According to Geoffrey Peckham, CEO of Clarion Safety Systems, LLC, “Global consistency is important to safety communications for the simple reason that we live in an increasingly interconnected world.” Peckham believes OSHA’s final rule to revise its hazard communication standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) to align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) will not only “signal to the world that the U.S. is on board with the idea that safety matters, but also begins the process of accepting internationally standardized graphical symbols as the means to improve the communication of critically important safety information.”
Click here to read a complete interview with Geoffrey Peckham from the latest issue of Safely Made, the Manufacturing Practice Specialty’s online technical publication.
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