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The Hazard Communication Program - Material Safety Data Sheets |
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MSDSs
must be readily accessible to employees during their work shifts in their work areas. This
may be accomplished in a way appropriate for your particular workplace. Some employers keep the MSDSs in a binder in a central location (e.g., in the pick up truck on a construction site). Others, particularly in workplaces with large numbers of chemicals, computerize the information and provide access through terminals. As long as employees can get the information when they need it, any approach may be used. Employees must have access to the MSDSs themselves - simply having a system where information can be read to them over the phone is only permitted under the mobile worksite provision, paragraph (g)(9), when employees must travel between workplaces during the shift. In this situation, they must have access to the MSDSs prior to leaving the primary worksite, and when they return. The telephone system is an emergency arrangement. |
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