Hazardous Materials & Dangerous Goods Transport & Supply News

Whether you're a seasoned industry professional or a newcomer seeking to understand hazardous materials handling, this post is tailored to offer insights and guidance. Let’s unlock the answers to your most pressing questions in Hazardous Materials Incident Reporting as presented by PHMSA based off of historical letters of interpretation (LOI) related to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR).

Thank you following along throughout our OSHA HCS Updates blog post series! Throughout this journey, CHEMTREC has provided a thorough examination of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) final rule. Our inaugural post offered a comprehensive overview, followed by weekly breakdowns of key updates. We explored Hazard Classification updates in our second blog and last week we published blog post three, Label Element Allocation and General Label Updates. In our fourth and final installment, we cover Safety Data Sheet (SDS) updates!

CHEMTREC and the Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD), recently convened a panel of professionals to share their experience of preparing for hurricane season. Here are the top 10 tips for achieving hurricane preparedness in the chemical industry.

By now, you’re well-acquainted with our thorough examination of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) final rule. Subsequent to this, we published, Blog Post 2: Physical and Health Hazard Classification Updates. In this third Blog Post, we will cover updates to the allocation of label elements and general label updates.

Last week, CHEMTREC posted its it's comprehensive insight into the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). This week, we cover hazard classification updates: Hazard Clarification update to the language of Paragraph (d)(1), Physical Hazards and Health Hazards.