Scope of the Standard
The scope of the HCS includes all workplaces and specifically to employers who manufacture, distribute, or use hazardous chemicals.
The HCS requires chemical manufacturers or importers to classify the hazards of chemicals which they produce or import.
It requires distributors to transmit the required chemical information to employers.
It requires all employers to provide information to their employees about the hazardous chemicals to which they are exposed, by means of:
- a hazard communication program,
- labels and other forms of warning,
- safety data sheets, and
- information and training.
Employers who do not produce or import chemicals need only focus on those parts of this rule that deal with establishing a workplace program and communicating information to their workers.
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1-3. The Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) requires an employer provide information about chemicals to their employees. Which is one of the communication methods defined by the HCS?
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