HCS applicability to an industrial marker containing liquid paint or ink

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

November 21, 2023

Ms. Melissa Delaney
Regulatory Affairs Manager
UL Verification Services, Inc.
333 Pfingsten Road
Northbrook, IL 60062

Dear Ms. Delaney:

Use of generic safety data sheets and consumer products

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

August 13, 2021

Ms. Julie Ann Dawson
WestRock
5000 Lincoln Drive E
Marlton, NJ 08053

Dear Ms. Dawson:

Hazard Communication Standard; Proposed Rule

  • Publication Date:
  • Publication Type:
  • Fed Register #:
    86:9576-9831
  • Title:
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 16, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9576-9831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28987]





Vol. 86

Tuesday,

No.

Hazard Communication Standard – Classifying 'Articles'

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

January 12, 2017


Mr. Bradley P. Miller
Director of Advocacy & Sustainability
Business + Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association
678 Front Ave. NW, Ste. 150
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504-5368

Dear Mr. Miller:

EPA Risk Pesticides Subject to HCS Labeling

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

July 30, 2018

Mr. Steve L. Foss
Program Specialist
State of Washington
Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 42560
Olympia, Washington 38504-2560

Dear Mr. Foss:

Listing and disclosing Benzene as a human carcinogen on the label and SDS

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

July 24, 2017

Dr. Burton Z. Davidson, Ph.D, P.E.
31 Chandler Ct.
Monroe Township, New Jersey 08831

Dear Dr. Davidson:

Sample Material Safety Data Sheet

  • Record Type:
  • Current Directive Number:
  • Old Directive Number:
  • Title:
  • Information Date:
Archive Notice - OSHA Archive

NOTICE: This is an OSHA Archive Document, and may no longer represent OSHA Policy. It is presented here as historical content, for research and review purposes only.

OSHA Instruction CPL 2-2.39 March 27, 1986 Office of Health Compliance Assistance

Subject: Sample Material Safety Data Sheet

MSDS distribution requirements for chemical manufacturers and importers, distributors and retail distributors.

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

April 24, 1989

The Honorable Bill Richardson U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Congressman Richardson:

This is in response to your letter of February 22, on behalf of your constituent, Mr. Robert A. Chalmers of Roadrunner Coin-op Laundry & Cleaners, regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) 29 CFR 1910.1200.

Your constituents questions concerning the HCS will be answered in the sequence in which they were posed.

Question 1:

Requirements for downstream transmission of material safety data sheets (MSDSs).

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

July 20, 1989

Mr. Louis R. Marchese
Halfpenny, Hahn, Roche and Marchese
20 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Dear Mr. Marchese:

Distributor's and retailer's responsibilities for providing MSDSs.

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

March 3, 1989

The Honorable Bill Emerson
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Congressman Emerson:

This is in response to your letter of January 4, addressed to Ms. Ruth Knight, Director, Intergovernmental Affairs, on behalf of your constituent, Mr. Johnathan Delano, regarding an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation requiring distributors to provide material safety data sheets to their customers.