OSHA’s Revised Hazard Communication – premier connection

The most recent update of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard was in this year.

The new name for Material Safety Data Sheet is:

In addition to a precautionary statement, signal word, and hazard statement, chemical manufacturers are required to include this on their label of their products.

Some of the pictograms used on labels are:

The Hazard Communication Plan describes:

SDSs provide information relative to the entry routes, i.e. eyes, ingestion, inhalation, skin

The Skull and Crossbones pictogram represents:

The Flame and Circle pictogram indicates the chemical is an oxidizer.

Information on the new labeling includes the following:

The Signal Word on a label is either Danger or Warning: