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Featured Resource: International Labor Office. Geneva.
- Workplace Health and Safety InformationInternational Labour Office, c1998-
- CISILO DatabaseInternational, multilingual database provides references to all aspects of health and safety with an emphasis on training and policy documents from various countries.
- ILO Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety4th Edition
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Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management
- Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management (CHEMM)
Tools for responders of mass-casualty incidents involving chemicals -National Library of Medicine.
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About MSDS - Hazard Communication Standard
- Hazard classification: Provides specific criteria for classification of health and physical hazards, as well as classification of mixtures.
- Labels: Chemical manufacturers and importers will be required to provide a label that includes a harmonized signal word, pictogram, and hazard statement for each hazard class and category. Precautionary statements must also be provided.
- Safety Data Sheets: Will now have a specified 16-section format.
- Information and training: Employers are required to train workers by December 1, 2013 on the new labels elements and safety data sheets format to facilitate recognition and understanding. http://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/index.html
- Material safety data sheets [1912-3000]
Lexis/Nexis - Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) U.S. Department of Labor | Occupational Safety & Health Administration
- OSHA - Hazard Communication U.S. Department of Labor | Occupational Safety & Health Administration | 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210
Telephone: 800-321-OSHA (6742) | TTY: 877-889-5627
www.OSHA.gov - Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Fourth revised edition, © United Nations, 2011. Safety Data Sheets: Will now have a specified 16-section format.
- OSHA Quick Takes (March 22, 2012 · Volume 11, Issue 7) SPECIAL ISSUE: OSHA Aligns Hazard Communication Standard with the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals
- Hazard Communication Standard QuickCards OSHA
National Library of Medicine: Occupational Health & Safety
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Advancing the science of environmental public health.
- Center for Applied Environmental Public Health (CAEPH)Tulane University. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
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