Safe Handling of Hazardous Materials

Safe Handling of Hazardous Materials
Hazardous Materials For Sale within the Continental US Only
Chemical name Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) Hazard Communication
Standard Pictogram
Lithium sulfide, Lithium sulphide
Lithium
LiPF6
  • GHS Label Example & Labeling Requirements , GHS Compliant Labels
  • In 2012, OSHA updated laws to match the UN’s Globally Harmonized System of the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
  • The GHS covers new ways to define what chemicals are unsafe for people and the earth. It also defines what info should be on labels of hazardous chemicals and Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

KEY DEADLINES

Dec. 1, 2013

Employers train workers on new labels and MSDS formats.

June 1, 2015

Companies who make, import, or sell chemicals must reclassify chemicals and update labels and SDS.

Dec. 1, 2015

Distributors no longer ship chemicals labeled under old standards.

June 1, 2016

Employers fully compliant with GHS.


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