Determining whether or not an area is going to be considered a hazardous (classified) location is critical to the type of construction, wiring methods involved, and the overall safety of the intended ...

Over the years, EC&M articles have addressed many topics when applying the rules for hazardous (classified) locations. Safety tips for working in hazardous locations, class and division basics, the ...

On 30 April 2021, New Zealand adopted a new classification system for hazardous substances under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO). This new system is the Globally Harmonised ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised standards for hazardous communications over the past few years to be more in-line with the Global Harmonized ...

Industry experts are meeting with the Environment Agency experts today (4 September) to discuss potentially “catastrophic” changes proposed for the classification of waste wood. Any item of treated ...

The latest draft monograph from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Toxicology Program (NTP) has removed the hazard classification of fluoride. It is the latest development in ...

The Environment Agency has warned that waste operators may be ‘mismanaging’ some hazardous materials, as out of date information is being used to classify the waste. And, it claims that this ...