Material Safety Data Sheets



Material Safety Data Sheets

MSDS:

▪ Is a publication designed to provide students and emergency personnel with the proper procedure for handling and working with a particular substance

▪ Vary in length depending on their format, content and font size

▪ Include information such as physical date, toxicity, health effects, first aid, reactivity, storage, disposal, protective equipment procedures

Purpose:

▪ To ensure that the hazards of all chemicals produced or imported are evaluated, and that information concerning their hazards is transmitted to employers, employees and students.

▪ To provide fundamental information related to the chemical that will allow the user to recognize and prepare for potential hazards associated with the chemical and prepare for and react to emergency situations.

Who are they for?

▪ Students, teachers, employees etc.

▪ They should be readily available with easy access for all in case of an emergency

Where do you get MSDS Sheets?

▪ The internet has a wide range of FREE resources, Google MSDS resources

MSDS PROJECT

The class is to develop a useable MSDS notebook. The key word is usable and in order to do that the following will be required:

1. Must be in a 3 ring binder and clearly marked with MSDS (I will provide binder)

2. Contain appropriate TABS to help with ease of finding chemical quickly

a. Look at your sheets and develop categories based on common areas--- example: cleaners, paints, office supplies, fertilizers, insecticides

3. MSDS sheets are more than one page and it is many times hard to find the information which is needed quickly.

a. Staple sheets together that have one or more pages

b. HIGHLIGHT the following information:

i. Name of the chemical

ii. Health effects

iii. First aid measures

Snow Day Assignment

You will begin completing this project by looking up MSDS sheets for the following products. This is just the start of your MSDS project.

Examples of what needs MSDS sheets:

(Classroom)

Dry erase markers

Sharpie markers

Elmer’s stick glue

White-out

(Greenhouse)

Ivory soap

Lime away

CRL

All purpose fertilizer 14-14-14

Assignment:

1. Look up the MSDS sheets for each of the products listed, make sure

You are being specific with your google search. You may have to search around in order to find the material data sheets but they are out there!

2. After printing the MSDS sheet or sheets

a. HIGHLIGHT the following information:

▪ Name of the chemical

▪ Health effects

▪ First aid measures

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