GHS SDS Solutions to Data Sheet and Labeling Issues Post GHS Deadlines

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The OSHA deadline for compliance has long since passed but even today, nearly a year after, and some companies are struggling with compliance issues. This could be due to a variety of reasons. Companies may be lackadaisical about inventory and cross checking such inventory with safety data sheets to make sure whether what they have in their possession is the previous MS SDS or the current SDS. Even if a company is willing to comply it may not be able to do so because the upstream supplier has not provied current data sheets.

What happens in this situation is that OSHA inspectors may ask as to why that company has not updated the SDS. The Company may have to furnish proof that it is in touch with the original supplier to obtain updated SDS and that it has made efforts to obtain the updated SDS for shipments that arrived after June 2015. In the meanwhile the company has to make do with existing MSDS and this creates some issues. If they use chemicals in a process then they need to use appropriate labelling with the GHS SDS label taken as the standard upon which secondary and workplace labels are based. There are ambiguities here in that a product identifier may be used with a combination of words, pictures and symbols but these are not clearly specified by OSHA. Employers may find it advisable to use existing labels with product identifier and make sure that words and pictograms communicate hazards. This is for companies that use chemicals for processes. For companies that manufacture and supply chemicals it is obligatory to prepare GHS SDS but their efforts may also be blocked in case they rely on GHS SDS for some chemicals that form part of their formulation but which SDS has not been supplied to them by the original manufacturer. The situation is not simple to resolve but ICSDS GHS SDS Solution comes to the rescue of users of chemicals, be they manufacturers or end users.

It must be kept in mind that updating MSDS to GHS SDS is simple in many cases and complex in others simply because some chemicals have been reclassified. This puts chemical manufacturers in a quandary but they need not worry about it. ICSDS has scientific experts at its command to unravel the complex interpretations and prepare the right GHS SDS along with labels.

One of the objectives of GHS SDS is greater safety at workplaces through training of employees. GHS SDS solutions from ICSDS include training along with conversion of printed documentation to electronic formats and making them available on portable devices or on the internet or in a networked environment. It is worthwhile to assign the task of creating SDS from the ground up or updating existing MSDS to SDS to experts at ICSDS because it is necessary for compliance with current regulations and also for the future because OSHA has declared that it will keep on modifying its rules to align with GHS as may be amended by the UN from time to time.