GHS Container Labels in Transportation and Warehouse Environments

This course provides warehouse workers and truck drivers with essential knowledge on how to identify and understand the hazardous materials they handle daily. By focusing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard and the Globally Harmonized System (GHS), the training ensures that personnel can quickly recognize potential dangers through standardized labels and pictograms, ultimately preventing workplace injuries and fatalities.

Course Highlights:

• Understanding Your Right to Know: Learn about OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard and how it ensures you have access to information regarding chemical hazards in the workplace.
• The GHS System: Discover how the Globally Harmonized System standardizes hazard classification and communication across different languages and countries.
• Decoding Pictograms: Master the nine GHS pictograms, including symbols for health hazards, flammability, toxicity, and environmental risks, to identify dangers at a glance.
• Label Elements: Identify the six core components of a GHS-compliant label, including signal words (“Warning” vs. “Danger”), hazard statements, and precautionary instructions.
• DOT vs. GHS: Learn to distinguish between GHS labels found on individual containers and Department of Transportation (DOT) placards used on trucks and bulk shipments.
• Special Labeling Cases: Understand the requirements for secondary in-house containers, very small packages, and bulk shipment documentation.

By the end of the course, you will have learned:

• The purpose of the Hazard Communication Standard and your rights as an employee.
• How to interpret the nine GHS pictograms to identify physical and health hazards.
• The difference between “Warning” and “Danger” signal words and how they reflect chemical severity.
• Where to find specific safety precautions and supplier contact information on a container label.
• How to remain safe by effectively using hazard information during daily operations and emergency situations.