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This webinar occured on: October 10, 2012
OSHA states that “Each employee who may be ‘exposed’ to hazardous chemicals when working must be provided information and trained prior to an initial assignment to work with a hazardous chemical, and whenever the hazard changes.”
Many safety professionals have read or heard this statement so many times that they have forgotten its true meaning. The underlying purpose of the HCS as stated by OSHA is to reduce the incidence of chemical source illnesses and injuries in the workplace. This can only be accomplished by providing information and training in a manner that ensures employees clearly understand the hazards they are exposed to before they use a hazardous chemical. Anything else is just lip service.
According to OSHA, “implementing GHS will enhance worker comprehension, resulting in appropriate handling and use of chemicals.” How could this be possible when most safety officers readily admit their employees almost never look at an MSDS except in an emergency, and by then it is already too late!
Join us for a presentation on how you can utilize some of the GHS components to provide your employees with training that really matters!
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This webinar occured on: October 10, 2012
Speakers:
Tom Jacques, Director of Sales and Marketing for the MAXCOM Services Division of HAAS Group International, Inc. a world leader in chemical management services. He co-founded the MAXCOM System, which focuses on classifying workplace chemicals according to their physical and health hazards in a similar manner to GHS.
Dr. Karan Singh , Director of Research and Development and co-founder of the MAXCOM Services Division and Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology at the University of Cincinnati. In addition to teaching numerous courses related to OSHA and EPA regulations at the university, he teaches classes on Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Calculations at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, which uniquely qualifies him to determine the degree of hazards associated with hazardous, cytotoxic, and pharmaceutical drugs used in health care settings. Dr Singh has been classifying hazardous workplace chemicals in accordance with the criteria established by OSHA since 1998 and since 2009 in accordance with the criteria established by the GHS. He was employed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in the 1970s, where he developed procedures to extrapolate toxicity and other hazards associated with hazardous chemicals.
Duration: 1 Hour