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This webinar occured on: August 1, 2012
According to OSHA, “implementing GHS will enhance worker comprehension, resulting in appropriate handling and use of chemicals” so the big question is do we know how to use GHS to make this a reality in our workplace or will we give GHS the same lip service that we gave to the old hazcom standard?
OSHA contends that “the primary benefit of the GHS is to increase the quality and consistency of information provided to workers”. While GHS may certainly be an improvement, we will definitely need to make certain that our training plans focus on more than just attempting to teach employees how to find information on the new SDS or we will be once again be giving the new standard “lip service”.
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: August 1, 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