Hazard Communication and GHS: What Employees Need to Know (Refresher)

Course Description:

This session discusses the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s, or OSHA’s, Hazard Communication Standard, or HazCom.

HazCom describes what employers must do to inform employees about chemical hazards in the workplace. Employers must provide you with:

• A written HazCom program that explains how the information is communicated to you.
• A list of the hazardous chemicals used in your workplace so you know that you might be asked to use a potentially hazardous chemical. The list is included in the written HazCom program.
• Safety data sheets, or SDSs, for each type of hazardous chemical. These contain detailed information about the chemical, its possible hazards, and ways to protect yourself.
• Labels on containers that identify and describe the chemical hazards; and
• Training that teaches you about the HazCom Standard, tells you how to read and understand the information on SDSs and chemical labels, and shows you ways you can protect yourself against possible hazards.

The HazCom standard, which is also referred to as the worker right to know standard, makes sure that you know all about the possible dangers of hazardous chemicals that you use in your job and gives you the information to protect yourself from those hazards.

Why “Hazard Communication and GHS: What Employees Need to Know (Refresher)” Matters:

At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Access information on safety data sheets (SDSs)
• Interpret information on shipped container chemical labels
• Recognize the content of written HazCom program, including information on workplace and small container labels