NAME:
GO, SEANLESTER JR MADRID
CLASS CODE:
2535
ASSIGNMENT # 1
1. What is the use/importance of MSDS?
According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and
Safety(CCOHS), a Material Safety Data Sheet(MSDS) is a document that
contains information on the potential hazards (health, fire, reactivity, and
environmental) and how to work safely with the chemical product.
The purpose of this, as per the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200, is "to ensure that the hazards of all
chemicals produced or imported are evaluated, and that information
concerning their hazards is transmitted to employers and employees.“
This is also in accordance with the provisions of the Toxic Substances and
Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990, the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources established and implemented the
pertinent rules, regulations, and programs to control chemical substances and
hazardous wastes in the country and regulate the chemical-containing
pollutants through discharges and emissions under Republic Act 9275 (Clean
Water Act) and Republic Act 8749 (Philippine Clean Air Act), respectively.
2. List the parts/sections of a MSDS?
An MSDS provides comprehensive information about the chemical product
that allows employers and workers to obtain concise, relevant and accurate
information that can be put in perspective with regard to the hazards, uses
and risk management of the chemical product in the workplace. It should
contain 16 sections. These are the sections:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
Identification
Hazard(s) identification
Composition/ information on ingredients
First-aid measures
Fire-fighting measures
Accidental release measures
Handling and storage
Exposure control/ personal protection
Physical and chemical properties
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
Stability and reactivity
Toxicological information
Ecological information
Disposal considerations
Transport information
Regulatory information
Other information.
3. Submit an example of an MSDS
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