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MSDS's are a very important aspect of both Hazard Communication and Laboratory Standards. MSDS's are required to provide employees with the information they need to know about the hazards of materials being handled.
The responsibility of the employer is to make these sheets available to the employees. The employer must also provide training so the employees can understand these MSDS's. The employee must take responsibility for reading these MSDS's if the intent of the Hazard Communication and Laboratory Standards is to be accomplished. The MSDS's are often difficult to read and understand. The intent of this training is to make the MSDS's understandable.
Throughout this training, two MSDS's are available to you as examples. The MSDS of Methylene Chloride for Bromine. When you first see these two Material Safety Data Sheets, you will notice that MSDS's do not have a standard format.
Although the Federal government requires MSDS's to contain certain information, the producer of the hazardous material may present this information in their own format.
Here is an explanation of information found on most MSDS's:
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