ASHE 50th Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition 2013
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HazCom 2012: Frequently Asked Compliance Questions
Track
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Compliance Strategies
Program Code:
120
Date:
Monday, July 22, 2013
Time:
3:15 PM to 4:30 PM
EST
Location:
GWCC, C205
PRIMARY SPEAKER
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Chuck Haling is the VP of Sales at MSDSonline, a leading provider of sustainable cloud-based compliance solutions that help businesses of all sizes cost-effectively manage a variety of global environmental, health and safety (EH&S) regulatory requirements. Chuck is a sought after speaker ― presenting at dozens of industry events across the country, including VPPPA, NSC and ASSE conferences, on topics ranging from OSHAs Hazard Communication Standard to OSHA's Recordkeeping Rule, incident management and sustainability. He has more than 15 years of high-level strategic management experience and holds an MBA from Northwestern Universitys Kellogg School of Management.
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Description
As deadlines approach for complying with OSHA’s GHS-aligned Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom 2012), environmental health and safety (EH&S) professionals’ questions are becoming tougher. To better prepare you, this session examines questions frequently asked by informed EH&S professionals regarding OSHA’s adoption of GHS, the resulting changes to requirements for labels and safety data sheets (SDSs), OSHA’s HazCom 2012 phased-in compliance deadlines, chemical classification, SDS authoring, and other critical topics. With the first deadline looming on December 1, 2013, this session will enable you to:
Interpret complex compliance issues related to HazCom 2012 and recognize major changes to the required labels and SDSs.
Describe how changes to compliance requirements will affect worker training.
Describe resources for answering HazCom 2012 questions of varying complexity, including those available through OSHA.
Identify which deadline requirements will most affect your facility.
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
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Comprehend the complex compliance issues related to HazCom 2012.
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Identify available resources, for answering HazCom 2012 questions of varying complexity, including those available through OSHA.
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Identify strategies for meeting compliance deadlines, including the Dec. 1, 2013 deadline for training employees on GHS labels and SDS formats.
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Recognize the major compliance changes to labels and SDSs and learn how that affects worker training.