May 23, 2012
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) within the US Department of Labor. The original Act
included language to the effect that employees should be apprised
of all hazards to which they are exposed on the job. In the early
80's, OSHA implemented this instruction by enacting the Hazard
Communication Standard (HCS) as 29 CFR 1910.1200. (What is all
this CFR stuff, anyway?) The HCS became effective in 1986. A
fundamental premise of the HCS is that employees who may be
exposed to hazardous chemicals in the workplace have a right to
know about the hazards and how to protect themselves. For this
reason, the HCS is sometimes referred to as the Worker
Right-to-Know Legislation, or more often just as the Right-to-Know
law. Although the original HCS applied only to the manufacturing
industry, subsequent court challenges have modified the scope of
the law so that today the HCS applies to nearly all sectors or the
work force
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