Twenty years ago, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration began requiring companies that manufacture or market hazardous chemicals to prepare and issue material safety data sheets (MSDSs ...

Material Safety Data Sheet Library Inform yourself about hazardous materials before working with them. Start by reading the container label and reviewing the product's Safety Data Sheet (SDS).

MSDS Content Material Safety Data Sheets provide you and your staff with information about workplace chemicals and hazardous materials.

Older versions of SDSs or Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) may still need to be maintained as an employee exposure record (29 CFR 1910.1020).

Safety Data Sheets are critical to informing employees of the hazards they face.

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration has made changes to the Hazard Communication Standards to comply with the mandates of the Global Harmonized System. The changes employees need to ...

In 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revised its Hazard Communication Standard to align with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals ...

Safety Data Sheets The next significant change was Safety Data Sheets replaced Material Safety Data Sheets. Unlike the former MSDS, the SDS format has been standardized. All manufacturers were ...

In order to assist with inventory and information access, the Environmental Health and Safety Department at RIT uses a software system called CampusOptics. Through this software, chemicals are linked ...

Keep material safety data sheets (MSDS) on hand; these sheets list each hazardous compound used in your operations, the risks of each and the proper response to various types of exposure.