On June 24, 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will conduct a virtual public meeting to discuss the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and ...

Since the original HCS, OSHA has actively participated in efforts to develop an internationally harmonized system of chemical hazard communication.

OSHA proposed these changes to align the HCS with the GHS while improving the classification and communication of hazards and maintaining or enhancing worker safety and health.

OSHA updated the standard in 2012 to align with the third revision of the GHS to provide a common and coherent approach to classifying chemicals and communicating hazard information. Watch a short ...

Although the GHS's most current version is Revision 8, published in 2019, OSHA is aligning with the previous version of the GHS, published in 2017.

Quick Visual Hazard Alerts: Most organizations are moving toward use of the Global Harmonized System (GHS) pictograms on labels to warn users of major hazards. Prior to GHS implementation, the ...

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The new resource will allow users to create a label compliant with the Globally Harmonized Standard (GHS) of hazard safety. The GHS generator tool is designed to provide organizations of all sizes a ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised standards for hazardous communications over the past few years to be more in-line with the Global Harmonized System, which is used ...

One year after OSHA's June 1, 2016, "Globally Harmonized System" (GHS) label end user deadline, more than 21 percent of companies had not yet met all requirements, according to a new survey. The ...

One year after OSHA's June 1, 2016, "Globally Harmonized System" (GHS) label end user deadline, more than 21 percent of companies had not yet met all requirements, according to a new survey. The ...