Topic
Chemical Safety
2 pieces, each argued from primary sources and each handing you something you can use on Monday.
- The Floor Walker
The Chemical Cabinet Filed Like a Library
Storing hazardous chemicals in alphabetical order by product name optimizes for finding the bottle fast, not for what happens when an acid and an oxidizer end up shelved next to each other because their names start with the same letter.
- The Skeptic
A fully labeled workplace where nobody can tell you what the chemical does
HazCom compliance is measured by label presence, SDS access, and training completion. None of those measure whether a worker can state the hazard, and the standard's own word for the training it requires is effective.