![]() Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), the original versions of documents containing chemical hazard information prior to GHS, had as many formats as the imaginations of chemical suppliers would allow, leading to confusion and lost time during situations when workers most needed to access the information. The original intent of the GHS was to bring some consistency and coherency to the hazard information available to workers. In Australia, the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations developed by Safe Work Authority, have been aligned with Revision 3 of the GHS, and are enforceable through state and territorial adoptions of the WHS regulations. Check out our WHMIS page for more information. This WHMIS update is often referred to as WHMIS 2015. In Canada, SDSs and other aspects of HazCom are regulated by Health Canada under the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), which was aligned with Revision 5 of the GHS. Other regulatory agencies and government authorities have also aligned with GHS. ![]() This GHS-aligned HazCom Standard is often referred to as HazCom 2012. In the US, SDSs are regulated under OSHA’s HazCom Standard, which was aligned with Revision 3 of the GHS in 2012. ![]() The GHS is not in itself a regulation or legal obligation, but can become one when an individual regulatory authority issues a rulemaking to align its own hazard communication regulations with a specific edition of the GHS, also known as the “purple book.” For more information, check out our GHS Answer Center. ![]()
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