Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Inspection Checklist
INTRODUCTION: HOW TO USE THIS TOOL
WHMIS requires employers to ensure that each hazardous product used in the workplace has a material safety data sheet, or MSDS. The new GHS Rule makes significant changes, not to MSDS requirements but to its format and the kind of information it must list. GHS even changes the name of MSDS to SDS, or Safety Data Sheet. By December 1, 2018, all hazardous products at your workplace will require an SDS. Use this Checklist to ensure that all SDSs you receive from hazardous chemical manufacturers or importers includes all the information that an SDS must have’or that you list all the information required if you prepare your own SDSs.
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Inspection Checklist: SAFETY DATA SHEETS
Instructions: Vet all shipments of hazardous products from suppliers of hazardous to ensure they include a thorough, proper and up to date Safety Standard Sheets (SDSs) for each hazardous product contained in the shipment. This Checklist may also used to inspect existing SDSs contained in the current binder to ensure they are up to date and include all of the required information.
Sect. | SDS Heading | Required Information |
1 | Identification |
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2 | Hazard Identification |
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3 | Composition/Information on Ingredients |
Note: Some or all of above information may be protected by confidential business information rules |
4 | First-Aid Measures |
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5 | Fire-Fighting Measures |
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6 | Accidental Release Measures |
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7 | Handling & Storage |
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8 | Exposure Controls/Personal Protection |
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9 | Physical & Chemical Properties |
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10 | Stability & Reactivity |
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11 | Toxicological Information |
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12 | Ecological Information(4) |
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13 | Disposal Considerations(4) | Information on safe handling for disposal and methods of disposal, including any contaminated packaging |
14 | Transport Information(4) |
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15 | Regulatory Information(4) | Environment, health and safety regulations specific to product |
16 | Other Information | Date SDS was most recently revised |