It is intended to tell what the hazards of the product are, how to use the product safely, what to expect if the recommendations are not followed, what to do if accidents occur, how to recognize symptoms of overexposure, and what to do if such incidents occur.
These categories are specified in the Controlled Products Regulations and include:. Yes, as long as two conditions are met. All headings and subheadings that are on the MSDS must be addressed by providing the required information or by stating that the information is not available or not applicable, whichever is appropriate.
Second, the statement "This product has been classified in accordance with the hazard criteria of the CPR and the MSDS contains all of the information required by the CPR" must appear under the section heading "Regulatory Information".
Traditionally the intended readers of MSDSs were occupational hygienists and safety professionals. Now the audience also includes employers, workers, supervisors, nurses, doctors, emergency responders and workers.
To ensure that MSDS users can quickly find the information that they need, the information should be in an easy-to-read format and written in a clear, precise and understandable manner.
For most people who work with controlled products, there are some sections that are more important than others. You should always read the name of the chemical, know the hazards, understand safe handling and storage instructions, as well as understand what to do in an emergency.
Not necessarily. A lot of health hazard information, for example, is written in general terms. Your health and safety specialist, occupational health nurse or family doctor should be able to help you find more information if needed. Similarly, various industrial states were publishing chemical hazard guidelines. This was their famous "SD" series of publications. They were extensive in their coverage of a particular chemical. These are no longer published for fear of a product liability or related suit.
In , responding to the needs of their field engineers and underwriters, the American Association of Casualty and Safety Companies began to publish a series of "Special Hazard Bulletins", and in , "Chemical Hazard Bulletins. By the end of the nineteen fifties, when Congress passed the "Longshoremans and Harbor Workers Act of ", Public Law , all of the elements found in the MSDS had been developed, with the possible exception of Section 2.
With the passage of the Act, the DOL set up a separate office of maritime safety. Ralph W. Netterstrom was appointed Division Chief to head this section. March, Assistant Chief, Longshore Branch to look into the problems affecting maritime and dock workers.
A series of incidents over the next few years indicated the source of many of the accidents in this area were chemically related. In the mid nineteen sixties, Dr. Van Atta an industrial hygienist was hired as the head of the Industrial Safety and Occupational Health Support Office, and thus provided assistance to Mr.
LaRocca's group. Based on the recurring chemically related problems within his jurisdiction, Mr. LaRocca and his group investigated the types of chemical data sheets used by industry. I recall that late in while working for the American Insurance Association, I received a request from his department to send them copies of our chemical hazard publications. Working over a period of a year or more, his group produced a document called "Material Safety Data Sheet", which included Form No.
This is the original governmental MSDS. This form, in order to meet the needs of maritime workers, added for the first time to a chemical safety sheet the items listed in Section 2. This format was limited by law to the ship building, breaking and repairing operations.
This amendment went into effect approximately days after publication. During this period, there was pressure on Congress to extend benefits of the Longshoremans Act, plus additional safety and health coverages, to all of the nation's industrial workers.
Among one of its first acts, it incorporated within itself as a separate section, most of the maritime regulations. Over the years, there has been pressure on OSHA to issue either Form 20 or some similar format as part of their overall regulatory requirements. This discussion, which covered a period of 8 - 10 years, resulted in OSHA issuing preliminary statements of intent between and Under this ruling, MSDS's either an improved form Number 20 or some similar format were required for all shipments of hazardous chemicals leaving the manufacturers work place and from all importers of such on all shipments by November, Distributors and employers were to comply as of that same date.
All employers will be in compliance with all provisions of this section including initial training requirements for all current employees by May 25, The Act, for all intents and purposes, is in effect at this moment.
The MSDS form was put together from existing formats published by various chemical companies, State regulations, and associations. It was tailored to meet the needs of a specific area of industrial uses. With all its failings, it does include the main areas of concern of safety and health professionals while filling the needs of the working chemist, the end user, and above all, the industrial worker.
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The first compliance deadline was on December 1, , when employers were required to have trained employees on the format and presentation of the new HazCom labels and SDS. The second compliance deadline is June 1, , when compliance must be met with all the new HazCom provisions, with one exception. That exception is the third compliance deadline: distributors have until December 1, , to ship products with the new GHS labels.
The fourth and final compliance deadline is June 1, , when employers must update alternative workplace labels and HazCom programs, and provide training on newly identified hazards. The foregoing has been prepared for the general information of clients and friends of the firm.
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