SAFETY DATA SHEET ELECTRONIC PRO       

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SEIS will contact all suppliers of hazardous products that are in the current system and request an SDS in the new GHS format explained below.  If the supplier does not have or provide the SDS at the current time SEIS will note the request and implement a follow up process.  An MSDS (SDS) index will be created in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that will contain hyperlinks to the vendors SDS in PDF files. SEIS will create a cloud-based system that will display the Excel index that will be hyperlinked to the PDF of the SDS by SDS #.  The cost is per each SDS that is updated or added to the system each year.
 

On March 26, 2012, the Federal Register published the final rule on Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (known as GHS). The effective date of the rule was 60 days after publication or May 25, 2012.
 

Safety Data Sheets (SDS, no longer called MSDS): The current Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) indicates what information has to be included on an SDS but does not specify a format for presentation or order of information. The revised HCS requires that the information on the SDS is presented using consistent headings in a specified sequence. The SDS format is the same as the ANSI standard format which is widely used in the U.S. and is already familiar to many employees. The specified 16-section format is to include the following sections:

 
1. Identification Section                                                    9. Physical and chemical properties Section 

2. Hazard(s) identification Section                                 10. Stability and reactivity Section 

3. Composition/information on ingredients Section        11. Toxicological information Section

4. First-Aid measures Section                                        12. Ecological information Section 
                      
5. Fire-fighting measures Section                                   13. Disposal considerations Section 

6. Accidental release measures Section                        14. Transport information Section

7. Handling and storage Section                                    15. Regulatory information Section 

8. Exposure controls/personal protection                       16. Other information, including date of
                                                                                              preparation or last revision

                                                      

The table below summarizes the phase-in dates required under the revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)

 

Effective Completion Date         Requirement(s)                                     Who                                 

 

December 1, 2013                        Train employees on the new                   Employers
                                                      label elements and safety data
​                                                      sheet (SDS) format.           

 

June 1, 2015                                  Compliance with all modified                  Chemical manufacturers
                                                       provisions of this final rule, except:         importers, distributors
                                                                                                                       and employers

​June 1, 2016                                  Update alternative workplace labeling      Employers 
                                                       and hazard communication program                  
                                                       as necessary, and provide additional,
                                                       employee training for newly identified
                                                       physical or health hazards.

December 1, 2018                          The Distributor shall not ship
                                                        containers labeled by the chemical
                                                        manufacturer or importer unless it is
​                                                        a GHS label.

 

Transition Period to the                 May comply with either 29 CFR               Chemical manufacturers,
 effective completion dates            1910.1200 (the final standard),                importers, distributors 
 noted above                                  or the current standard, or both.              and employers