Are There Chemical Hazards in Your Workplace?The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Regulation Prevails
The Massachusetts Right to Know (RTK) Law became effective in 1984. The workplace portion of the law requires that information on chemical hazards be given to all state, county, and municipal employees.
(prHWY.com) September 25, 2012 - Farmington, CT -- The Massachusetts Right to Know (RTK) Law became effective in 1984. The workplace portion of the law requires that information on chemical hazards be given to all state, county, and municipal employees. The state must provide employees with access to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), label containers of chemicals, and train on chemical hazards and safe work procedures.
Although OSHA regulates the private sector in Massachusetts, changes have occurred that will affect anyone subject to the Massachusetts RTK Law. In March, OSHA announced that it had adopted the new Globally Harmonized System (GHS), thereby aligning OSHA's Hazard Communication standard with the United Nations' GHS of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS standards).
What this regulatory change means to you is that there will be alterations to:
The format of Material Safety Data Sheets (now called Safety Data Sheets).
The types of labels on chemical containers (the use of pictograms) to depict hazards.
The content of Safety Data Sheets, especially those associated with new hazard descriptions.
HRP can provide the training you need to understand these regulatory changes.
HRP Associates, Inc., an environmental and engineering consulting firm, is pleased to announce that Jeffrey R. Sotek, P.E., CSP, CIH is a registered Massachusetts Right to Know Trainer (#13-124). Mr. Sotek is an OSHA 501 trainer and has conducting over 100 health-and-safety training sessions. He has over 21 years of experience on a wide range of health, safety and environmental engineering projects. Mr. Sotek is also the Regional Manager of HRP's Auburn, Massachusetts office.
To learn more about how HRP can meet your training needs and support your environmental health and safety objectives, contact: Jeff Sotek at 855-866-3934 x 101.
HRP is a multidiscipline environmental and engineering consulting firm with three decades of experience providing responsive solutions to private and public sector clients. Our services span the globe, as well as the full spectrum of environmental and civil engineering disciplines. Since 1982, HRP has provided flexible and customized service to over 6,000 industrial, government, and private sector clients in nearly every state and over twenty countries.
To learn more about HRP Associates, visit our website at
www.hrpassociates.com
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