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 | Material Safety Data Sheet
Under the OSHA Hazard Communications Standard (29CFR 1910.1200), all personnel working with hazardous materials must have access to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and be trained in the safe handling of the material. MSDSs provide necessary, helpful, and useful information on the properties of the hazardous material. You should familiarize yourself with those properties before you work with the material. It is vital to your safety to be able to refer to the MSDS immediately in the event of an emergency and provide a copy to emergency responders. OSHA has ruled that electronic access to MSDSs is an acceptable alternative to maintaining paper files. Each lab, department, or work group has the option to maintain a hard copy MSDS binder or file. As a minimum, each should maintain an inventory of hazardous material's names and suppliers and methods to access the MSDS.
There are a number of Internet accessible MSDS servers:
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