Label material safety data sheet

All employers are required to develop, implement, and maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program. The program must include the following components (1) a list of hazardous chemicals in the workplace, (2) the methods the employer will use to inform employees of the hazards associated with these chemicals, and (3) a description of how the labeling, material safety data sheet (MSDS), and employee training requirements will be met. 

This chapter is not an exhaustive list of all chemicals with skin-penetrating abilities. Consequently, any exclusion of a chemical from this list does not necessarily imply an inability for percutaneous absorption. When in doubt, the user should check the chemical label, material safety data sheet, manufacture date, and other details to achieve chemical safety (Table 16-1). 

Labels, material safety data sheets, and product information bulletins... 

SCHC s purpose is to promote effective communication of chemical hazards. The Society is committed to sharing knowledge and resources to ensure a consistent and uniform approach to assessing and communicating chemical hazards on product labels, material safety data sheet (MSDS), and other product literature and documentation by... 

The Standards Advisory Committee on Hazardous Materials Labeling was established under section 7(b) of the OSHA Act to develop guidelines for the implementation of section 6(b)(7) of the Act with respect to heizardous materials. On June 6,1975, the Committee submitted its final report which identified issues and recommended guidelines for categorizing and ranking chemical heizards. Labels, material safety data sheets (MSDS), and training programs were also prescribed. 

Employers must establish a written, comprehensive hazard conununication program that includes provisions for container labeling, material safety data sheets, and an employee training program. The program must include a list of the hazardous chemicals in each work area, the means the anployer uses to inform employees... 

The HCS requires information on hazardous chemicals to be transmitted to employees through labels, material safety data sheets (MSDS), and training programs. A written hazard communications program and record keeping are also required. 

A legislated hazard communication system including labels, Material Safety Data Sheets, and a worker training program. See also Hazardous Materials Identification System (HMIS ). 

Second, and more specifically, getting to know your chemical requires that you review and understand available information about its hazards, such as container labels. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs, see Section 3.1.3), reference books, online hazard information, and talking with experienced people. 

Preview This section presents a brief overview of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) for defining and communicating hazard information and protective measures related to the physical, health, and environmental risks of chemicals through product labels material safety data sheets (MSDSs), and safety data sheets (SDSs). 

Employers shall develop, implement and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program describing how the requirements for labels, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met. 

Occupational Safety and Health J ct. OSHA regulations deal principally with physical aspects of safety and those things generally associated with accident prevention. These federal regulations deal especially with the need for estabHshed material safety data sheets and the proper labeling of printing inks under the Hazard Communication Laws. 

The required notification must be provided at ieast annually In writing. Acceptable forms of notice are, for example, a letter, product labeling, and product literature distributed to customers. If you are required to prepare and distribute a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for the mixture under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard, your section 313 notification may be attached to the MSDS or the MSDS may be modified to include the required information. (A sample letter and recommended text for inclusion in an MSDS appear on pages E-4 and E-5 of this appendix.)... 

To determine if you have manufactured, processed, used or stored any of the materials on the lists of covered substances, you should review material safety data sheets and labels for the products that you have. If you do not have data sheets or labels for any of your products, you should contact the manufacturer or supplier to get that information. 

Probably one of the most important safety and healtli standards ever adopted is tlie OSHA hazard communication standard, more properly known as tlie right to know laws. The liazard communication standard requires employers to communicate information to tlie employees on liazardous chemicals tliat e.vist witliiii the workplace. The program requires employers to craft a written luizard communication program, keep material safety data sheets (MSDSs) for all haztirdous chemicals at the workplace and provide employees with training on tliose hazardous chemicals, and assure tliat proper warning labels are in place. 

Users must be informed of the hazards through container labels and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs). 

Health and Safety Data Sheet This document is required to provide anyone who comes into contact with the material with sufficient information needed to react to a spillage or breakage. The labelling and health and safety sheet regulations are not yet consistent through out the world and at the time of writing there is no way to label a product so that it conforms to US, Canadian, European and Australian requirements The Safety data sheet issue is less confused, the U S OSHA and EU forms of the so called material safety data sheet are moving to conform with an I SO Standard. 

If testing involves a new product that is not yet in commercial trade, the manufacturer should ship products from the same batch of the same formulation to each test location. The most recent product quality analysis and an appropriate Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) must accompany the product shipment. The shipping documents and the certificate of analysis for each shipment must be archived in the raw data for the report. If the residue testing is being done to register a new use for a commercial product, the Study Director must make sure that the product available in each location is the same formulation and that each different batch encountered has its own certificate of analysis to be archived along with a copy of the label and product quality analysis of the material used for the test. Material shipped in noncommercial containers must... 

The HCS was promulgated to provide workers with access to information about the hazards and identities of the chemicals they are exposed to while working, as well as the measures they can take to protect themselves. OSHA s HCS requires employers to establish hazard communication programs to transmit information on the hazards of chemicals to their employees by means of labels on containers, material safety data sheets, and training programs. 

Pyrophoric and other spontaneously combustible substances will generally be identified as such on their product literature, material safety data sheets (MSDSs), or International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs). If transported, these substances should be identified as DOT/UN Hazard Class 4.2 materials for shipping purposes and labeled as spontaneously combustible. For pyrophoric substances, the NFPA 704 diamond for container or vessel labeling has a red (top) quadrant with a rating of 4, indicating the highest severity of flammability hazard (NFPA 704, 2001). Note that pyrophoric materials often exhibit one or more other reactivity hazards as well, such as water reactivity. 

All Monsanto PMN s submitted to date have voluntarily included information beyond that mandated by the act. This has, in some cases, included Material Safety Data Sheets, Label information, details regarding the industrial hygiene programs in the proposed manufacturing site(s), risk assessment information and other related information. While this information is not mandated, we believe in most situations it is to our benefit to assist the agency in this way. 

The toxicity of all the chemicals you will be working with must be known. Consult the instructor, material safety data sheets (MSDSs), safety charts, and container labels for safety information about specific chemicals. Recently, many common organic chemicals, such as benzene, carbon tetrachloride, and chloroform, have been deemed unsafe. 

Less extensive than ISO/fEC 17025, section 4 of GLP states that all apparatus and materials should be appropriate for the tests, used in accordance with the SOPs, and calibrated, where appropriate, to national or international standards of measurement. Chemicals should be properly labeled, with expiration dates and available material safety data sheets. 

While the COA is the excipient manufacturer s responsibility, once the material is received, it is the drug product manufacturers responsibility to verify the product and ensure that it is properly tested, handled, and stored. Upon receipt of a shipment, each lot of excipient will be withheld from use until the lot is sampled, tested, or examined according to the written procedures. The quality control (QC) personnel will examine each container for (i) manufacturer s name, (ii) manufacturer s lot number, (iii) leaks or spills, (iv) contamination, (v) breached containers, (vi) proper labeling, and (vii) material safety data sheet and determined material hazards. 

Label all vessels to indicate what they contain. An unlabeled bottle left and forgotten in a refrigerator or cabinet presents an expensive disposal problem, because the contents must be analyzed before they can be legally discarded. National Fire Protection Association labels shown in Figure 2-2 identify hazards associated with chemical reagents. A Material Safety Data Sheet provided with each chemical sold in the United States lists hazards and safety precautions for that chemical. It gives first aid procedures and instructions for handling spills. 

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