The basic disclosure document, which contains chemical safety information and is required by OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard, is the Safety Data Sheet (SDS). This document provides a uniform ...

Like this puzzle, chemical safety has several pieces that together create the whole picture for working with chemicals in a safe manner. At the center of this puzzle is you, the employee or student.

Safety Data Sheets (SDS) are an important resource for using chemicals safely. SDS's provide information on chemical properties and the hazardous properties (health, flammability, reactivity, etc.) of ...

Chemical manufacturers commonly send safety data sheets directly to EH&S and/or package them with chemical shipments. The EH&S Chemical Inventory team is responsible for collecting or creating digital ...

These give more specific information on what the hazards are and how to handle the chemical. More information about a chemical is supplied in the Safety Data Sheet (SDS). These are supplied with the ...

Digital copies of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for chemicals used at Michigan Tech are available through the MSDSonline (mtu.edu/sds). Note that access to Michigan Tech's ...

A quick reference guide on how to access a MSDS/SDS from CHEMWATCH is available here. Certain chemicals are more dangerous than others due to their reactivity or high toxicity. Specific precautions ...

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are documents which provide detailed information for all of the hazards associated with a specific chemical or chemical mixture. Each chemical manufacturer is ...

To determine if a chemical is required to be used inside of a chemical fume hood, first check the Safety Data Sheet (SDS). Statements found in Section 2 on a SDS such as “Do not breathe dust, fumes, ...

of specific chemical substances in the environment, and the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) system, which provides information concerning the properties and the handling of specific chemical substances. This ...

It is important to know how to read and interpret safety labels and SDSs (updated from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) in 2016). SDSs use the Globally Harmonized System (GHS), a universal system ...