December 6, 2011 at 05:51 PM
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is pressing the White House and OSHA to rule out a potential aspect of the agency's upcoming rule to align the hazard communication (hazcom) standard with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of classifying and labeling chemicals, arguing that an “unclassified hazards” category in a draft proposal of the rule could open the door to the agency's controversial push to regulate combustible dust. The business group voiced its concerns in a private meeting Nov. 15 with Office of Management and Budget and OSHA officials, as the proposed final rule that OSHA submitted awa