Material Safety Data Sheets
The Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are listed below. These documents are listed on this site for several reasons and are more important than you may realize.
First, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that MSDS's "shall be maintained and kept in a readily accessible area". That means that MSDS's for the hazardous substances that you work with should be available and accessible to you. Any MSDS's for any material that you purchase should be downloaded/printed and placed in your MSDS binder or file.
In addition to the compliance requirements, MSDS's should be kept and maintained because they provide necessary, helpful, and useful information on the properties of the chemical or chemical product. You should familiarize yourself with those properties, such as flammability, corrosiveness, and toxicity, as well as storage and handling information, before you work with the chemical. Also, it is vital to your personal safety that you are able to refer to that MSDS immediately in the event of an emergency such as a spill, fire, or physical contact with the chemical. So, the next time you puchase a potential hazardous substance, obtain the MSDS and remember that it provides important and necessary health and safety information.
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