Sometimes, this government wears me out. A friend and I had this discussion last week about Chemical Container Labeling. The standard is VERY CLEAR (for those who take the time to read it).
It comes down to the following:
1910.1200(f)(1) Labels on shipped containers
vs
1910.1200(f)(6) Workplace labeling
So the first sentence in OSHA’s newest Quick Card is flat-out WRONG. Here are my previous articles explaining the HAZCOM labeling requirements for “shipped containers” and “Workplace secondary containers”:
Published: 08 April 2019
Chemical container labeling, GHS Pictograms, NFPA 704, and HMIS and the dead horse!
Published: 10 September 2020
Have you seen these? Where do they belong?
Published: 17 May 2019
There is a difference in labels on “shipped containers” and “workplace labeling”
Published: 26 March 2018
Does OSHA’s new GHS for Hazardous Communications require my fixed storage tanks to have Pictograms?
Published: 06 May 2017
OSHA’s GHS Labeling made easy!!!!
Published: 23 January 2014
OSHA issues LOI on the NEW HAZCOM Std and Combustible Dust
Published: 11 April 2013