Sections Of Msds

These sections are still required as part of the standard sds format but they don t directly relate to osha s concerns of workplace safety.

Sections of msds. Product identifier manufacturer or distributor name address phone number emergency phone number recommended use and restrictions on use. The stability section covers information on the conditions under which the product can decompose. Composition information on ingredients.

Identification includes the basic information about the chemical itself. The hazardous polymerization section discusses conditions under which the product can form into a polymer. Incompatibility sections discuss chemicals the product should never be mixed with.

Identification of the substance mixture and of the company undertaking 1 1. In fact most readers won t need to go further than section 2 to find the data they need. Sections 9 11 go into detail about the nature of the material itself and where its hazards come from.

Location of the msdss hard copy readily available computer terminals employees and others must know where the msds is and how to use them msds revisions are required every 3 yearsor sooner if new product information is available. This includes the product identifier or the name of the material as it appears on a container label as well as any other ways to identify the material such as its typical uses. Sections 12 15 cover concerns that are not part of osha s jurisdiction.

Sections 4 8 tell workers how to deal with the material. Product and company identification. This advice starts with the most urgent concerns and works down to day to day safety.

The first few sections of an sds will include the most important and most basic information. Details of the supplier of the safety data. It also provides the essential contact.