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Ask LaBricoleuse: Creating and updating an MSDS file

Dec 12, 2007 11:16

A recent query about MSDS records from a colleague inspired this post--i figured, perhaps i should share my response with my readership! I know these posts aren't as fun to read as parasols and masks and hats, but i feel they are just as important a part of this blog. And you never know when some bit of safety info might just save your life, or ( Read more... )

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pat_man_ta December 12 2007, 17:20:43 UTC

Since my company actually makes its own MSDS sheets for its products, we keep most of them in PDF format (yes, we still have MSDS books in the labs and on the mfg. floor for them and things used on the floor).

Does anyone keep them electronically?

labricoleuse December 12 2007, 17:36:00 UTC

Yes, some places do! I have been told though (in the industrial health and safety course i took last year) that it's best to have both an electronic copy and a hard copy, in the event that computers are down and the electronic copies are inaccessible. So it would make sense y'all would have all of them in a database, and then hard copies in books down in labs where people are working with the chems in hands-on situations.

The internet has really made MSDS recordkeeping so much easier--i love being able to email a company for an MSDS and getting a PDF right back instantly, rather than the old method of s-mail.

pat_man_ta December 12 2007, 17:50:29 UTC

Totally!

I was exporting them for our QA dept. for years.
I showed them how to set them up themselves now.