Hazard communication: Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-38
Keyword(s):  
Safety Data ◽  
Hazard Communication

scholarly journals Understanding GHS Classification, Chemical Labels and Safety Data Sheets

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neelam Bharti ◽  
Neha Chawla ◽  
shailendra singh
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Safety Information ◽  
Safety Data ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Safety Data Sheet ◽  
Chemical Labeling ◽  
Hazard Communication ◽  
Chemical Hazards ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Hazard Communication Standard

Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals is now universally accepted to communicate the hazards of a chemical. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) adopted the GHS system under the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) in June 2016. In the course of implementation of the GHS, we need to educate our research community, specially new undergraduate and graduate students and provide them with the most recent knowledge of the chemicals, labels, hazards and the ways to protect themselves and their surroundings from the dangers associated with the chemicals. In this paper, we discuss the basics of OSHA hazard communication, GHS system classification, chemical labeling, new hazard pictograms and sections of safety data sheet (SDS) for our students and researchers in an easy to understand format. It is the hope that this publication will benefit the students to understand chemical hazards, to read safety information and to protect themselves when using these materials.

New software allows Weyerhaeuser to master chemical safety compliance

1999 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 861-862
Author(s):  
Mark Wysong ◽  
Jean Landals
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Safety Data ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Chemical Information ◽  
Chemical Safety ◽  
Hazard Communication ◽  
Chemical Management ◽  
Chemical Hazards ◽  
Safety Compliance ◽  
Material Safety Data Sheets

Like most forest products companies, Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd. uses chemicals in its daily operations and must comply with strict government regulations concerning how chemical hazards are communicated to employees. To improve its management of this chemical information, the company recently switched from a system of cataloguing reams of paper Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) by hand to a software-based system. The new MSDS system has greatly improved employee access to vital MSDS information. Now, all Weyerhaeuser employees can retrieve electronic MSDS information quickly and easily from their own workstations. The new software has enabled Weyerhaeuser to avoid costly fines and has cut emergency response time down to nearly two minutes. Key words: hazard communication, WHMIS, material safety data sheet (MSDS), chemical management software

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