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Alliance Program Hazard Communication Roundtable |
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Representatives from 18 Alliances met on February 15, 2005, to discuss the
development of hazard communication compliance assistance resources. The
roundtable included an update from Jennifer Silk, the deputy director
of Directorate of Standards and Guidance, on OSHA's Hazard
Communication Initiative. The group
then identified specific hazard communication issues to discuss further and
broke into workgroups to identify outreach and compliance assistance projects
they would be interested in working on together.
As a result of the meeting, the attendees agreed to work together to address
several issues:
- Hazard Communication Awareness and Training
- Developing Model MSDSs
- Promoting the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals
As an outcome of the roundtable, the
GHS workgroup was established.
The group met to discuss developing compliance assistance tools and other resources
Representatives from the following Alliance Program participants attended the meeting:
- Airline Industry
- American Industrial Hygiene Association
- Association for High Technology Distribution
- Building Service Contractors Association International
- Club Managers Association of America
- Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair
- Graphic Arts Coalition
- Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association
- National Air Transportation Association - Airline Services Council
- National Federation of Independent Business
- National Fire Protection Association
- National Hearing Conservation Association
- National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
- Reactives
- Society for Chemical Hazard Communication
- Society of the Plastics Industry
- Steel Group
- The Dow Chemical Company
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Alliance Program participant representatives with Chief of Staff Kim Lazor at
the
February 15, 2005, Hazard Communication Alliance Roundtable
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Promoting the Globally Harmonized System for Classification
and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) Workgroup, August 1, 2005
The Promoting the GHS Workgroup met on August 1, 2005 to discuss the development and distribution of
resources to promote the GHS to small business in anticipation of OSHA's revising its hazard
communication standard (HCS) to adopt the GHS. As a result of the meeting, the workgroup identified
the need for developing the following four publications:
- an overview of the benefits of the GHS and explanation of why OSHA is adopting it
- a frequently asked questions document that explains the GHS's impact
- a side-by-side comparison of OSHA's existing HCS and the GHS
- examples comparing chemical container labels and material safety data sheets prepared under
OSHA's HCS and the GHS
Representatives from the following Alliances are participating on the
Promoting the GHS workgroup:
- American Industrial Hygiene Association
- American Foundry Society
- American Society of Safety Engineers
- Association for High Technology Distribution
- Chemical Reactivity Hazards Management Alliance
- Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair
- Graphic Arts Coalition
- Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association
- National Air Transportation Association – Airlines Services Council
- National Federation of Independent Business
- Society for Chemical Hazard Communication
- Society of the Plastics Industry
- The Dow Chemical Company
Promoting the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of
Chemicals (GHS) Workgroup, October 25, 2006
The Promoting the GHS Workgroup met on October 25, 2006 to discuss the compliance assistance
elements of the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) that was published in the Federal
Register on September 12, 2006 announcing OSHA's intention to adopt the GHS as part of the Agency's
hazard communication standard.
During the meeting, the Workgroup participants identified compliance assistance tools and products
to educate the public, particularly small businesses, about the GHS. They also provided
recommendations on the target audiences, subjects and formats of and methods for distributing the
information. Meeting participants included safety and health professionals from trade and
professional associations, government agencies and corporations.
Representatives from the following Alliances attended the Promoting the GHS Workgroup meeting:
- American Industrial Hygiene Association
- American Foundry Society
- American Society of Safety Engineers
- Chemical Reactivity Hazards Management
- Club Managers Association of America
- Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Graphic Arts Coalition
- Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc.
- Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association
- ISSA
- International Warehouse Logistics Association
- National Association of Home Builders
- National Association of Shooting Ranges and Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute
- Shipbuilders Council of America
- Society for Chemical Hazard Communication
- The Steel Group
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