Printed SDS question
I received a question from one of my offices based in South Carolina. Does a printed SDS library require any sort of table of contents or a directory showing which page each SDS can be found?
Although a table of contents or directory of SDS would be nice, I'm unable to locate any actual requirements for printed SDSs.
Not looking for best practices here.....but instead, actual law/regulation. Thoughts?
Comments (19)
It's handy, but not required.
Yup Drew is right, not required. Not even required to be in alpha order. BUT!
A great example where you should EXCEED OSHA requirements!
If you have to keep track of them, or find one in an emergency, what should you have, regardless of what OSHA says?
If not organized in alpha order or searchable spreadsheet, you won’t find the correct one in an emergency or upon OSHA demand during an inspection. You may get cited, and while defensible, it will waste resources.
SDS Binderworks is my personal choice. Love the QR code feature. Auto updating, and in house database of existing chemicals is a life saver.
Employers must maintain copies of SDSs for each hazardous chemical in the workplace.
SDSs must be available to employees in their work areas.
SDSs contain safety information on physical and health hazards, storage, handling, and transportation of chemicals.
More and more GC's require a copy of your SDS. What I am finding is they are content with a table of content package with what we have. I created a handbook with a QR code that links to SDS Binderworks. I even give them a printed sticker with the QR on it. This beats 2300 some odd pages of wonderful reading if I had to print all 257 i have in our inventory.