🧪 Hazard Communication & Chemical Safety (GHS)

Understand your right to know about workplace chemicals — the Globally Harmonized System (GHS), the 16-section Safety Data Sheet, the 9 pictograms, signal words, H & P statements, container labels, exposure limits and the hierarchy of controls. It maps to GHS / OSHA HazCom 1910.1200. The course is organized into 7 modules, ending with a final exam (pass mark 80%). It is free awareness-level training designed for anyone who needs a practical, working understanding of the topic.

What you'll learn

• GHS, OSHA HazCom & your right to know
• The 16-section Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
• The 9 pictograms, signal words & H/P statements
• Container labels & secondary (workplace) labelling
• Exposure limits & routes of entry
• Controls: hierarchy, ventilation, substitution & PPE
• Storage, segregation & spill/exposure response

Learning objectives

• Explain GHS, the OSHA HazCom standard and the worker right-to-know
• Navigate the 16-section SDS and locate the emergency sections
• Identify the 9 pictograms and the signal words Danger / Warning
• Decode H (hazard) and P (precautionary) statement codes on a label
• Read the six required elements of a supplier label and correctly label secondary (workplace) containers
• Interpret occupational exposure limits (PEL, TLV, STEL) from SDS Section 8
• Apply the hierarchy of controls to a chemical task and respond to a spill or exposure