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OSHA Training Toolbox Talk: OSHA's Revised Haz-Com Standard -Safety Data Sheets (SDS's) (Reference 1910.1200(f)/1926.59(f)j Most of you are probably familiar with Material Safety Data Sheets, called MSDS's, as these documents have been around for almost 30 years. However, MSDS's for products from various manufacturers and importers often look very different, which sometimes makes it very difficult to find specific safety and health related information about the hazards of a product. So OSHA recently revised their hazard communication standard to require manufacturers and importers of hazardous products to replace their old MSDS's with new GHS-compliant Safety Data Sheets, also known as an SDS's, and in turn employers must make them available to their workers. These new SDS's are similar to the old MSDS's,with a couple of major differences; First of all, the new SDS's will always be comprised of 16 separate sections, and those sections will always appear in the same order for any product, regardless of where it comes from.The new SDS's will also incorporate the applicable Signal Word, Hazard Statements, Precautionary Statements, and Pictograms that also appear on the new GHS compliant labels we have previously discussed. Here is an overview of the 16 sections that make up the new Safety Data Sheets, in the order in which they must now appear fWe suggest you pass out a copy of a GHS-compliant SDS for a product used at your workplace to each employee so they can refer to it during this talk—here is a link to a SDS that meets the new GHS format that you can use for reference in case one is not yet available at your site): Section 1: Identification - if you want to know the name of the product or its common chemical name, this is the section where you will look. It also identifies the manufacturer,their address and emergency contact information, and recommendations or restrictions for the product's use. Section 2: Hazard(s) identification--This section lists the hazard classifications, signal word, hazard statements, precautionary statements, and pictograms that appear on the container label will also appear in this section of the SDS. Section 3: Composition/information on ingredients—Here you'll find the name of each hazardous chemical present in the product(including percentages for each chemical if the product is a mixture). You will also find the identity of any impurities and stabilizing additives which are hazardous and contribute to the classification of the chemical, along with any unique identifiers such as the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number. Section 4: First-aid measures—Here is where you will find a description of the initial care that should be given by untrained responders to an individual who has been exposed to the chemical, including necessary first-aid instructions by relevant routes of exposure (inhalation, slain and eye contact, and ingestion). There will also be information about the most important symptoms or effects that are acute or delayed, along with recommendations for immediate medical care and special treatment needed, when applicable. free iacTbni<talk proricled courtesy of Cw,zvrlgh�2013 �,.-i t�-Le sot 1.1�e1 Jr��lGy9�art any atf�er t»rFr,crcr:,f �cG�if�.