Material Safety Data Sheets (Update Available)


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number


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 MSDSs in the workplace. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Learner objectives are to 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, and specify control measures to prevent worker exposures to hazardous chemicals.

Target Audience
Anyone who must use chemical agents on the job

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Material Safety Data Sheets (Update Available)

  • 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
  • define terms commonly used to describe exposure limits on an MSDS
  • identify the types of information found in sections I-V of an MSDS
  • identify information found in sections VI-VIII of an MSDS
  • Course Number:
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