1. Introduction
MSDS Explained: The Safety Document Every Workplace Needs”
Imagine you are working in a factory or laboratory where you use a lot of chemicals everyday. One day, a chemical suddenly falls from your hand and gets spilled. Or if any substance fell on the body of your partner while working with him, or if someone kept a substance that could cause a reaction with him, then in such a case from where to get all this information and is that information proper or not, then MSDS comes to mind or if any substance fell, how to handle it, in that case what should you do? Is it dangerous to take it inside? How do you clean it? Here material safety sheet (MSDS) becomes necessary. So MSDS is a document that tells us or teaches us how to handle different types of chemicals, how to store them, which chemical to keep or not to keep, what to do if spilled or not, how to handle it, how to store it, whether to use PPE or what are the hazards for protection, we get all this information from MSDS..
2.What Does it Means the Name of MSDS ?
MSDS means Material Safety Data Sheet which have a comprehensive data of particulars chemical and chemical substances. Most of data regarding particulars chemical are included in MSDS. Now A days the word MSDS named as SDS also. it is authentic document prepared by manufacturer of that particular chemical. Generally a well described MSDS have a 16 section for different information and data of that chemical or chemical substances,
3. Legal Aspect of MSDS
In Indian Perspective, The factory Act-1948 and allied State factory rules, it is mandatory to formulate a MSDS manufacturer of chemical and chemical substance , to compile and disseminate the data with reference to that chemical has to formulate in format prescribed in allied rule .
4. What and Which type of infromation are there in MSDS?
- Identification of chemical
- Hazard identification
- Chemical composition
- First aid measures
- Fire fighting Measures
- Accidental Release measures
- Handling and Storage
- Exposure control/ personal control
- Physical and chemical Properties
- Stability and Reactivity
- Toxicological Information
- Disposal Consideration
- Ecological Information
- Transport Information
- Regulatory information
5. What is the use of MSDS?
A MSDS is a authentic document and as we know it provides so many information of chemical or chemical substances. With the help of MSDS or By reffering of MSDS We can do following with safely. A detailed MSDS can help in following area:
- How to Store Chemical and chemical substances?
- Waht is the Stoarage condition required for particular chemical?
- How to Transposrt through Rail, air and Road ?
- Deatails of Manufacturer , Trders .
- What Type of Hazard pertineant to chemcial and Associated Risk ?
- What of PPE use while Handling that chemcial?
- Compatibility and Reactivity information .
- Deatiled Physical and chemical properties of chemical.
- How to dealt with emergency condition and spillage handling.
- Waste Dispoasal.