Laboratory health and saftymatarial safty data

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Laboratory Health and Safety
By: Salman Afzal
Sr. Officer New Product Development

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Safty Data Sheet
• Include
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

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What does the law say?
 Pakistan Occupational Health
and Safety Act 2018
 You must work safely
 You must not endanger others
 You must not misuse safety
equipment

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Section 1
Identification of Substance and Supplier
• Includes
– Product identifier (Product Name).
– Manufacturer’s or distributor’s name, address and
phone number.
– Emergency phone number.
– Recommended use.
– Restrictions on use.

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Section 2
Hazard Identification
• Includes:
– All hazards regarding the
chemical.
– Required label elements:
• Pictograms.
• Hazard Statements.

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Section 3
Composition/Information on Ingredients
• Includes:
– Composition/information on
ingredients:
• Common Name.
• CAS number.
• Concentration.
– Information on chemical
ingredients.
– Trade secret claims.

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Section 4
First Aid Measures
• Includes:
– Important symptoms.
– Acute symptoms.
– Delayed symptoms.
– Required treatment based on
route of exposure.

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Section 5
Firefighting Measures
• Includes:
– Suitable extinguishing
techniques.
– Equipment needed.
– Chemical hazards from fire
Section 6
Accidental Release Measures
– Emergency procedures.
– Protective equipment.

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Section 7
Handling,Storage and Toxicological Information
Handling,Storage
– Precautions for
safe handling.
– Precautions for
safe storage.
– Incompatibilitie
s.
Toxicological Information
– Routes of exposure.
– Related symptoms.
– Acute effects.
– Chronic effects.
– Numerical measures of
toxicity.
• LD50 values and LC50 values

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Section 8
Precautions to Control Exposure/
Personal Protection
• Includes:
– OSHA’s Permissible Exposure Limits
(PELs).
– Threshold Limit Values (TLVs).
– Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
requirements.
Section 9 Physical ,Chemical Properties
and Stability
• Includes:
– Chemical’s characteristics

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Pictograms
• Exclamation Mark
– Skin and eye irritant
– Skin sensitizer
– Acute toxicity
– Narcotic effects
– Respiratory tract irritant

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Pictograms
• Health Hazard
– Carcinogen
– Respiratory sensitizer
– Reproductive toxicity
– Target Organ toxicity
– Mutagenicity
– Aspiration toxicity.

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Pictogram
• Flame
– Flammables
– Self-Reactives
– Pyrophorics
– Self-Heating
– Emits flammable gas
– Organic peroxides

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Pictogram
• Gas Cylinder
– Gas Under Pressure
• Flames Over Circle
– Oxidizer

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Pictogram
• Corrosion
– Corrosives
– Damaging
– Destroys materials
• Skull and Crossbones
– Acute Toxicity (Severe

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Pictograms
• Exploding Bomb
– Explosives
– Self-Reactive
– Organic peroxides

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Pictograms
• Environment
– Aquatic Toxicity

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