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29 CFR 1910.1200: Hazard communication

Subpart Z—Toxic and Hazardous Substances

If workers handle hazardous chemicals, the employer needs a written hazard communication program, labels on containers, a safety data sheet for each chemical, and training. The missing written program and missing training are the items cited most.

101,058citations since 2015
50,872employers cited
57%serious, willful or repeat
$0median penalty per item

OSHA has cited 29 CFR 1910.1200 101,058 times since 2015, against 50,872 employers. Penalties on these items add up to $68,683,231 at their current amounts.

Citations per year

The parts of the rule cited most

1910.1200(e)(1) · 31,951 citations

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

1910.1200(h)(1) · 23,815 citations

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

1910.1200(g)(8) · 9,906 citations

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

1910.1200(g)(1) · 8,126 citations

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · 6,055 citations

(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.

1910.1200(e)(1)(i) · 5,847 citations

(i) A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and,

1910.1200(h)(3)(iv) · 3,195 citations

(iv) The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, including an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information.

1910.1200(f)(6) · 3,174 citations

(6) Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either:

Industries cited most

  • Manufacturing 29,050
  • Construction 22,775
  • Other Services (except Public Administration) 8,662
  • Retail Trade 5,409
  • Accommodation and Food Services 5,177
  • Public Administration 4,630

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