Hazard Communication


Chemical Management on the Go -- What's New in Mobile Solutions

It's critical to ensure that key chemical safety information and inventory management functions are readily available and at the fingertips of your personnel.

Fall Protection Tops OSHA's FY2013 Violations

The top ten list announced Sept. 30 contains many familiar items, including Hazard Communication, powered industrial trucks, lockout/tagout, and electrical general requirements.

Wholesale adoption of GHS hazard classsification principles will disrupt chemical hazard assessment programs and heighten problems manufacturers and importers will face.

Newest HazCom Chemical Hazard: GHS Classification Shock

Employers should be prepared to address new hazards for chemicals, even for chemicals that have been used in the workplace for years.

EPA Unveils Online Database on Chemicals' Safety

ChemView displays health and safety data, making it possible to compare chemicals by use and by health or environmental effects, and it allows searches by chemical name or Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number, use, hazard effect, or regulatory action

The free web mobile app for hazmat responders has been downloaded almost 83,000 times, PHMSA reported Aug. 30.

More Than 80,000 Emergency Response Guidebook Apps Downloaded

DOT's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration first offered the free, mobile web app of its 2012 ERG in January 2013 to assist emergency responders.

New FAA, OSHA Policy Aims to Protect Aircraft Cabin Crew Members

New FAA, OSHA Policy Aims to Protect Aircraft Cabin Crew Members

OSHA will be able to enforce some safety and health standards not currently covered by FAA oversight.

MSHA: OSHA's HazCom Standard Meets Requirements of Its Standard

The agency's new guidance "reflects MSHA's understanding that many mine operators are meeting OSHA's HazCom Standard," according to the MSHA news release.

Labor/Management Forum Among VPPPA Conference Highlights

The forum taking place Monday morning, Aug. 26, will be moderated by VPPPA board member Stephen Gauthier and is scheduled to be attended by OSHA Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels.



Wal-Mart Stores, OSHA Reach Corporate-Wide Settlement

The settlement resolves two enforcement cases and applies to all 2,857 Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores in OSHA's jurisdiction.

President Obama Signs Major Disaster Declaration for West

The Aug. 2 signing came one day after his executive order directing EPA, DHS, DOL, and DOJ to collaborate more, sharing information about high-risk facilities, inspections, enforcement, and incident investigation.

Lautenberg's Legacy

The Chemical Safety Improvement Act, a bipartisan agreement, was a welcome surprise from Capitol Hill.

Chemistry-Related Accidents Spur Action

New safety initiatives and a National Academy of Sciences study have come in response to dozens of accidents in recent years at industrial and academic labs.

2013 National Safety Congress & Expo, Chicago, McCormick Place, The Art Institute of Chicago

The Big Show Returns to Chicago

Oct. 1’s third keynote session, a new addition to the educational program this year, looks like a "must attend" session of its own: the Prescription Drug Keynote.

Counting Down to VPPPA's Annual Conference

The Aug. 26-29 national conference, one of the top annual events on the safety community's calendar, will take place at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville.

IAEA Launches Android Isotope App

The agency's Nuclear Data Section's Isotope Browser will provide quick information on the properties of more than 4,000 isotopes.

Boxer Asks Nation's Governors to Control Ammonium Nitrate Hazards

The California senator chairs the Environment and Public Works Committee, which held an oversight hearing last month about the West, Texas, explosion and two other blasts.

WHO Launches Chemical Risk Assessment Network

"Enhanced global efforts are needed to share expertise, to assess, and to manage the risks associated with exposure to hazardous chemicals," according to the agency.

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same

When your data shows a troublesome negative trend, rely on core safety principles that have worked throughout the years to get things turned around and your program back on track.

The June 8-11 event in Orlando will be here before you know it, and it follows a highly successful conference in another prime destination, Las Vegas.

Looking Ahead to Safety 2014

The June 8-11 event in Orlando will be here before you know it, and it follows a highly successful conference in another prime destination, Las Vegas.

OSHA's Michaels: 'Very Concerned' About Temporary Workers' Training

Forestry and building and framing are two industries where the agency believes many temps are employed.

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