MSDSs

The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) Tide III requires emergency planning based on threshold planning quantities (TPQ) and release reporting based on RQs in 40 CER part 355 (used for SARA 302, 303, and 304). The TPQ for acrolein is 500 lb (227 kg), and its RQ is 1 lb (0.454 kg). SARA also requires submission of aimual reports of release of toxic chemicals that appear on the Hst in 40 CER 372.65 (for SARA 313). Acrolein appears on that Hst. This information must be included in all MSDSs that are copied and distributed for acrolein. 

In the Ha2ard Communication Standard, OSHA requires that all employees are trained in the ha2ards of the materials they are working with. This standard also requires that MSDSs be available for all ha2ardous chemicals at the worksite, accompany all shipments, and be sent to all customers. An... 

Rosin has a low order of toxicity foUowing ingestion or skin contact. Rosin and its numerous derivatives have a number of permitted food packaging and other direct and indirect food contact uses throughout the world. Sanctioned uses appHcable in the United States are outlined in U.S. Food and Dmg Administration (U.S. FDA) Regulations (2). Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) for specific rosins and thein derivatives should be consulted before thein use. 

Many grades of PVB and PVF resias are made, and most are eventually compounded and used as multicomponent products. Individual product MSDSs need to be consulted prior to handling and each product should be handled appropriately and ia accordance with good iadustrial hygiene and safety practices, which iaclude appropriate skin, respiratory, and eye protection. 

Butrar, FoljipFinjlButyraf) andFormvar, FoljipFinjlFormvar). Technical Bulletin No. 6070D, Monsanto Co., St. Louis, Mo., June 1977. See also, iudividual product MSDSs. 

A detailed description of the hazards associated with the raw materials / component products (including MSDSs)... 

Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) for the intermediates and final product... 

The reader can find an almost endless supply of chemical and physical properties for hundreds of thousands of chemicals and tradename products on the Web. The easiest access to general information resources that contain health risk and some air transport properties are those sites which contain Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs). The following are a list of but a few sites worth exploring for chemical-specific information ... 

Visit http //cortex.uchc.edu/ safety/ehs/msds-l.html. This site is accessible by UCHC network registered users only. Once registered, you can access 70,000 MSDSs from Sigma, Aldrich, and Fluka on-line. The MSDSs are available in several languages (English, French, German, Spanish and Italian languages). Updates are done on a quarterly basis. 

Visit gopher //quasar.tach.net 3020/71/msds. This is the Vermont state SIRI Web. You will find a searchable (manufacturer or product name) gopher index of MSDSs. 

A commercially available product containing about 260,000 MSDSs on a CD-Rom can be purchased for around 400. For more information, visit www.fastsearch-msds.com. 

Go to the Web and identify several sites that provide information on the MSDSs for chemicals. 

Anorexia Anorexia is loss of appetite. You may be familiar with the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, in which the victim restricts dietary intake to starvation levels. Anorexia may be a symptom of acute or chronic exposure to certain chemicals. If you have suffered an unexplained loss of appetite in conjunction with other unusual symptoms, you may want to explore the MSDSs for chemicals that... 

If your company or taallty distributes chemical products but does not tall into the covered SIC codes, you should be alert to the supplier notification that may accompany MSDSs of the orrvjucts vou distribute You should nec, on si-nh to t/onr mrti istnai customers unchanged... 

Information management system designed to aid in the creation of MSDSs. Includes packages containing hazardous materials data for compliance with "Right to Know" legislation. 

CHEM MULTI BASE CHEM Multi BASE, Inc. P.O. Box 350 Mahomet, IL 61853 (217) 5864131 Database of 16,000 chemicals with synonyms and trade names. Government numbers and information are cross referenced with MSDSs for all DOT regulated chemicals. Includes tracking and inventory system. 

Records and prints waste disposal manifests on official forms and outputs reports by waste category, transporter, and disposal site. Also records MSDSs. Requires 256K memory. 

Prepares labels for containers, User may copy information from MSDSs or other text flics. May be used in conjunction with TOXIC ALERT. 

Computerizes MSDSs in OSIlA-174 format., tracks material use and storage. Requires 448K memory and 2 disk drives. 

Collection of MSDSs. Has capability to create additional MSDSs and search by name and CAS. ... 

Software containing MSDS information in OSHA fornut. Stores and prints MSDSs assists with training of employees. 

Prepares, prints, and stores MSDSs. Creates reports. Requires lOMcg hard disk. 

Manages occupational health records, MSDSs, chemical information, and employee records. Aids with emergency release reports. 

A bundle of subscription sendees of more than 50 databases on occupational health and safety information, are fully operable in both English and French. Contains over 70,000 MSDSs as well as CHEMINFO database of hazardous information on over 1,044 chemicals. Available online through CCINFOline on CD-ROM through CCINFOdisc. 

An exhaustive source of environmental health and occupational safety information MSDSs links to other MSDS sites links to safety sites on the Internet links to occupational safety and health and environmental organizations and research programs OSHA and ERA regulations NIOSH databases discussion boards and much more. 

A product line s system for maintaining current MSDSs... 

How many formal checkpoints does this system require For example, a system for maintaining MSDSs may require multiple reviews of each new entry, or be consolidated as a single person s responsibility. Results may be forwarded to a centralized checkpoint, or may remain at the facility or division level. 

The DS team spent one session compiling a list of the documentation requirements that they were aware of from their individual experiences. This documentation ranged from vessel details and drawings to accident/incident reporting to MSDSs to safety procedures. Many different departments and functions were involved. Some documentation was kept in hard copy form, while the rest was in electronic form but on several different systems. The... 

More specific iiifoniiation or MSDSs is provided later in tlie book. Information on regulated chemicals is available in the literature. 

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). 

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