NASF OSHA Alert: OSHA Proposed Update to Hazard Communication Standard
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend and update the agency's Hazard Communication Standard. NASF reached OSHA officials and discussed the changes the day the new rulemaking package was announced. The formal proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on February 16, 2021 and can be found here. The move would update the current US regulation to align with the most recent version (revision 7) of the UN Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). It also seeks to ...