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Understanding the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) © BLR®, a division of Simplify Compliance LLC 1905. 00
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Welcome The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) created safety data sheets (SDS) that provide the consistent and detailed safety, health, and environmental information you need for any hazardous chemical product. © BLR®, a division of Simplify Compliance LLC 1905. 00
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Session Objectives By the time the session is over, you should be able to: • Summarize the GHS and how it affects hazard communication • Recognize the benefits of SDS access • Explain employee access to SDSs • Identify the sections of the SDS
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 1
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 1 Under the GHS, OSHA will no longer regulate workplace hazardous chemicals. o o True False Is this statement True or False?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 1 Under the GHS, OSHA will no longer regulate workplace hazardous chemicals. o o True False This is false.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 1 All SDSs have the same number of sections. o o True False Is this statement True or False?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 1 All SDSs have the same number of sections. o o True False This is true.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 1 The SDS will help to create a safer work environment for you and your coworkers. o o True False Is this statement True or False?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 1 The SDS will help to create a safer work environment for you and your coworkers. o o True False This is true.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 1 You need your supervisor’s approval to see an SDS. o o True False Is this statement True or False?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 1 You need your supervisor’s approval to see an SDS. o o True False This is false.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) What is the GHS?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) What is the GHS? • Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals • Provides a universal approach • Implimented through Haz. Com • Consistant labels and uniform SDSs
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) The Benefits of The GHS and SDS Improved workplace safety Fewer exposures Consistent communications Greater hazard awareness Easier compliance Enhanced human and environmental protection
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Getting to the SDS Information Immediately accessible 16 -section format Organized and detailed information
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Identification of Substance and Supplier
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Hazards Identification
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Composition and Information on Ingredients
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) First-Aid Measures
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 2
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 2 GHS is a regulation created by OSHA. o o True False Is this statement true or false?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 2 GHS is a regulation created by OSHA. o o True False The GHS is not a regulation or standard created by OSHA. It is a system of defining hazards, classifying substances, and communicating hazard information developed by the United Nations and implemented around the world. OSHA implements the GHS by incorporating it into its hazard communication regulations.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 2 What are some of the benefits of the GHS and the use of SDSs, in addition to providing consistent and simplified information about hazardous substances? o o Safer work environment for you and your coworkers Greater awareness of hazards in the workplace Smaller on-site inventories of hazardous substances Less costly to comply with hazard communication regulations Choose all that apply.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 2 What are some of the benefits of the GHS and the use of SDSs, in addition to providing consistent and simplified information about hazardous substances? o o Safer work environment for you and your coworkers Greater awareness of hazards in the workplace Smaller on-site inventories of hazardous substances Less costly to comply with hazard communication regulations Implementation of the GHS and the use of SDSs provide consistent and simplified information about substances, the hazards they present, and safe work practices. The availability of this consistent and comprehensible information raises awareness of hazards, resulting in safer use of substances in the workplace, and simplifies the implementation of hazard communication, thus reducing the cost of compliance.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 2 Having SDSs available to employees is optional. o o True False Is this statement true or false?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 2 Having SDSs available to employees is optional. o o True False SDSs must be immediately accessible to employees in the work area during each work shift.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 2 What are the signal words used in Section 2 of the SDS— Hazards Identification? o o Caution Warning Poison Danger Which of these apply?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 2 What are the signal words used in Section 2 of the SDS— Hazards Identification? o o Caution Warning Poison Danger The signal word found in Section 2 will be either “Danger” or “Warning. ” “Danger” is used for more severe hazards, and “Warning” is used for less severe hazards.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Review Can you explain: • Purpose of the GHS? • Benefits of the GHS and the SDS? • Your access to SDSs? • Sections 1– 4 of the SDS? —Identifies the substance and hazards —Information on composition —First-aid measures
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Firefighting Measures
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Accidental Release Measures
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Handling and Storage
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Exposure Controls and PPE
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Physical and Chemical Properties
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Stability and Reactivity
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Toxicological Information
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Ecological Information
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Disposal Considerations
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Transportation Information
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Regulatory and Other
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 3
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 3 The SDS tells you what materials are incompatible with the substance and should be kept away from the substance. o o True False Is this statement true or false?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 3 The SDS tells you what materials are incompatible with the substance and should be kept away from the substance. o o True False Section 10 of the SDS—Stability and reactivity—lists incompatible materials that should be kept away from the substance. The section also describes the stability of the substance, conditions to avoid, and lists the hazardous products resulting from decomposition of the substance.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 3 What section of the SDS tells you if you need to wear a respirator when working with a substance? o o Section 4―First-aid measures Section 7―Handling and storage Section 8―Exposure controls and PPE Section 11―Toxicological information Which is the correct answer?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 3 What section of the SDS tells you if you need to wear a respirator when working with a substance? o o Section 4―First-aid measures Section 7―Handling and storage Section 8―Exposure controls and PPE Section 11―Toxicological information Section 8 of the SDS—Precautions to Control Exposure and Personal Protection—details the PPE that should be used when working with a substance, including what type of respiratory protection should be worn, if any. The section also details relevant exposure limits and engineering controls that should be implemented when working with the substance.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 3 When there is no relevant information for a given SDS section or parameter within a section, it will be left blank. o o True False Is this statement true or false?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 3 When there is no relevant information for a given SDS section or parameter within a section, it will be left blank. o o True False All sections and parameters of the SDS must be completed. If there is no relevant information for a given parameter or section, the SDS must be marked to indicate that the information is not available, or the parameter or section is not applicable.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 3 The date the SDS was last revised will be listed at the top of the SDS. o o True False Is this statement true or false?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Knowledge Check 3 The date the SDS was last revised will be listed at the top of the SDS. o o True False The date the SDS was prepared or most recently revised is in Section 16 of the SDS―Other information.
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) What Have You Learned? Can you explain Sections 5— 16 of the SDS?
UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) Key Points to Remember GHS-compliant SDSs: • Globally consistent and detailed hazard information • Information to prevent accidents and harmful exposures • Immediately accessible • Consistent structure facilitates locating critical information Consult the SDSs for the substances you use.
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