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Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) are documents that provide information about the hazards, properties, and handling of a chemical or hazardous material. In 2012, the United Nations (UN) adopted a globally harmonized system for classifying and labeling chemicals, known as the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). As part of this … Read more

A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) or Safety Data Sheet (SDS) is a document that provides information about the hazards, properties, and handling of a chemical or hazardous material. MSDSs and SDSs are typically required by law in many countries and must be made available to employees and other users of hazardous materials. The responsible … Read more

Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) are standardized documents that provide information about the hazards, properties, and handling of a chemical or hazardous material. There are 16 sections in an SDS, each of which provides specific information about the substance. The sections are as follows: Identification  Hazard Identification Composition (also called information on ingredients) First-Aid Measures Fire-Fighting … Read more

A Safety Data Sheet (SDS) is a document that provides information about the hazards, properties, and handling of a chemical or hazardous material. The purpose of an SDS is to help employees and other users understand the potential risks associated with a hazardous substance and to provide guidelines for how to safely use, store, and … Read more

Hazmat, which is commonly written as HAZMAT, stands for Hazardous Materials. It is a term that is often used when discussing workplace safety. Many factories, manufacturing facilities, shipping companies, and other types of companies need to use, store, or ship dangerous chemicals and other materials that can be hazardous in one way or another. When … Read more

HAZCOM, which is often seen written as HazCom, stands for Hazardous Communication. In most cases, this term is used when discussing OSHA’s Hazardous Communication Standards, which are various regulations that cover information on how various chemicals must be labeled. It will also be used when discussing workplace safety related to these types of chemicals. Anytime … Read more

If you have a facility that uses dangerous chemicals or other things, you need to make sure that they are stored, shipped, and used in a way that is safe for everyone. In addition, you need to make sure that you have people on your team who can work directly with the materials if it … Read more

When dealing with hazardous chemicals and other dangerous things in the workplace, employers have a lot of responsibilities that they need to adhere to. Many of them are put in place by OSHA and are there to help keep employees safe when working in hazardous areas. When learning about the different requirements that employers have … Read more

When working with or around any type of hazardous chemical, you need to make sure that you are doing everything properly to maintain a safe environment. This, of course, will start by having good safety policies and procedures in place so that a spill or other type of accident does not occur. Just as important, … Read more

When looking at material safety data sheets, or MSDSs, you may notice that they don’t all look the same. This often seems odd to many people because when it comes to safety information, most things try to fit into specific standards so that they can be used easily across multiple different industries. The reason why … Read more