Knowledge Base

This course covers the following information:

GHS Container Labels in Construction Environments: The Goals of Hazard Communication

• How the HAZCOM Standard ensures that employees are provided with the information they need in order to work with hazardous materials safely.
  
• The three main sources of information about HAZMATs under the Hazard Communication Standard.
  
• Why using multiple HAZMAT container labeling systems can actually increase the hazards of working with those materials.
  

GHS Container Labels in Construction Environments: The Benefits of the GHS System

• How the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) enables people who work with HAZMATs to get information about them quickly and easily.
  
• How GHS container labels organize and present HAZMAT information.
  
• How GHS-compliant labels should be applied to HAZMAT containers under the HAZCOM Standard.
  

GHS Container Labels in Construction Environments: GHS Pictograms

• Why the Globally Harmonized System uses images called "pictograms" to represent the hazards that are associated with different materials.
  
• The pictograms that are used in the GHS system.
  
• The types of hazards that are represented by GHS pictograms.
  

GHS Container Labels in Construction Environments: Text Elements of GHS Labels

• How the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) standardizes and summarizes HAZMAT information in the text elements used on container labels.
  
• The names of the five text elements that are used by the GHS and where on a GHS-compliant container label they are likely to appear.
  
• The types of HAZMAT information that each of these text elements contains.