HCL Labels, Inc. introduces OSHA GHS-compliant labeling. Required by 29 CFR 1910.1200, the labels reportedly enable U.S.-based chemical companies to align with the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.
“The new labels enable chemical manufacturers to improve the safety of handlers, shippers and users in the U.S. and around the world,” explains Fernando Nell, CEO of HCL Labels and an environmental health and safety consultant. “Each label identifies a hazardous substance by chemical name and composition and provides pictograms of the hazard, ‘Danger’ or ‘Warning’ signal words, precautionary and hazard statements and first aid information.”
According to OSHA, says HCL, the revised standard will “reduce trade barriers and result in...productivity improvements for American businesses that regularly handle, store and use hazardous chemicals, as well as cost savings...when revising [relevant] safety data sheets and labels.”
HCL Labels offers more than 700 ready-made OSHA GHS-compliant labels and the ability to produce compliant labels for custom chemicals. The library of OSHA GHS-compliant hazard communication labels ranges from familiar substances such as ethanol to extremely dangerous chemicals such as hydrogen fluoride, used in etching glass and pickling stainless steel, according to the company.
For more information, visit: www.hclco.com