Its purpose is to provide expert scientific advice, information, and recommendations to the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, which manages programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Pollution Prevention Act.
The expo is bulging with a record number of exhibitors, an ASSE spokesman confirmed, and the downtown area's attractions are impressing visitors.
If your company has fallen behind, it's time to get caught up. That means your workers need to have their training, your SDS collection needs to be up to date, your labels need to be in place, and you need a system for updating and maintaining all of those elements.
The agencies plan to implement a system allowing the use of one label and one safety data sheet that would be acceptable in both countries.
NIOSH has asked reviewers to consider whether the skin notation profiles clearly outline the systemic health hazards, direct health hazards, and allergic response health hazards associated with exposures of the skin to each chemical.
How the flexible polyurethane foam manufacturing industry manages the handling of toluene diisocyanate.
Reviews uncover revisions that will need to be made, procedures that will need to be updated, and training that may need to be changed.
According to OSHA, any chemical that could possibly cause any physical or health effect under expected conditions of use or reasonably anticipated conditions of misuse is hazardous.
Updating the PELs is an important issue. OSHA’s RFI is broader than that, encompassing other strategies it could use to address workers’ exposures to hazardous chemicals.
OSHA found that Marietta Corp. and its staffing agency violated safety standards.
The new center is a hub of information including a listing of certified industrial hygiene consultants.
A group of dangerous new synthetic drugs led to a large spike in poison center calls in the United States.
The alliance aims to reduce and prevent workers' exposure to chemical hazards.
The bulletin includes guidance on reducing the hazards for tobacco workers.
The company failed to provide timely notification of a defect in more than 4 million car seats.
OSHA said it received many requests from stakeholders seeking more time so they can research and formulate responses to questions included in the RFI.
OSHA has fined Polychem Services Inc. $110,000 in the enforcement case.
The transition is scheduled to be complete by Dec. 1, 2018. Health Canada said the newly finalized regulations deliver on a key Regulatory Cooperation Council initiative.
AMB Construction now faces $113,300 in fines.
The accident occurred at an auto parts manufacturer in Pell City, Alabama.