SAFETY DATASHEET (SDS) HELP GUIDE

1. Potential locations where you can find the SDS for a chemical?

 

 

2. How to read a SDS?

THE 14 SECTIONS OF AN SDS

  • CHEMICAL NAME
  • SYNONYMS
  • CAS NUMBER (IF NOT A COMBINATION OF CHEMICALS)

  • HAZARD CLASSIFICATION
  • HAZARD STATEMENTS
  • PICTOGRAMS

  • CHEMICAL NAMES
  • CAS NUMBERS
  • PERCENT COMPOSITION OF EACH CHEMICAL

  • FIRST-AID INSTRUCTIONS
  • DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS AND EFFECTS
  • RECOMMENDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE

  • RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT
  • ADVICE ON HAZARDS THAT CHEMICALS DEVELOP WHEN ON FIRE
  • PPE SUGGESTIONS

  • USE OF PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS
  • EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
  • CLEAN UP PROCEDURES

  • INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS OF SAFE HANDLING
  • CHEMICAL STORAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
  • LISTS INCOMPATIBILIIES AND VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS

  • PROVIDES OSHA PERMISSABLE EXPOSURE LIMITS
  • PPE RECOMMENDATIONS IF SYMPTOMS OCCUR
  • ANY OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

  • PROVIDES INFORMATION LIKE
    • FLASH POINT
    • MELTING POINT
    • APPEARANCE

  • PROVIDES DATA SHOWING REACTIVITY
  • DESCRIPTIONS OF ANY STABILIZERS
  • LISTS CONDITIONS THAT SHOULD BE AVOIDED

  • PROVIDES EXPOSURES TYPE INFORMATION
  • PROVIDES NUMERICAL ESTIMATES FOR EXPOSURE
  • DESCRIBES COMMON SYMPTOMS

  • NON MANDATORY SECTION
  • FROM TOXICITY DATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
  • OTHER ADVERSE EFFECTS TO ENVIRONMENT

  • NOT MANDATORY SECTION
  • PROVIDES DISPOSAL INFORMATION
  • DESCRIBES PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES TO WATCH OUT FOR DURING EXPOSURE

  • PROVIDES SHIPPING INFORMATION
  • TRANSPORT HAZARD CLASSES
  • UN PROPER SHIPPING NAME

PDF TO THE OSHA SDS SPECIFICS/STANDARDS