Before you can enter SDSs into the system, a safety officer or other person familiar with SDS management must first define the values from which you will choose when entering the SDS. Use the Environmental & Risk Management / Hazardous Materials / Business Process Owner - Hazmat process to develop this data.
Depending on how detailed your site's data entry is, you may not need to complete all of this data. For example, if you do not intend to enter the constituent chemicals for each hazardous product or material, you do not need to provide the Chemical List data. Be sure to carefully analyze your site's reporting needs and determine the exact tables that you need to complete. Otherwise, you may complete background data that you will not use in your standard operations.
As an absolute minimum, however, you will need to capture the manufacturer's contact information using the Define Companies task.
As you work through the above tasks, you will notice that the HQ sample project contains SDS data that is based on accepted conventions, guidelines, and practices. Likewise, as you complete your own project database with background SDS data, you will note that your project database automatically contains these same records. For example, the Chemicals table contains a list of chemicals and their associated RTECS, UN, and ISCS numbers.
These records are provided as a courtesy to help you quickly get started with the SDS application, and save you from entering into your project database this standard information. Since you may be filing SDS paperwork that is based on this data, be sure to review it for accuracy and completeness.
You will notice that many of these records are US-based, such as US EPA Tier 2 Classifications. Non-US users can delete these records and enter their own data, based on the government regulations to which they must adhere.
The HQ sample project, as well as any new projects that you start, contain the following SDS records:
Access the hazard classifications with this task: (also partially viewable in other SDS tasks)
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