Final Milestone

SAFETY DATA SHEET 5

Safety Data Sheet

●    Explain why safety data sheets are essential for this organization and its employees 
Safety data sheets are essential in helping every person and ensuring that the workplace is safe and sound for everyone. This is because data sheets contain some vital information, and this will ensure that one can assess workplace risks by having controlled substances to health regulations.
However, for the datasheet, it is not an actual assessment. Still, it can help ensure that it describes the hazards that may potentially arise in the workplace. Safety data sheets are essential in helping you, or anyone you supply, to make the workplace safe and protect the environment, (Bernstein, 2002)
●    Identify the types of chemicals and materials included in the safety data sheets for this organization. 
There are some loopholes in the USA, and through federal law, there are almost 60billion in the cosmetics industry. This ensures that some amounts of chemicals are found in personal care products, and this, in most cases, enters
Into personal care products and personal case, there are no tests which are carried out. This is because, amongst many products which are not regulated, cosmetics are always on top. Some of these chemicals have been linked to infertility in some men and women of all ages.

●    Assess what types of training might be necessary for employees concerning these chemicals and materials 
Effective training programs are essential for all kinds of people, especially those at top-level management in the production line. This is important as one must understand the potential hazards, risks and controlling all things associated with certain chemicals in the workplace. Training the needs of all organization members is essential since the organization will meet such conditions. There are some procedures and policies which are supposed to be known. This is to know which the kind of chemicals used in the facility are. When all the possible impacts of the chemical have been identified, knowing how well one can be in a position to understand how to curb such issues will be of much importance, (Kolp, et al, 2013).
●    Describe where the safety data sheets should be kept in the organization and how employees will access them, especially in an emergency 
These can be stored either in the form of paper or rim electronic manner. They are supposed to be stored in a place that is easily accessible, and they are supposed to be held in the work area. It can be stored in the form of pdf on the local drive, (Nicol, et al, 2008)
●    Explain how you would ensure that the safety data sheets are updated routinely 
According to OSHA, “it is essential that a chemical manufacturer, the employer is supposed to prepare the safety data sheet and they are supposed to provide all the necessary information. This is through having scientific evidence which is used to ensure that hazard classification. Therefore, this will ensure that everybody will be aware of the vital information regarding how one is supposed to protect themselves against any hazard. Any new information is considered updated in the datasheet after every three months to ensure that the staff and workers’ knowledge is up to date. Knowing how the end-users are supposed to update their datasheet is essential. This ensures that their responsibility is to ensure that they are using and keeping the latest version of the datasheet. The datasheet should be easily accessible to all who would like their information. The best way to do this is to ensure that one asks the manufacturer and the provide t give the latest datasheet, (Lee, et al, 2012)

References

Bernstein, J. A. (2002). Material safety data sheets: are they reliable in identifying human hazards?. Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 110(1), 35-38.
Kolp, P., Sattler, B., Blayney, M., & Sherwood, T. (2013). Comprehensibility of material safety data sheets. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 23(1), 135-141.
Nicol, A. M., Hurrell, A. C., Wahyuni, D., McDowall, W., & Chu, W. (2008). Accuracy, comprehensibility, and use of material safety data sheets: a review. American journal of industrial medicine, 51(11), 861-876.
Lee, J. H., Kuk, W. K., Kwon, M., Lee, J. H., Lee, K. S., & Yu, I. J. (2012). Evaluation of information in nanomaterial safety data sheets and development of international standard for guidance on preparation of nanomaterial safety data sheets. Nanotoxicology, 7(3), 338-345.