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Will the Globally Harmonized
System put your Business at Risk?
Globally
Harmonized
System
GHS
A new system for classifying
and labelling chemicals.
GHS
Worldwide initiative to promote
standard criteria for classifying
chemical hazards.
GHS
Introduces new chemical
determinations: some existing
MSDS classifications will
change.
GHS
Allows countries to make
adjustments to the standard but
encourages an internationally
harmonized approach.
GHS
Introduceds new standardized
Hazard & Precautionary
Statements, pictographs, and
signal words.
GHS
But the biggest change that is
causing Anxiety and creating
Risk for manufacturers…
The GHS replaces MSDS with new
Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
OSHA predicts that GHS will
have many benefits…
OSHA estimates that the revised HCS will prevent
43 fatalities and 585 injuries and illnessesannually.
source: https://www.osha.gov/as/opaf/acts-hcs-ghs.html
Total Savings of $475.2 million from productivity
improvements.
source: https://www.osha.gov/as/opaf/acts-hcs-ghs.html
Total savings of $32.2 million during periodic updating
of SDSs and labels.
source: https://www.osha.gov/as/opaf/acts-hcs-ghs.html
Total savings of $285.3 million from simplified hazard
communication training.
source: https://www.osha.gov/as/opaf/acts-hcs-ghs.html
But these benefits come at a
Cost and with Risks:
New compliance deadlines to
meet…
RISK:
… with penalties for not meeting
them on time.
Changes to your safety
procedures…
RISK:
… putting employee safety and
productivity at risk during the
transition.
Shake ups in the market…
RISK:
… meaning you could lose your
place in the supply chain to a
competitor with their SDSs ready
to go ahead of schedule.
Let’s take a closer look at
Risk #1:
Deadlines
December 1, 2013
Compliance deadlines
Train employees on how to use the new label
elements and SDS format.
This step should already be done!
December 1, 2013
June 1, 2015
Compliance deadlines
For chemical/coating manufacturers:
All materials must be classified
according to new GHS regulations.
MSDSs must be converted to SDSs.
All products shipped must be
accompanied by an SDS.
December 1, 2013
June 1, 2015
December 1, 2015
Compliance deadlines
All chemical/coating distributors
must ship all products with a GHS-
compliant container label.
December 1, 2013
June 1, 2015
December 1, 2015
Compliance deadlines June 1, 2016
Employees must be trained on all
new chemical classificaitons in
the workplace, and all products
on site must have updated GHS
labels.
You must also update your
HAZCOM plans accordingly (per
OSHA regulation).
December 1, 2013
June 1, 2015
December 1, 2015
Compliance deadlines
Train employees on the new label elements
and SDS format
Classify Hazards
Ship with GHS SDSs
Ship products with GHS Labels
June 1, 2016
Update Workplace Labels
Those upcoming deadlines are fast
approaching.
How long it will take you to comply depends
entirely on your process for SDS authoring.
A single simple SDS could take an
experienced EH&S professional anywhere
from 2 -3 days of work.
A more complex SDS could take as much
as 2 whole weeks of work.
With only weeks left before the SDS
deadline, sites with more than a few
products on site are facing a
Time Crunch.
Most businesses are turning to SDS
Authoring Software to get them through
the GHS transition without the stress of
deadlines, loss of productivity, and
interruptions to other EH&S reporting
obligations.
SDS Authoring Software can author a
complete and accurate SDS in less
than 5 minutes, compared to days for
manual authoring.
Risk #2:
Changes to
Safety Procedures
Some safe-handling procedures for
materials may change under the GHS.
For example, a material may now suddenly
be classified as an eye irritant when it
wasn’t before.
Of course improved safety data is better for
employee safety – it’s a good thing! – but
it also means changing your routines…
and that often leads to increased
accidents or mistakes while everyone
adapts.
How can you improve
workplace safety?
Reduce the gap between training staff on
how to read SDSs and actually using them in
the workplace:
OSHA training deadline: December 2013
SDSs deadline: June 2015
This year+ gap means you should retrain
again closer to June 2015.
The sooner you get your MSDSs converted to
SDSs, the smoother the transition will be for
your employees – mitigating safety and
productivity risks.
Risk #3:
Loss of Business
Some of your most important clients are
depending on you to provide SDSs in a
timely manner.
But if you lag behind your competitors, you
might get SQUEEZED out.
In highly competitive supply chains,
being the first to boast GHS compliance
could generate some big wins.
Large original equipment manufacturers
(OEMs) are facing the highest degree of
material complexity – and are depending
on their suppliers to assist them by
providing SDSs as soon as possible…
… being on top of your GHS Compliance
gets you on the inside track for OEM
preferable purchasing programs.
Want to learn more about the
risks the GHS presents to
your business?
Download your Free Guide:
Business Risks and Opportunities
Associated with the GHS Transition
The real question is:
How can you manage the
RISKS of GHS and meet the
deadlines without feeling
the CRUNCH?
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Environmental Management Solutions
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Over twenty years providing solutions for chemical
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Learn more:
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Email us: [email protected]
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Business Risks and Opportunities
Associated with the GHS Transition
