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

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.

scholarly journals Rancang Bangun DATA MANIA sebagai Multimedia Interaktif Data Keselamatan Bahan Kimia Berbasis Augmented Reality

EduKimia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-78
Author(s):  
Aruna Pradipta ◽  
Malik Aziz ◽  
Iqbal Aulia Fajri ◽  
Miftahul Khair
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Interactive Multimedia ◽  
Safety Data ◽  
Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
Chemical Information ◽  
Work Safety ◽  
Chemical Safety ◽  
Student Knowledge ◽  
Work Accidents ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

The Design of this Interactive Multimedia is motivated by the increasing number of work accidents that occur in chemical laboratories due to students lack of knowledge of properties about the properties of chemicals and work safety in the laboratory. Based on data obtained from research conducted at the existing SMAN in Temanggung sub-district, it was concluded that the level of student knowledge regarding the aspects of chemicals and work safety in the laboratory was not evenly distributed. Methods in making this application include collecting literature, designing and developing applications, trials and publications. The results of making this application can be used for practician especially students in experiments in chemical laboratories. With this interactive multimedia the Chemical Safety Data based on Augmented Reality can provide convenience in obtaining chemical information and can reduce the risk of work accidents in the Chemistry Laboratory.

scholarly journals Understanding safety data sheets as a strategy to protect humans and the environment at the laboratory

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 09027
Author(s):  
Rizkiawalia Elza ◽  
Suherman Suherman
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Safety Data ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Data Sheet ◽  
Chemical Information ◽  
Safety Data Sheet ◽  
Laboratory Worker ◽  
Chemical Hazards

Safety Data Sheet (SDS) gave important information for safe chemicals handling and widely used in communicating chemical hazards. Laboratory as one of the places associated with the consumption of a number of chemicals, then the worker in laboratory have to know the information chemicals used. The purpose of this research is to know the perception and understanding of workers in a laboratory toward SDS. The quantitative research was used and the collect data by questionnaire using Likert scale, then analyzed descriptively. The total sample of data was twenty-seven of laboratory worker people. The finding from this study showed that a great majority of people agree SDS has benefits for workers in the laboratory, agree the SDS should be available in the workplace, feel the need to know the contents of the SDS, but not so many people agree ‘I access SDS while working using chemicals’ and great majority of people feel ‘I obtained chemical information other than SDS’.

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.

scholarly journals Understanding Material Safety Data Sheet Language

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2005 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick M. Fishel
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Safety Data ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Data Sheet ◽  
Material Safety Data Sheet ◽  
Safety Data Sheet ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Hazard Communication ◽  
Primary Users ◽  
Hazard Communication Standard

The Hazard Communication Standard requires that chemical manufacturers and importers thoroughly evaluate chemicals. Any chemical that is determined to be hazardous must have a material safety data sheet (MSDS) developed to communicate the hazard potential to users. Their purpose is to provide handlers of chemicals, including pesticides, with the proper procedures for handling and working with the chemical. People who are primary users of a MSDS would include employees who handle a certain material in their daily occupations, those who store chemicals at their place of business, and emergency response crews who need to understand procedures associated should an emergency happen to occur. The MSDS is not designed for someone who may apply a lawn and garden pesticide once or twice a year. They are written in an occupational fashion for those who handle a material routinely. This document is PI-35, one of a series of the Pesticide Information Office, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published March 2005.

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