MSDS AND SHOC - made simpler here! 1.0 MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET (MSDS) AND SAFE HANDLING OF CHEMICALS (SHOC) A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) (also known as PSDS (Product safety data sheet or Safety Data Sheet (SDS)) is a form of data regarding the properties of a particular substance. An important component of product stewardship and workplace safety, it is intended to provide workers and emergency personnel with procedures for handling or working with that substance in a safe manner, and includes information such as physical data (melting point, boiling point, flash point, etc.), toxicity, health effects, first aid, reactivity, storage, disposal, protective equipment, and spill-handling procedures. MSDS formats can vary from source to source within a country depending on national requirements. MSDS (material safety data sheets) are a widely used system for cataloging information on chemicals, chemical compounds, and c...
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