As required by OSHA Standard (29-CFR) Hazard Communication 1910.1200, you are required to provide customers with Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). In addition, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) requires that all hazardous products be identified as such on shipping containers and documents.
Use Product Maintenance to identify all hazardous products and to attach MSDS by doing the following:
Create MSDS records for products by attaching the sheet to a product record and assigning the MSDS an internal sheet ID for tracking and maintenance. In addition, add comments to MSDS records, such as the web site from which it was obtained, and maintain its information as needed.
Note: You must have the Document Imaging companion product to attach a MSDS to product records.
Add hazardous information to products. The system prints hazardous information on the Hazardous Materials Shipping document any time hazardous materials are added to shipping tickets, transfers, purchase orders printed with a manifest, or return purchase orders.
Assign certification codes to regulated products, such as dangerous chemical compounds or compressed gases that require special handling. Use the Product Certification program to identify both the products needing to be regulated and the customers who are allowed to purchase such regulated products.
After you have added hazardous information and attached MSDS to product records, provide your customers with the appropriate information and track the information that you have provided so you know when to send customers updated information.
See Also:
Attaching MSDS to Product Records
Adding MSDS and Hazardous Information to Product Records