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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

OSH Law Primer, Part IX: Hazard Communication

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/9/2024

This is the ninth installment in a series of articles intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 and the Occupational Safety and Health...more

Communication is Key: OSHA’s Amended Hazard Communication Standard

Williams Mullen on 6/25/2024

OSHA is amending its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) regulations which require chemical manufacturers and importers to classify the hazards of chemicals they produce or import and to provide their employees information...more

[Webinar] Major Updates to OSHA's Hazard Communication (Chemical Right-to-Know) Standard - June 20th, 1:00 pm ET

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 5/31/2024

On May 20, 2024, OSHA published its long-in-the-making revision to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). OSHA’s revised its standard to better align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification...more

OSHA Enforcement: Atlanta, Georgia Chemical Manufacturer Proposed Penalty Assessment

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/14/2024

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a March 8 news release and link to a Citation and Notice of Penalty for Southern Industrial Chemicals Inc. South Industrial Chemicals Inc. is stated to be...more

OSHA Updates Its Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Instruction

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/9/2024

On January 26, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its updated Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Instruction, providing enforcement guidance related to compliance with...more

OSHA Proposes Changes to Align Hazard Communication Standard with GHS Revision 7

Littler on 3/1/2021

On February 16, 2021, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking to update its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)....more

Hazardous Chemicals/OSHA Enforcement: San Angelo, Texas Meat-Packing Plant Cited for Alleged Violations

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/28/2019

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a May 6th news release stating that it had cited 7 S Packing LLC (“7 S”) for allegedly exposing workers to releases of hazardous chemicals. 7 S is stated to...more

Overlapping Labels Can Lead to Liability

Williams Mullen on 8/12/2016

Multiple regulatory agencies worldwide exercise jurisdiction over how hazards associated with chemicals in the workplace are communicated to employees and others. This creates a complex web of requirements and...more

Environmental Notes - August 2016

Williams Mullen on 8/11/2016

Time to Pay More: EPA Increases Maximum Civil Penalties - Remember the days when the maximum civil penalty EPA could assess for a violation of environmental law was $25,000 per day? Those days disappeared 26 years ago...more

OSHA Soliciting Comments for New Guidance for Determining Potential Health Hazards of Chemicals

BakerHostetler on 3/21/2016

On February 12, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced that it plans to issue new guidance as part of its effort to protect workers from the hazards of chemicals....more

OSHA Enforcement Memo and Interim Policy on the Process Safety Management Retail Exemption

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/24/2015

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued yesterday an enforcement memo (Memo) and an interim policy (Policy) on the PSM retail exemption. Tho Memo revised OSHA’s interpretation of the exemption of retail...more

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