What are Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and inventory reporting?
Under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, employers are required to maintain a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for any hazardous chemicals stored or used in the workplace. If a facility is required to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet (MSDS) for a hazardous chemical under OSHA and its regulations, the facility must also report to the following: • the Local Emergency Planning Committee • the State Emergency Response Commission • the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility The required reports include the following: • a hazardous chemical inventory report • a toxic release form • a material safety data report These reports must be made using a TRI Form R for the following: • 10,000 pounds or more of each hazardous chemical present at one time • a chemical designated by EPCRA as an “extremely hazardous chemical” in an amount equal to or greater than 500 pounds, or the EPCRA designated “threshold planning quantity,” whichev
