/photostream/.Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.
A Guide to The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) by United States Department of Labor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.Based on a work at http://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/ghs.html.
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