Hazard Communication Standard You may recall back in 2024 the Occupational Health and Safety Administration finalized their Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) final rule in which they amended the HCS to align with Global Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of …
Transportation of hazardous materials integral to spacecraft payloads or components – The Future is Now! For those of us who grew up watching Star Trek and its many different variants, space truly seemed like the “Final Frontier.” As technology has …
Are You Ready? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) with its final rule which was published on May 20,204 and took effect July 19, 2024. In it, OSHA laid out specific dates and …
IATA DGR Recently published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), was the 67th edition of the Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) changes and amendments, which incorporate all amendments made by the ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel. In its publication, it highlights …
Domestic Aerosol’s Earlier this month the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published it’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update the definition of an aerosol. PHMSA believes this update will help reduce both unnecessary …
SNURS For those who were originally going to be affected by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed significant new use rules (SNUR) published in the federal register on June 20, 2023, which covered 18 chemical substances, you no longer must …
Site-Specific Targeting Recently The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a National News Release updating its inspection program which focusses on establishments with the highest rate of injuries and illnesses based on submitted data …
Understanding Reverse Logistics and Returning Hazardous Materials For most of us in the industry we fall under the definition of a hazmat employee or hazmat shipper and fall under the training requirement listed under 49 CFR § 172.704 and never …
Submission Period Change On May 13, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) published its interim final rule amending the data submission period for manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The Reporting period now begins April 13, 2026, …
Injury Tracking Application (ITA) Data Some of you may or may not know this, but you can review the data collected on the OSHA 300, 300A, and 301 forms submitted to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) through its …