Evaluating Chemicals
Requirements for chemical manufacturers, distributors, and importers are different than those for employers who only use manufactured chemicals.
Chemical manufacturers and importers must evaluate chemicals produced in their workplaces or imported by them to classify the chemicals in accordance with the HCS.
Employers are not required to classify chemicals. The only exception to this is if the employer chooses not to rely on the classifications performed by the chemical manufacturer or importer for the chemical to satisfy this requirement.
An employer's general responsibilities under the HCS include:
- ensure proper container labeling,
- Safety Data Sheet maintenance and use,
- provide information and training, and
- develop and implement a written hazard communication plan.
Throughout the rest of the course, pay special attention to those areas you have listed as inadequate. You may gain some good ideas about how to improve those areas.
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1-6. Who is required by the HCS standard to classify chemicals?
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