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9/19/2016
PHMSA and OSHA Issue GHS Guidance for Bulk Chemical Shippers
US DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and OSHA recently issued a joint guidance document to help industry comply with overlapping hazard communication, or “HazCom,” rules for chemicals in the workplace and in transportation.
9/13/2016
TSCA CDR Reports Due September 30!
Update 09/19/16: US EPA has extended the deadline for submitting TSCA Chemical Data Reports from September 30 to October 31, 2016. The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to collect information from chemical manufacturers and importers via the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) program...
9/9/2016
Defective Lithium Batteries Lead to Worldwide Smartphone Recall for Samsung
Early this month, Samsung issued a worldwide recall for all of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sold to date. Dozens of customers have now reported incidents of the new smartphone bursting into flames, leading to concerns about the lithium batteries used in the devices.
9/6/2016
Choosing the Right OSHA Safety Signs
Most safety professionals are familiar with OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) at 29 CFR 1910.1200 for container labels and Safety Data Sheets. But the HCS doesn’t cover everything. Across a typical facility, signs of all shapes, sizes, and colors communicate different hazards to workers. Did you know that many of these safety signs and tags also must meet specific OSHA requirements for communicating biological, mechanical, and other physical hazards?
8/30/2016
HAZWOPER Emergency Response Quick Quiz
When you work with hazardous chemicals, spills happen. Spills can happen for all kinds of reasons, at any time of the day or night, in any facility. When spills do happen, the situation may trigger an emergency response situation under OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Standard at 29 CFR 1910.120. But that's not always the case...
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