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New MSDS Management Service Makes it Easier For Employers to Meet Health and Safety Responsibilities and Helps Workers to Work Safely With Chemicals
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Thousands of hazardous substances are used in workplaces every day - from gas and cleaning products, to the toner used in photocopiers. Under occupational health and safety law, employers are required to keep workers informed on the hazards of chemicals used in the workplace. A new MSDS Management Service from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) makes it easier for employers to be compliant, and for workers to easily access important safety information when they need it.
As part of the right-to-know (WHMIS), employers must make Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) available for each hazardous substance in the workplace. Keeping track of MSDSs that are usually in a paper format, and ensuring they are up-to-date can be a big job.
CCOHS? new online MSDS Management Service draws on the extensive CCOHS MSDS database as the primary source for the most current records from more than 1200 manufacturers and suppliers. The Service enables customized organizational subsets of MSDSs to be created. Users can then search from a smaller collection tailored to their specific requirements, giving them quick and ready access to MSDSs. As chemical suppliers produce new MSDSs, CCOHS automatically updates the database, and informs users of the changes by email.
CCOHS bundles additional content-rich, complimentary products and services as part of the MSDS Management Service including the CHEMINFO database, Chemical Notification Service and a database of WHMIS classifications, as well as other relevant materials.
For organizations that do not have the resources to set up and maintain their own MSDS collection, CCOHS offers MSDS Management Plus! Service. This is a complete turnkey service that includes the set up and uploading of MSDSs to create custom collections and to help organizations manage their MSDSs.
More product and pricing information is available on the CCOHS website: http://www.ccohs.ca/products/msds/msdsservice.html
November 2004 |
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