About Course
More than 30 million workers are potentially exposed to one or more chemical hazards in the workplace. There are an estimated 650,000 existing hazardous chemical products and hundreds of new ones are being introduced annually. This poses a serious challenge for employers as well as a health and safety hazard for exposed employees.
Because of the seriousness of these safety and health problems, and because many employers and employees know little or nothing about them, OSHA issued the original Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) in 1994. The basic goal of the standard is to be sure employers and employees know about work hazards and how to protect themselves; this should help to reduce the incidence of chemical source illness and injuries. As you can see in the image to the right, Hazard Communication is close to the top of OSHA's Top Ten Cited Standards and is consistently at or near the top each year.
OSHA's Top 10
Look at OSHA’s Top 10 most frequently cited violations for 2020 by clicking on the image to the right.
In March 2012, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revised its Hazard Communication Standard to align it with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).
This course will discuss OSHA's 2012 Hazard Communication Standard and how employees can protect themselves from the dangers of hazardous chemicals in their work environment.
