On 5th February 2021, The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a proposed rule to update their existing Hazard Communications Standard (HCS) to align with the GHS Revision 7.
The proposed rule aims to:
OSHA established the HCS in 1983 to provide a standardised approach to workplace hazard communication. The HCS was last updated in 2012 to align with the GHS Revision 3.
More information is available via ‘US Department of Labor’s OSHA issues proposed rule to update hazard communication standard’.