Material Safety Data Sheet Preparation:
About OSHA / EU Classification
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal information system in the United States. One of their missions is to protect the health and safety of the workers by providing employee training and education about the hazardous chemicals in the workplace. OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) requires the preparation of labels and MSD sheets by manufacturers in order to communicate the hazard information to their customers.
In the Eurpopean Community, classification and labelling involves the identification of the hazard of a substance or mixture for physical-chemical properties, health or environmental effects and the communication of those hazards according to the Dangerous Substances Directive (67/548/EEC) and the Dangerous Products Directive (1999/45/EC). This evaluation must be made for any substance or preparation manufactured in or imported into the EU for sale.
