OSHA has finalized a rule revising its hazard communication standard to align it with the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The change will affect more than five million US businesses. This standard was developed more than 30 years ago. OSHA’s final rule makes three significant changes to the current standard. The first two affect chemical manufacturers directly. The third, impacts any employer in the country using hazardous chemicals in the workplace. The rule changes the means by which chemical manufacturers determine to what extent and whether a chemical is hazardous. OSHA’s current hazard communication standard requires manufacturers to consider as hazardous any chemical used in the workplace for which there is statistically significant evidence, based on at least one study conducted in accordance with established scientific principles, that acute or chronic health effects may occur in exposed employees. Under the existing standard, a health hazard includes chemicals that are carcinogens, toxic or highly toxic agents, reproductive toxins, irritants, corrosives, and sensitizers, among others.
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