--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Hazard Communication description: Hazard Communication | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [OSHA updates its Hazard Communication Standard](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-updates-its-hazard-communication-standard) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Jun 17, 2024 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/images/Chemicals4.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-updates-its-hazard-communication-standard) Since the 1980s, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has required most employers to protect their workers from workplace chemical hazards, and to train workers to protect themselves.  Most employers are subject to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS; 29 CFR 1910.1200), or to variants imposed by states delegated OSHA’s authority. Many of the present requirements were established by massive revisions adopted in March 2012, when OSHA recast HCS to align it with the United Nations-sponsored Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).  OSHA’s 2012 revisions conformed the US to GHS Revision 3, which was issued internationally in 2002.  The most obvious change was the adoption of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) to replace longstanding Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), but employers faced a series of deadlines during 2013-2016.  On May 20, 2024, OSHA significantly updated HCS requirements for the first time since 2012, primarily to reflect GHS changes through Revision 7 (which was published in 2017). OSHA’s revisions take effect on July 19. The remainder of this note summarizes these changes, based on the affected subsections or appendices. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-updates-its-hazard-communication-standard) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-updates-its-hazard-communication-standard#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Safety and Health at Work](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-and-health-at-work), [workplace safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-safety), [Hazardous Waste](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazardous-waste), [Hazard Communication](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazard-communication), [Hazardous Chemicals](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazardous-chemicals) ## [OSHA laboratory standard](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-laboratory-standard) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Mar 07, 2022 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/AdobeStock_143712208-1-1.jpeg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-laboratory-standard) According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), half a million Americans work in “laboratories.” For more than 30 years, OSHA has administered its “Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories” standard – usually just called the Laboratory Standard – to protect employees “engaged in the laboratory use of hazardous chemicals” (29 CFR 1910.1450). The rest of this note discusses these requirements. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-laboratory-standard) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-laboratory-standard#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Hazard Communication](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazard-communication) ## [OSHA proposes to update its Hazard Communication Standard](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposes-to-update-its-hazard-communication-standard) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Mar 30, 2021 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/chem-safety-1.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposes-to-update-its-hazard-communication-standard) Since the 1980s, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has required most employers to protect their workers from workplace chemical hazards, and to train workers to protect themselves.  Most employers are subject to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS; 29 CFR 1910.1200), or to variants imposed by states delegated OSHA’s authority. OSHA revises its HCS from time to time; by far the biggest revisions were adopted in March 2012, when OSHA recast HCS to align it with the United Nations-sponsored Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).  OSHA’s 2012 revisions conformed the US to GHS Revision 3, which was issued internationally in 2002.  The most obvious change was the adoption of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) to replace longstanding Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), but employers faced a series of deadlines during 2013-2016. 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