OSHA, chemical safety group renew alliance

OSHA on Monday renewed its alliance with the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication to reduce and prevent worker exposure to chemical hazards, a move that comes as OSHA explores the potential for new rulemaking to update its worker right-to-know regulations. The alliance, OSHA says, is intended to increase awareness of the requirements of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals and the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers under the OSH Act. “American workers use...