EPA Proposes Mitigation Measures for Lethal Pesticide
The EPA is proposing mitigation measures to minimize human health incidents associated with paraquat dichloride.
Category: Chemicals
Today’s workplace uses thousands of chemicals, many of which are hazardous. The resources in this section will help guide you in the safe and legal identification, storage, transport, and use of these chemicals, and in making sure that your employees right to know how to be safe around such substances is provided, as required by law.
SPCC Secondary Containment
Q. Is secondary containment necessary for storage containers under 55 gallons (i.e. 5 gallon buckets)?
Clear the Smoke about Women, Cigarettes, and the Workplace
Employers have long been concerned about how smoking affects the workplace in terms of overall health and healthcare costs, the synergistic effects of smoking and workplace exposures, and fire safety. Recently, those concerns have been expanded to include vaping—which, as it turns out, is not really any safer for workers than cigarette smoking. And, just […]
SDS Requirements
Q. Can you provide some guidance on how to satisfy the requirements of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) information without revealing the names or Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) numbers of the chemicals we use in our mixtures?
Lattes and Lungs
Who knew that when you are ordering your morning latte, you are possibly putting your barista and others at risk? Well, that’s a conclusion that can be drawn from a recent National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) report that claims workers at coffee processing facilities risk lung disease due to exposure to airborne […]
Daunting, Tedious, and Critical: First Steps Classifying Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace, Cont.
Every environment, health, and safety (EHS) manager is faced with the daunting and tedious task of ensuring that the hazardous chemicals in their workplace are correctly classified. And, every EHS manager is aware that the correct classification of chemicals and their hazards is the first critical step in ensuring the safety of the workers who […]
Daunting, Tedious, and Critical: First Steps Classifying Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace
Every environment, health, and safety (EHS) manager is faced with the daunting and tedious task of ensuring that the hazardous chemicals in their workplace are correctly classified. And, every EHS manager is aware that the correct classification of chemicals and their hazards is the first critical step in ensuring the safety of the workers who […]
No Chemicals Added in RMP Proposal
There are several significant revisions in EPA’s proposal to amend its Risk Management Program (RMP) affecting approximately 12,500 facilities holding threshold quantities of regulated chemicals. There are also several significant omissions.
Infographic: HazCom and GHS: The Final Deadline
June 1, 2016, is the final deadline in the 4-year phase-in period for OSHA’s 2012 revisions to the hazard communication standard that aligned with the Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, or GHS. Check out the infographic for an overview of what the final deadline requires and tips to make sure […]
It’s All Fun and Games Until Something Explodes: 4 Physical Hazards in the Paint Room
Yesterday, we looked at the health hazards OSHA identified in the paint room at a Connecticut amusement park. But paint rooms pose more than just health hazards. The chemicals involved in paint spray operations also pose fire and explosion hazards that must be addressed. When it inspected the paint spray room at Lake Compounce Family […]