Safety Data Sheets

The Standard requires chemical manufacturers, distributors, or importers to provide SDSs to communicate the hazards of hazardous chemical products.

Each SDS must provide the following information:

• Section 1, Identification, includes product identifier information:
  • Manufacturer or distributor name, address, and phone number
  • Emergency phone number
  • Recommended use
  • Restrictions on use
• Section 2, Hazard(s) identification, includes all hazards regarding the chemical and required label elements.
• Section 3, Composition/information on ingredients, includes information on chemical ingredients.
• Section 4, First-aid measures, includes important symptoms, effects, and required treatment.
• Section 5, Fire-fighting measures, lists suitable extinguishing techniques and equipment.
• Section 6, Accidental release measures, lists emergency procedures, protective equipment, and proper methods of containment and cleanup.
• Section 7, Handling and storage, lists precautions for safe handling and storage, including incompatibilities.
• Section 8, Exposure controls/personal protection, lists OSHA's Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs), Threshold Limit Values (TLVs), appropriate engineering controls, and PPE.
• Section 9, Physical and chemical properties, lists the chemical's characteristics.
• Section 10, Stability and reactivity, lists chemical stability and the possibility of hazardous reactions.
• Section 11, Toxicological information, includes routes of exposure, related symptoms, acute and chronic effects, and numerical measures of toxicity.
• Section 12, Ecological information, lists ecotoxicity (hazards to aquatic and terrestrial environments), persistence and degradability, bioaccumulative potential (which occurs when an organism absorbs a substance and this substance accumulates in the organism), mobility in the soil, and other adverse effects.
• Section 13, Disposal considerations, describes waste residues and information on their safe handling and methods of disposal, including the disposal of any contaminated packaging.
• Section 14, Transport information, lists transport hazard classes, packing groups, environmental hazards, and special precautions a worker needs to be aware of and comply with when transporting or conveying chemicals within or outside the premises.
• Section 15, Regulatory information, lists safety, health, and environmental regulations specific to the product in question.
• Section 16, Other information, includes the date of preparation or last revision.

OSHA does not enforce these sections. They are regulated by other government agencies.

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