Material Safety Data Sheets
Overview/Description
This course is designed to provide both workers and supervisors with a better understanding of how to interpret a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), as well as address specific requirements associated with MSDS's in the workplace.
The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements.
- recognize the physical states in which chemicals are commonly found
- identify chemical routes of entry into the body
- identify the purpose of an MSDS and describe the most common information found on a typical MSDS
- define common abbreviations used on an MSDS
- locate and interpret specific information found on an MSDS
- specify control measures to prevent worker exposures to hazardous chemicals
Target
Audience
Anyone who must use chemical agents on the job
Expected
Duration
1.0 hours
Lesson
Objectives:
Material Safety Data Sheets
identify the physical states in which chemicals are commonly found.
identify chemical routes of entry into the body.
identify basic requirements of an MSDS and common information found on a typical MSDS.
identify abbreviations commonly used on an MSDS.
identify information found in sections I-V of an MSDS.
identify information found in sections VI-VIII of an MSDS.
Course Number: SAH0456