Introduction to GHS for Construction Workers
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Chemicals help produce the food that we eat and the water that we drink. In fact, virtually everything that we use is produced with the aid of chemicals. But there is good reason that the word "chemicals" can put us on edge, because we know that chemicals can be hazardous. To help protect employees from these hazards, in 1983 OSHA created the Hazard Communication Standard. In an update since then, OSHA has incorporated the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals, GHS for short, into the standard.
This program identifies why the GHS is needed and how it affects the way construction workers interact safely with chemicals. Topics include:
- How the GHS and the Hazard Communication Standard work together
- Why OSHA adopted the GHS
- How the GHS changed the Standard
- The sections of an SDS
- The parts of a GHS label and the training to understand the symbols on a label