The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, also known as HCS, 29 CFR 1910.1200, HazCom, among others, is a regulation that governs the communication of hazards associated with chemicals in the workplace. For purposes of this post we’ll just go with HCS.
HCS was first adopted in the early 1980s and is a relatively straight forward regulation that in simple terms requires employers to understand the hazards associated with chemicals in their workplace and communicate those hazards to their employees.
During the last ten years HCS has been consistently in the top three most frequently cited OSHA violations, which suggests there is a lot of confusion around this regulation.
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