Employer Attorneys Raise Compliance Worries On OSHA ‘HazCom’ Update

Employer attorneys are raising concerns that OSHA’s upcoming revisions to the Hazard Communication Standard, or HazCom, will impose an array of new and unpredictable burdens for the chemical industry on an international scale, most prominently a mandate to gather data on “any hazards” substances may cause. During an Oct. 18 webinar hosted by the law firm Keller and Heckman, attorney Manesh Rath highlighted several aspects of the 2021 HazCom proposal that could impact chemicals firms at all levels if OSHA...