Material Safety Data Sheets

Intended to provide workers and emergency personnel with procedures for

handling or working with products in a safe manner.

The sheets are in the MSDS binder located in the lab.

Safety Data SheetsIn the past, there was no standard format for MSDS

Different manufacturers would create their sheets in their own format. A person in need of information on the hazards of a product might have to look in

different places on different MSDS to find the information they need.

Safety Data Sheets

In 2012, The Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)

was created to bring the United States into alignment with the Globally

Harmonized Communication System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.

Safety Data Sheets• The Material Safety Data Sheets will be replaced

by Safety Data Sheets before June 1, 2015.

• The Safety Data Sheets sheets will have a standardized and internationally recognized 16

section format.

• Each chemical manufacturer must transition to the new format and supply their customers with the

SDS for each product.

Example of SDS

SDS

• Section 1: Identification – Chemical identification, recommended uses, restrictions, manufacturer or distributor name, address, phone number and emergency phone number.

• Section 2: Hazard identification – Includes all hazards regarding the chemical, such as affects of exposure on skin, inhalation & eye contact.

SDS• Section 3: Composition/information on ingredients–

Name and CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) Registry number of the chemicals contained in the product.

• Section 4: First-aid measures – Includes symptoms and effects and recommended treatment.

• Section 5: Fire-fighting measures – Extinguishing techniques and proper equipment to use. Chemical hazards resulting from a fire.

SDS• Section 6: Accidental release measures – Emergency

procedures, protective equipment and proper methods of containment and cleanup should a leak or spill occur.

• Section 7: Handling and storage – Specific precautions for safe handling and storage, including incompatibilities.

• Section 8: Exposure controls/personal protection – OSHA’s Permissible Exposure Limits (PEL), Threshold Limit Values (TLV), engineering controls and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required.

SDS• Section 9: Physical and chemical properties – The

chemicals properties, such as color, odor, flash point (temperature of which vapor can ignite), melting and boiling points and state of matter (liquid or gas).

• Section 10: Stability and reactivity – possibility of hazardous reactions and which conditions and materials to avoid.

• Section 11: Toxicological information – Likely routes of exposure, symptoms related to exposure and numerical measure of toxicity.

SDS• Section 12: Ecological information – Impact a spill

would have on the environment.

• Section 13: Disposal considerations – Methods for proper disposal. Special precautions for landfills or incineration.

• Section 14: Transportation information – Safe modes of transporting the product.

SDS

• Section 15: Regulatory information – Specific regulations for the product not listed elsewhere on the SDS.

• Section 16: Other information – Date the SDS was prepared or date of last revision.

Chemical Labels

• Manufacturers will also follow a new format for the labeling of hazardous chemicals by June 1,

2015.• All labels will have pictograms, a signal word (if hazard is severe enough) hazard and precautionary

statements, the product identifier and supplier identification information.

• Label information must match the information on the SDS.

Recommended measures to minimize exposure

Nature ofhazard

Different pictogram for each hazard.Will be outlined in red.

Either Danger or Warning

PICTOGRAMS THAT MAY APPEAR ON HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL LABELS:

For further information, log on to:

www.osha.gov/