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    812472018 'SDS Authoring: Mastering the New GHS Safely Data Sheets & Labels ‘Management Sluions ) ERA's Environmental Compliance Management Blog SDS Authoring: Mastering the New GHS Safety Data Sheets & Labels Posted by Alex Chamteriain ‘Alex Chambers isa wre for ERA Environmental Management Solon. Find me on ‘The U.S. OSHA (Occupational Health and Safely Adminstration) has commited seo updating he way tat al workplace chemicals manufactured in ‘ho U.S. got labeled so that thay conform wit the new Globally Harmonized System (GHS) standards. This could mean some big changes are onthe way sf your business manufacturers or exports chemicals or chemical matures. Read more about te upcoming changes here. {GHS is @ Unites Nations-iven project that attempts to gt every country to use the same syst fr labeling chomicals and wrtng safety data shoots {(S0Ss) in ordr to reduce workplace safety hazards and spl Tho goals o produce the most accurate data possible and to rake i consistent across ‘evry county, 98 right now a chemical ean be classified and labeled ferent ftom county to county, [At the moment, the European Union has already switched over to GHS for chemical manufacturing, and e making moves te implement GHS standards for chemical mitur in the next few yoars, Canada has made a similar commitment a th United States, meaning thatthe entre Nort American chemical Industry is embracing te now systom, Cake acc Pee eg The 4 Essential Label Elements While ther wil be @ tof overlap between the OSHA-stle MSDS and the new GHS SDS, the GHS way of MSDS authoring invoduces four key elements ‘at are not universally found on OSHA-compliant MSDS or labels. ‘Signal Words lana words are the phrasse used to immecatly icentify the hazardlavl ssocited win the use ofthe chemscal, Ther is only ane signal wor for par 0S or label, determines by the highest potential hazard evel, andi always appears noar the vary op ofthe page ~ in many ways tis the fist no of

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